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Glad you got out to enjoy the day on the water. Weather along the western half of Lake Erie was equally as fine this weekend.  My family and I were able to get out in the sun on the Lake for swimming yesterday and today, with a most relaxing evening on the boat last night.  Unfortunately, the season is winding down really fast for us northerns.

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  I can’t remember the name of the WWII destroyer across the pier, but that’s a good visit as well.

USS Cassin Young (DD-793) Eisboch

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USS Cassin Young (DD-793) Yes, thank you. Rich Stern

All we had in New Haven Harbor when I was a sprout was the USS Coates, a destroyer escort piloted around LI Sound by a bunch of seemingly incompetent naval reservists. Whenever the Coates was nearby, everyone headed for shelter. — Harry Krause – - – - – - – - – - – - Guts: putting "Sysop" in your twit filter.

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Wow….  what an awesome day you must have had.  All my life has been spent on small boats in area lakes….  making me get thirty foot-itis. Missing out in Texas….. — – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ditto here. Mrs. Eisboch and I spent the night on the boat Sat. night after attending the annual "Chili" fest party with our dock neighbors. 13 different crock pots full of different recipies, plenty to drink and music. Fun evening. Sunday morning we decided to get underway early (5:30 am) to watch the sun rise on the ocean. Took a leisurely cruise around the area, then decided to go to Boston. Cruised up past Minot’s light and then set a course for Boston Light. This was my first time navigating into Boston harbor, so we took it slow. The harbor was quite that early in the morning (it was now around 7:30 am). In fact, the only ones in the harbor were a few small fishing boats, two tugs and three Coast Guard cutters getting underway. Worked our way up past the Trade Center, the Boston Harbor Hotel area, and finally found the old Charlestown Navy Shipyard where the USS Constitution is moored. We called the Charlestown Marina and were able to get a slip for the day. After tying up and having some more coffee, we took a walk over to "Old Ironsides" and were pleased to find out they were giving tours. I was born and raised just south of Boston, but had never visited the USS Constitution. For those that haven’t – if you get the chance, do it!  The ship is 202 years old, and is still on active duty in the US Navy. It was fasinating. I spent nine years in the Navy and never knew where some of the sayings, uniform items and other nautical customs and traditions came from. For example, the black neckerchief worn with the tradition dress blue and white uniforms were originally issued to the sailors on the cannon gun decks to wrap around their ears to protect them from the blast of the cannons. Old Ironsides was constructed of two types of oak. One type is so dense and heavy that it sinks in water. This was used as an inner layer on the hull, sandwiched between two other layers of ligher oak. The hull is 26 inches thick at the waterline. The tours are given by active duty enlisted sailors currently attached to Old Ironsides. If you want a refreshing view of young men and women serving in the military, this will do it. Our guide was probably about 24 years old, down to earth, professional in every way and took great pride in his ship and its history. From there Mrs. E. and I toured a WW-II vintage destroyer. Although the ships I served on where a bit newer, it brought back a lot of Navy days memories. After having lunch, we returned to our boat (CD-Lite) and started our return trip to Scituate. Boston Harbor was now alive with activity and we shared the harbor with everything from canoes, kayaks, tugs, ships, (and I mean 1200-ft SHIPS!), 747s landing at Logan, and a few hundred other power and sailboats. Exiting the harbor at Boston light, I got CD-Lite up on a easy plane and enjoyed a beautiful ride back to Scituate. Why does the summer have to end? Eisboch

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we took a walk over to "Old Ironsides" and were pleased to find out they were giving tours. I was born and raised just south of Boston, but had never visited the USS Constitution. For those that haven’t – if you get the chance, do it!

I live in Boston and Cambridge for eight years, and visited Old Ironsides quite a few times.  I visited her again last fall.  What a treat!  I can’t remember the name of the WWII destroyer across the pier, but that’s a good visit as well. It’s a beatiful place to see some fine boats, old and new. Been to the Bunker Hill monument?  They have a great 3D model of the harbor and the battle. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories! Rich Stern

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USS Cassin Young (DD-793)

Yes, thank you. Rich Stern

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Why does the summer have to end? Eisboch It doesn’t. Just call Bob Brown, grab your board and follow the sun around the equator. Wait a minute…that movie’s been done. — Harry Krause

Or move here to Southern California, although we have had a very unusaully cool summer winter may keep me home a little more this year. At least I don’t have to winterize and shrink wrap. SA ***Knock softly but firmly*** ***I like soft but firm knockers***

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Wow….  what an awesome day you must have had.  All my life has been spent on small boats in area lakes….  making me get thirty foot-itis. Missing out in Texas…..

As a youth, I did a lot of boating (both power and sail) on small lakes and ponds. (Fishing, water skiing, etc).  If small lake boating is like driving a car around on the roads, then ocean boating is often more like going four-wheeling in a 4×4. I am sure that large lakes are more like boating on the ocean. Eisboch

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Boston Harbor was now alive with activity and we shared the harbor with everything from canoes, kayaks, tugs, ships, (and I mean 1200-ft SHIPS!), 747s landing at Logan, and a few hundred other power and sailboats. Exiting the harbor at Boston light, I got CD-Lite up on a easy plane and enjoyed a beautiful ride back to Scituate. Why does the summer have to end? Eisboch

Eis… an equally great time out at Block this weekend. Glad you enjoyed! BK PS ( it’s months like these that I dread living in New England. The opening of the Big E indicates the closing of boating season )  :-(

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This transplanted Scot moved from NH/Massachussetts to So. Cal. a couple of years ago and I have to say I don’t miss shovelling Winter at all! <g. Aside from that, Saturday was the perfect day – 290 Sundancer out of Channel Islands harbour to the Anacapa Channel in the company of dolphins riding the bow pressure and surfing the wake; circled Anacapa island and cruised the east coast of Santa Cruz before heading over to Ventura, watching the seals on the rig bouys and then back home to C.I. for a beer or three with the neighbours in Vintage Marina. Just a great day (except for the drunk who got upset when the bar at Pirates closed around 2 am and insisted on announcing his displeasure for the world to hear) Oh well . . . Andy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Why does the summer have to end? Eisboch Or move here to Southern California, although we have had a very unusaully cool summer winter may keep me home a little more this year. At least I don’t have to winterize and shrink wrap. SA ***Knock softly but firmly*** ***I like soft but firm knockers***

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Justaburger, Are you located in South Texas by chance? I usually go to Lake Corpus Christi and tried Lake Texanna once. I’m looking for a few other good lakes to try out before our season goes away. Can you suggest some? Thanks, Wes

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Actually it was a good weekend. The end of a 9 day vacation. Spent the Labor Day weekend at Cove marina north of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Powered home on Monday and then off to Put-in-Bay for Tuesday and Wednesday. Only about 24 boats there for those 2 days. Was quiet and peaceful compared to the height of the summer season. Thursday morning it was time to head home. Spent Thursday cleaning the interior of the boat. Someone in an earlier thread said to use Johnson’s Pledge on the plastic curtains so I thought it was worth a try. The plastic curtains cleaned up quite nice. They are crystal clear once again. Friday was time to change the oil in both engines. That task accomplished more cleaning in preparation for another trip to the bay. This past weekend at Put-in-Bay was Historical Weekend. They had set up camps historically depicting several eras. The French and Indian War, The Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, The Civil War, The Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam war. Was very interesting to walk thru each encampment and talk with the people acting each specific era and the equipment that was used in each war also. There was a parade with the soldiers of each era. Several high school bands were there as well as a Boy Scout encampment. There were scouts from Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. I am assuming because it was historical weekend each of the bars had oldies bands. Got to listen to some great 60’s music. If you ever get a chance to listen to a band called Aftermath do so, I highly recommend them. They were great. Not many bands can play Beach Boys music and they were pretty good at that and many other songs from that era. Of course I managed to hit several of the local establishments. Sunday morning we left the Bay and headed across the lake to Crystal Bay to check out the scene there. Compared to the usual 300 to 400 boats that may be there during the height of the boating season there were maybe 40 or so boats anchored there. Since I had my brother with me I decided to show him some of the local sites and places to go since he is in the process of looking for a boat. On the way back to my home harbor in 30′ of water while idling down the Livingstone Channel I felt a thump thump. I continued cruising down to a spot where I could pull out of the channel to check the props. Oops, whatever I hit took about an inch off one blade of the port propeller. It is the same prop I damaged earlier when running out of the channel to avoid being hit by another boat. Anyway I throttled back up to minimum planing speed and there was no discernable vibration so we headed for home. When I had the boat pulled from the water I also noticed a 1 1/2 x 3" chunk of the skeg missing. I wonder what I hit and I am glad I was only idling and not running wide out. Of course if I were up on plane I might have missed whatever it was. I will never know. With the exception of the prop incident it was a wonderful 9 days and the weather and the lakes cooperated fully. Never had waves more than 2′ the whole time. In fact all but one day the waves were less than one foot. September boating on the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie can be wonderful. Many of my finest boating hours have occured in September. Took the prop to the dealer today and will have it back Friday just in time to head back to Put-in-Bay for their New Years weekend Y2K at the Bay. Also made an October 14th appointment to winterize and put the boat away till next April. That is a sad day. But there are plenty of memories to carry my through the winter months and I am already planning next summers cruises. On Friday I will start another 9 day vacation and will be going to the Bay both this and next weekend. One last trip the weekend of October 9th and 10th for the Oktoberfest at the Bay then bye bye till next season. It has been a great season, the last boating season of the 1900’s. Wonder what 2000 will bring.

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No, I am in North Texas.  Home lakes have been Lake Lewisville, Grapevine, Lake Bob Sandlin, Cypress Springs, etc…  mostly small lakes. — – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Justaburger, Are you located in South Texas by chance? I usually go to Lake Corpus Christi and tried Lake Texanna once. I’m looking for a few other good lakes to try out before our season goes away. Can you suggest some? Thanks, Wes

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ditto here. Mrs. Eisboch and I spent the night on the boat Sat. night after attending the annual "Chili" fest party with our dock neighbors. 13 different crock pots full of different recipies, plenty to drink and music. Fun evening. Sunday morning we decided to get underway early (5:30 am) to watch the sun rise on the ocean. Took a leisurely cruise around the area, then decided to go to Boston. Cruised up past Minot’s light and then set a course for Boston Light. This was my first time navigating into Boston harbor, so we took it slow. The harbor was quite that early in the morning (it was now around 7:30 am). In fact, the only ones in the harbor were a few small fishing boats, two tugs and three Coast Guard cutters getting underway.  Worked our way up past the Trade Center, the Boston Harbor Hotel area, and finally found the old Charlestown Navy Shipyard where the USS Constitution is moored. We called the Charlestown Marina and were able to get a slip for the day. After tying up and having some more coffee, we took a walk over to "Old Ironsides" and were pleased to find out they were giving tours. I was born and raised just south of Boston, but had never visited the USS Constitution. For those that haven’t – if you get the chance, do it!  The ship is 202 years old, and is still on active duty in the US Navy. It was fasinating. I spent nine years in the Navy and never knew where some of the sayings, uniform items and other nautical customs and traditions came from. For example, the black neckerchief worn with the tradition dress blue and white uniforms were originally issued to the sailors on the cannon gun decks to wrap around their ears to protect them from the blast of the cannons. Old Ironsides was constructed of two types of oak. One type is so dense and heavy that it sinks in water. This was used as an inner layer on the hull, sandwiched between two other layers of ligher oak. The hull is 26 inches thick at the waterline. The tours are given by active duty enlisted sailors currently attached to Old Ironsides. If you want a refreshing view of young men and women serving in the military, this will do it. Our guide was probably about 24 years old, down to earth, professional in every way and took great pride in his ship and its history. From there Mrs. E. and I toured a WW-II vintage destroyer. Although the ships I served on where a bit newer, it brought back a lot of Navy days memories. After having lunch, we returned to our boat (CD-Lite) and started our return trip to Scituate. Boston Harbor was now alive with activity and we shared the harbor with everything from canoes, kayaks, tugs, ships, (and I mean 1200-ft SHIPS!), 747s landing at Logan, and a few hundred other power and sailboats. Exiting the harbor at Boston light, I got CD-Lite up on a easy plane and enjoyed a beautiful ride back to Scituate. Why does the summer have to end? Eisboch

It doesn’t. Just call Bob Brown, grab your board and follow the sun around the equator. Wait a minute…that movie’s been done. — Harry Krause – - – - – - – - – - – - Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

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…on the Chesapeake. It was gorgeous. Bright, sunny, no haze, very very light wind, no real chop, at least from Deale down to Solomons. Made the 28-mile trip in record time for me, 40 miles an hour all the way from the Deale breaker to the gas docks, where Mr. Striper and Mr. Bluefish provided the entertainment. All along the way, breaking pods of baitfish for the netting, and, on the way out of Deale, I saw a bunch of guys scooping up hardshell crabs with fish landing nets. Only saw one jetski…and he came over to the gas docks to join a buddy on a fishing boat. A little chop on the way back, so I had to slow to 35 mph. Best sight of the day: as I was re-entering Rockhold Creek, three of my favorite brand of B-goods boat were wallowing their way out. Managed to hit a roller just right to launch some spray in their direction. Would that it would be this way from April to November. — Harry Krause – - – - – - – - – - – - Geraldo Rivera: A genetic experiment gone bad?

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Ditto here. Mrs. Eisboch and I spent the night on the boat Sat. night after attending the annual "Chili" fest party with our dock neighbors. 13 different crock pots full of different recipies, plenty to drink and music. Fun evening. Sunday morning we decided to get underway early (5:30 am) to watch the sun rise on the ocean. Took a leisurely cruise around the area, then decided to go to Boston. Cruised up past Minot’s light and then set a course for Boston Light. This was my first time navigating into Boston harbor, so we took it slow. The harbor was quite that early in the morning (it was now around 7:30 am). In fact, the only ones in the harbor were a few small fishing boats, two tugs and three Coast Guard cutters getting underway.  Worked our way up past the Trade Center, the Boston Harbor Hotel area, and finally found the old Charlestown Navy Shipyard where the USS Constitution is moored. We called the Charlestown Marina and were able to get a slip for the day. After tying up and having some more coffee, we took a walk over to "Old Ironsides" and were pleased to find out they were giving tours. I was born and raised just south of Boston, but had never visited the USS Constitution. For those that haven’t – if you get the chance, do it!  The ship is 202 years old, and is still on active duty in the US Navy. It was fasinating. I spent nine years in the Navy and never knew where some of the sayings, uniform items and other nautical customs and traditions came from. For example, the black neckerchief worn with the tradition dress blue and white uniforms were originally issued to the sailors on the cannon gun decks to wrap around their ears to protect them from the blast of the cannons. Old Ironsides was constructed of two types of oak. One type is so dense and heavy that it sinks in water. This was used as an inner layer on the hull, sandwiched between two other layers of ligher oak. The hull is 26 inches thick at the waterline. The tours are given by active duty enlisted sailors currently attached to Old Ironsides. If you want a refreshing view of young men and women serving in the military, this will do it. Our guide was probably about 24 years old, down to earth, professional in every way and took great pride in his ship and its history. From there Mrs. E. and I toured a WW-II vintage destroyer. Although the ships I served on where a bit newer, it brought back a lot of Navy days memories. After having lunch, we returned to our boat (CD-Lite) and started our return trip to Scituate. Boston Harbor was now alive with activity and we shared the harbor with everything from canoes, kayaks, tugs, ships, (and I mean 1200-ft SHIPS!), 747s landing at Logan, and a few hundred other power and sailboats. Exiting the harbor at Boston light, I got CD-Lite up on a easy plane and enjoyed a beautiful ride back to Scituate. Why does the summer have to end? Eisboch

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