Views from the C-Nile

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by MDoug

Do you have gps and radar to navigate in the dark? I still rely on my Raymarine C70.

I do have navionics, and I picked up a used radar system I want to install in my short off season. The lake is very dark this time of year!



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[MDoug]

Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

I do have navionics, and I picked up a used radar system I want to install in my short off season. The lake is very dark this time of year!Attachment 16624

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Thanks to my radar I was able to dodge a small fishing boat in the fog one morning on my way to Y Landing!!

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by MDoug

Thanks to my radar I was able to dodge a small fishing boat in the fog one morning on my way to Y Landing!!

I was coming in one foggy morning and thought I saw the Marine Patrol building lights...turned out to be a fishing boat with spotlights mounted on the roof!

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[Winilyme]

So Steve, when will you be back on Mark for the 2021 season? 20 minutes after ice out?

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by Winilyme

So Steve, when will you be back on Mark for the 2021 season? 20 minutes after ice out?

This year was 2 or 3 days before ice out...whenever it's clear between Glendale and Mark!

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[tis]

Originally Posted by Winilyme

So Steve, when will you be back on Mark for the 2021 season? 20 minutes after ice out?

No, he's going out in Jan. in his new airboat.

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by tis

No, he's going out in Jan. in his new airboat.

That's not in the budget this year... I'll have to wait til ice out like the rest of you! :-)

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

That's not in the budget this year... I'll have to wait til ice out like the rest of you! :-)

I would love an ice boat! Forum friend "Codeman" had a 1000 islands ice boat about 10 or 12 years ago that I remember. To me that was the perfect ice boat for the lake. Unfortunately the price on these over the past few years has skyrocketed!!

Maybe someday!...

Dan

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

I would love an ice boat! Forum friend "Codeman" had a 1000 islands ice boat about 10 or 12 years ago that I remember. To me that was the perfect ice boat for the lake. Unfortunately the price on these over the past few years has skyrocketed!!

Maybe someday!...

Dan

J has had more boats over the last 15 years than I've had underware changes! ok, I embellish...but not much! haha

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

J has had more boats over the last 15 years than I've had underware changes! ok, I embellish...but not much! haha

There is no doubt about that!!

Dan

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

There is no doubt about that!!

Dan

Honestly I have lost count! Far more than Steve's underwear changes. We were neighbors ya know!

I spoke with the new owners of 1000 Islands a year or so ago about a new boat. The 18' was about $100k, a far cry from the mid $50k's I paid new years ago for the yellow one. They have certainly refined them though. They offered to have me be their rep in the northeast and sell me a boat to show at a discounted rate. Timing wasn't right, but I am getting tempted to re-engage the conversation. I have been looking for a used one and they are non-existent out there. Any ads found online are old ads for boats that are long gone.

[Winilyme]

Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

That's not in the budget this year... I'll have to wait til ice out like the rest of you! :-)

When you do finally buy one, make sure it's fully enclosed with a stove/heater.

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by Winilyme

When you do finally buy one, make sure it's fully enclosed with a stove/heater.

Maybe we can convert the C-Nile to air / ice capabilities!

[MDoug]

Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

I was coming in one foggy morning and thought I saw the Marine Patrol building lights...turned out to be a fishing boat with spotlights mounted on the roof!

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The boat I dodged had no lights! Thank God for Raymarine.