Thanks guys. I’ll have to take my camera next week. I think I’m back on the boat shift on Monday. It was major fun today. The boats are big, clumsy scows and they are over powered when lightly loaded. Power response is touchy. Steering one in any kind of a breeze is like pushing an overloaded shopping cart on an icy sidewalk. The channel is tight and twisty with over hanging trees. The current is about 3 mph and on the downstream leg and it makes handling even trickier. I had a ball. Didn’t hit anything. Well I banged the lower unit on a stump the first go round and kinda nudged a a sandbar a little. . Did my final tour of the day as captain ( instead of first mate) and managed to get back to the dock with all my passengers and no holes in the boat. So I’d call it a success and a heck of a lot of fun!
Quote from: Blowpipe Sam on July 21, 2021, 10:08:34 PMThanks guys. I’ll have to take my camera next week. I think I’m back on the boat shift on Monday. It was major fun today. The boats are big, clumsy scows and they are over powered when lightly loaded. Power response is touchy. Steering one in any kind of a breeze is like pushing an overloaded shopping cart on an icy sidewalk. The channel is tight and twisty with over hanging trees. The current is about 3 mph and on the downstream leg and it makes handling even trickier. I had a ball. Didn’t hit anything. Well I banged the lower unit on a stump the first go round and kinda nudged a a sandbar a little. . Did my final tour of the day as captain ( instead of first mate) and managed to get back to the dock with all my passengers and no holes in the boat. So I’d call it a success and a heck of a lot of fun!Where do I apply for that job?
Quote from: avator on July 22, 2021, 12:02:08 PMQuote from: Blowpipe Sam on July 21, 2021, 10:08:34 PMThanks guys. I’ll have to take my camera next week. I think I’m back on the boat shift on Monday. It was major fun today. The boats are big, clumsy scows and they are over powered when lightly loaded. Power response is touchy. Steering one in any kind of a breeze is like pushing an overloaded shopping cart on an icy sidewalk. The channel is tight and twisty with over hanging trees. The current is about 3 mph and on the downstream leg and it makes handling even trickier. I had a ball. Didn’t hit anything. Well I banged the lower unit on a stump the first go round and kinda nudged a a sandbar a little. . Did my final tour of the day as captain ( instead of first mate) and managed to get back to the dock with all my passengers and no holes in the boat. So I’d call it a success and a heck of a lot of fun!Where do I apply for that job?VOLUNTEER! At Florida state parks.org. We have volunteer campsites with full hookups for RV’s. Right now we have four volunteer boat captains. It’s a really cool thing to do after you retire. (Hint hint) And there are two off-road vehicle areas in the national and state forests just a few miles from us!
Carter, on days like today, when it is airgun time, do you wear a bowtie or a necktie?
Quote from: Bicycleman on July 23, 2021, 01:09:07 PMCarter, on days like today, when it is airgun time, do you wear a bowtie or a necktie?Maybe a ziptie?
Mississippi string tie.Sipping a tall ice tea right now and cursing the perversity of springers. This one was stacking CPHP’s last week. I opened a new tin and now it’s making shotgun patterns at 35 yards. Come back in two hours and it will probably be stacking them again.Operator error?