Is anyone into boating?

[WakeboardMom]

Because of family obligations, we have to go to FL for the weekend. We have to spend the weekend in Fort Myers. However, we decided to have some fun while we were down there. After we leave my husband's brother's house on Sunday, my husband and I are chartering a 31-foot-trawler until Friday.

I know it's not skiing, and it's cutting into the season, but in spite of that, I think it's gonna be pretty awesome. I'm so excited!!!!

 

[SkiDork]

thats our entire summer

 

[Bostonian]

Boating is what I love doing up on Winni during the summer

 

[4aprice]

Own a 21 ft Chris Craft. Spend Summers on Lake Hopatcong and Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono's. Love going to Lake George and particularly Winnipesaukee when I can. Plenty of water skiing, bar cruiseing, and Red Neck Yacht Clubbing if you know what I mean. Under wraps for the winter (covered in snow this morning - Mt Bubbles in the back yard). May 1st is the usual launch date and I hope to get plenty of skiing before then.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[WakeboardMom]

thats our entire summer

You don't live on the boat. : - )

It's gonna be just the two of us, eating, drinking, sleeping and exploring. ; - )

And to the other folks above ~

Boating is our summer life. We have a Ski Nautique, a 27-foot Baja, a 17-foot Tanzer, a little sailboat, a 13-foot Whaler... : - )

Hell yeah to Redneck Yacht Clubbing! We're on Winnipesaukee. On rare occasions we haul the Baja to the ocean. Last time was a couple of years ago when we launched it in Boston and took it to Provincetown.

 

[drjeff]

Because of family obligations, we have to go to FL for the weekend. We have to spend the weekend in Fort Myers. However, we decided to have some fun while we were down there. After we leave my husband's brother's house on Sunday, my husband and I are chartering a 31-foot-trawler until Friday.

I know it's not skiing, and it's cutting into the season, but in spite of that, I think it's gonna be pretty awesome. I'm so excited!!!!

North outta Fort Myers and check out the whole Captiva/Sanibel/Boca Grande/Charlotte Harbor area on the trawler. Just a really cool area by water! (and not too shabby by land either)

 

[WakeboardMom]

North outta Fort Myers and check out the whole Captiva/Sanibel/Boca Grande/Charlotte Harbor area on the trawler. Just a really cool area by water! (and not too shabby by land either)

YES! That's the plan. He's been studying the charts. Would also like to go to Naples; heard Sanibel and Captiva are beautiful. Thank you!!

 

[4aprice]

Hell yeah to Redneck Yacht Clubbing! We're on Winnipesaukee.

I'm soooo jealous. Winni is the best lake. Hopatcong is like a mini Winni (like the mini mount is to the real Mount).

AZ rendevous at the NASWA this summer? HD333?

BTW Love your Chairlift swing.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[drjeff]

YES! That's the plan. He's been studying the charts. Would also like to go to Naples; heard Sanibel and Captiva are beautiful. Thank you!!

Granted I'm a bit biased as between my parents and grandparents, my family has had a place in the Port Charlotte area for about 30 years, and I've spent LOTS of days on those bodies of water on flats boats fishing, but it's a really beautiful piece of water!

One of my favorite, fun, old style Florida, water access restaurants is located just South of the bridge to Boca Grande, called The Fishery - the Grouper Grande is fantastic! Totally casual, with on many nights, almost as many flats boats tied upto their pier as cars in the parking lot.

http://www.sunstate.com/fishery/map.htm

Enjoy this weekend!

BTW, up until a few years ago when age dictated things, I was also a Winni person as my other grandparents had a place on the Lake in Delings Cove, just off South Wolfeboro Bay (on the same penninsula, just oppsite side of it from where the place that French President Sarkozny rented a few summers ago when he vacationed in Wolfeboro ) Winni is awsome!

 

[ctenidae]

Every weekend since October has been spent in the garage working on the 1962 O'Day Daysailer we bought end of summer. I expect to spend most of next summer out on LI Sound in it.

Sadly, I've spent a lot of time working on the boat because we haven't been skiing yet this year. Stupid Southern Connecticut.

 

[HD333]

NASWA, Town Docks in Meredith. If we are up I will tip a beer or 2 with anyone.

 

[bigbog]

...Of the smaller, non-motorized kind, but I like motorboaters that can give me some chop on lakes/ponds...
**However enjoyment on the water all began in a ~18' motoboat!

.....BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand.

..ROTFL....oh so true nowadays,

 

[deadheadskier]

As soon as I find a local friend with a boat, then I'll be into boating.

 

[WakeboardMom]

Granted I'm a bit biased as between my parents and grandparents, my family has had a place in the Port Charlotte area for about 30 years, and I've spent LOTS of days on those bodies of water on flats boats fishing, but it's a really beautiful piece of water!

One of my favorite, fun, old style Florida, water access restaurants is located just South of the bridge to Boca Grande, called The Fishery - the Grouper Grande is fantastic! Totally casual, with on many nights, almost as many flats boats tied upto their pier as cars in the parking lot.

http://www.sunstate.com/fishery/map.htm

Enjoy this weekend!

BTW, up until a few years ago when age dictated things, I was also a Winni person as my other grandparents had a place on the Lake in Delings Cove, just off South Wolfeboro Bay (on the same penninsula, just oppsite side of it from where the place that French President Sarkozny rented a few summers ago when he vacationed in Wolfeboro ) Winni is awsome!

Thank you for the restaurant tip!! I'm so psyched!! We'll actually be on the boat for 5 nights!

My son waited on Sarkozvny retinue when he was there...! Small world, huh?

 

[Hawkshot99]

My yacht....

 

[WakeboardMom]

NASWA, Town Docks in Meredith. If we are up I will tip a beer or 2 with anyone.

Braun Bay??

 

[WakeboardMom]

I'm soooo jealous. Winni is the best lake. Hopatcong is like a mini Winni (like the mini mount is to the real Mount).

AZ rendevous at the NASWA this summer? HD333?

BTW Love your Chairlift swing.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

Thank you! Me, too. It's from Cannon. : - )

Naswa or my dock. : - )

 

[deadheadskier]

My yacht....

I'd be happy with that. I don't have the parking space in my current living arrangement to store something like that. However, someday I'd be perfectly happy with something like that to tour around Great Bay. There are two boating accesses within a mile of our home.

 

[Hawkshot99]

I'd be happy with that. I don't have the parking space in my current living arrangement to store something like that. However, someday I'd be perfectly happy with something like that to tour around Great Bay. There are two boating accesses within a mile of our home.

We bought it back when we had a camper that we pulled behind our vehicle, and could not trailer a boat. Now my family has a beach home, and I got a small trailer so it is much easier to use.

I have driven that boat some long distances. I went from my aunts house on lake George(Huletts Landing) down to the village this past summer to visit a friend. 21 miles one way. Trip down the water was glass, but 1-2 ft. waves for the return. When i am down at the beach I like taking it out in the ocean as well.

 

[WakeboardMom]

I'd be happy with that. I don't have the parking space in my current living arrangement to store something like that. However, someday I'd be perfectly happy with something like that to tour around Great Bay. There are two boating accesses within a mile of our home.

We've hauled our boat to Portsmouth and gone up the Piscataqua a couple of times in the autumn. Great Bay is gorgeous in the fall.