Bought Myself a New Toy!

[drjeff]

A friend of mine has a Nauset with the little wood center console. He has a 75 hp on it that's maybe 5 years old. Those 16' Whalers are brutal on your back in any kind of sea since they pound like crazy.

I think my kidneys/lower back are still suffering from my carefree days over 25 years ago when I was a preteen/teenager spending hours a day bouncing around in my Whaler sport 13! Pre personal water craft era, that was pretty much the equivalent of a bike for many a kid who grew up spending their summers on a body of water!

 

[Glenn]

I think my kidneys/lower back are still suffering from my carefree days over 25 years ago when I was a preteen/teenager spending hours a day bouncing around in my Whaler sport 13! Pre personal water craft era, that was pretty much the equivalent of a bike for many a kid who grew up spending their summers on a body of water!

Overheard on the docks:
"How come that kid is standing up driving that Whaler? Oh wait...it's Jeff...he's sitting...Damn that boy is tall!"

:lol:

 

[bigbog]

...Can I sense the boating/fishing Electronics/GPS wizardry fever not too long behind....??

 

[Hawkshot99]

I took it out after work for the first time today. I definitely did not take it up to full speed on the test drive. Unfortunately I forgot my GPS at home, but I would guess i was doing around 40. The prop is pretty banged up though, so there is room to improve.

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You guys had me very scared about rough water as the test drive was on a glass smooth lake. The river had some decent wakes today and it defiantly is no deep V, but better than I had expected after hearing Geoff.

On a different note, I went out of Kingston NY onto the Hudson River. It is right around 100 miles north of NYC. The entire time I was out on the water it was a steady stream of massive yachts pulling into the Rondout Creek marinas and heading farther north to hide from the hurricane. Yachts from the Bahamas, Florida and the Caribbean. The Largest Yacht was well over 100' in length!

 

[Geoff]

You guys had me very scared about rough water as the test drive was on a glass smooth lake. The river had some decent wakes today and it defiantly is no deep V, but better than I had expected after hearing Geoff.

I'm referring to operating a 16' Whaler in 2 to 3 foot Buzzards Bay chop. Combine shallow water, 20 knot breeze out of the southwest, and a few knots of current and you get back-destroying haystack waves. Where I am, it's hard to escape seeing at least some of it most days. Around here, 16' whalers all have center consoles so you can drive them standing up.

 

[4aprice]

Welcome to the world of boating (Bring Out Another Thousand) Hope she's on dry land for this storm. Even though we are not on the ocean we pulled for this one. Predictions of the lake level rising by 3 feet could toss her up on land. (not good). I am fortunate that for this event she will be stored indoors and I have no worries except for what to drink during the storm. Good luck with her.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ