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I sometimes use it during the week. It has a pay machine that accepts credit cards. The launch is fine and parking is free. If you want to go salmon fishing , you should be prepared to run a few miles to deep water. During the weekend it’s over crowded.

If you launch a few miles farther west, you will be in deep water a lot faster.

I live ten minutes away from Irondequoit launch, but I prefer to drive to Sandy Creek. Braddocks Bay has shallow water issues.

2 hours ago, Gill-T said:

Why do I see palm trees?

Climate change has changed Sodus Point 

This sounds weird, but it works.

Lysol advanced power clinging gel, yes that stuff that is used for cleaning toillets.

Squirt some on there spread it out with a cloth , let it do its thing and 10 minutes later you can wipe it off together with the tie marks

Sometimes ignorant but dominant individuals willfully ignore the warning signs about maximum weight limits on the boat and other inconvenient messages because those things take away from what they perceive to be  a great outing.

I was seen as a spoiler of fun by grandma ( mother in law) because I would not allow my kids on her overloaded pontoon boat. About one hour later her pontoon capsized because a speedboat wake hit them. Luckily nobody was hurt, but grandma was in no mood to apologize.

They were 2 very lucky campers, but I wonder if they had done a proper pre-check before launching.

One way to slow them down is by instead of flicking the swiitch. You can just loosen the wheel a bit and that way you can decide what speed to go with. Just don't forget to tighten them up when you reach your chosen depth.

11 hours ago, Gator said:

Since we're on the subject of electronic monitoring systems, I'm going to make a pitch for a freezer alarm. Nothing to do with boating, but a buddy of mine lost everything in his chest freezer a few weeks ago and a couple of other guys on here have had the same thing happen in the not-so-distant past. I purchased a Temperature Stick monitor for my chest freezer two weeks ago. It works on Wifi and is easy to install. You set up alarms for temperature, humidity, or power loss (since these things don't work without power lol) and receive text messages in or off app with the option of email alerts to you or a designee. The sensor sends a report to the app once an hour, more often if you want. With the storms this week and Tommy and I being in Cape Cod, it was interesting to get notification that the unit hadn't checked in for three consecutive cycles and to see once we had power back how warm the freezer got (it went from 2 to 10 degrees in four hours). The thing cost $140, but there are some cheaper options on Amazon too. I figure you get what you pay for and based on the reviews chose to go with the Temperature Stick. So far, so good.

There is an interesting story there.

About thirty years ago in another country where I used to live everybody bought dollars on the black market to beat inflation. These dollars were not kept in the bank but in hiding places in the house.

A friend of mine took care of the house of an elderly couple while they were on a trip abroad. He swung by the house every few days to check up on it. Their freezer broke down and pretty soon the meat inside started smelling My friend came to check on the house and picked up on the smell. He decided to clean out the freezer so things would not get worse.. He threw out maybe thirty defrosted chickens and cleaned up everything. It turned out that the elderly couple had hidden their dollar stack inside the frozen chickens inside the freezer. He had thrown $120000 in the garbage.

2 hours ago, whaler1 said:

Not true. My boat has over 6000lbs of swamped capacity. Pull the plugs, fill it with water and park your car on it. 
 

Yes, but you have a Boston Whaler and those boats are just about unique

If you have 20 to 30 loose rivets, you probably should take the floor and the tank out and replace all those rivets with solid rivets and use some sort of epoxy sealing when you drive them in.

20 to 30 leaky rivets are very exceptional. I am thinking that this many loose rivets may well have been caused by towing long distance with that unsupported bracket hanging on the back of the structure. Heaven knows what else has been shaking loose in there. You should really find a way to support that bracket. Maybe using a longer trailer.

would you be interested in just selling the rocket launcher setup?

I think it is 20 feet down per hundred feet of wire.

We were at roughly the same depth but a bout a mile farther west. We ended up 9 for 12

I use Lysol advanced power clinging gell, which is a great disinfectant. It is for toilet bowls, I know, but when used, it can be spread over the vinyl and other bad spots. I let it sit for a few minutes and then use a large brush. After brushing, all the stubborn dirty spots are gone and the floor looks like new again.

I never do this when the boat is in the water.

They usually have long blocks laying around as well.

I'll take the weighted steel if the other deal falls through.

It looks like a super slim dream weaver, but as for its name? I can barely remember my own name.

Way to go!!

You can sent me a private message

So most people who replace a transom doing it themselves do have at least some do it yourself talent, but often lack the power equipment to make the hole process go as smooth as it should be.

One of those tools often is a crane or cherry picker or backyard tree.

There is a simple cheap solution to this problem. What you need is 3 4x4x8s 2 feet of 3/4 inch pipe with a 90 degree angle and a 5 inch piece of pipe screwed into the 90 and a little ratcheting pulley thing capable of holding a thousand pounds that you can get for cheap at harbor freight. You lay two of the 8 footers across the beam and  lay the 3/4 inch  pipeon top across the beams right above the  hook on the engine, hang the pulley off the 3/4 inch pipe and you are ready to winch your engine up.

So why the third 4x4?

If you need to move the engine backward or forward, you should cut that one in two and lay it crosswise on the other 2 beams . You put the 3/4 inch steel pipe on top and hang the winch on it. once you have raised your engine, you can move it back and forth by rolling the pipe with the help of the "handle" piece of pipe.

I wish you all happy puttering which is as much fun as fishing.

Did the water deep down get a bit cooler ? Or was it still 60 degrees at a hundred foot down?

In Rochester

So far I have restored 4 aluminum boats. My first rebuild was a boat that was a sixteen foot boat like the ones  used in the Bay of pigs fiasco. The rest all Starcraft, a Holiday and 2 Islanders. I may be able to help you out dependent on what you need done.

I would not throw good money after bad money. Do retire the Magdas

Just a heads up.

The 150 quarts 7 day Igloo coolers are on sale in BJs for $74.99

If you're interested you should go get one before they are gone.