My old stomping grounds. Our patrol area was from the Skyway bridge and Egmont Channel in the North to Charlotte Harbor in the south.
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Anyone carry on aboat around saltwater?
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I have a boat with a 15 on it listed on otd, but I'm about to retract that. I also have a starcraft bow rider, but I don't tow them out of town since I tow my camper. I rent boats when I travel, and we booked this Osprey in Crystal Springs to go out and snorkel and swim the gulf once we get there. Scalloped out there last July. Desoto is going to be a vacation for the wife and kids but work for me. I hope I get to enjoy it in the evenings and early mornings.
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Use donuts next time. And awesome pics man. Looks like a hell of a time.
Perfect time to lose it in a boating accident...
TheSnail which model Zodiac is that? Thanks
It's a Hypalon Zodiac 360 Aluminum Rib. I highly recommend it. I spent at least 100hrs researching which boat and motor setup to upgrade from the old all inflatable smaller boat. The new boat is the best balance of performance while still being light enough that 1 person can drag it on to shore. Weight for the boat and motor without fuel is 238lbs. Pretty astonishing weight figure for its capabilities, which is why the coast guard uses them. We even go tubing with it. Top speed is 34mph with just me in it, and 32mph with me, GF and gear in it. Fuel economy is about 2gph wide open. If you were just puttering around the lake, fishing, the 6 gallon tank would last the entire day which is silly cheap operation cost for a boat. With the aluminum trailer the entire two weigh is about 600lbs, so towing fuel economy drops only 5-7% mostly due to wind resistance.
The outboard is a Yamaha F25, which came out in 2017 and has won all sorts of awards. Very sought after. It's about 30lbs lighter then anything in is 25hp class, which is huge. It is the only 25hp that is in the portable class. Its a 4 stroke at a 2 stoke weight, with more torque than a 2 stroke. I got the F25SMHC variant which is the most basic pull start 15" version which is also the lightest at 126lbs and cheapest.
I got the boat and the last boat from Defender. They are a pleasure to work with and have very good deals. I bought both boats on sale as they were both the previous year model. This boat is a 2020 and I bought it at a deep 30% discount in 2021. The outboard was in very high demand, so finding one was mainly finding someone that had it in stock without an dealer markup. I'm real happy with the outboard as well. It is EFI so it starts on the first pull and is quieter than the Yamaha 9.9. Both outboard and boat were delivered on a pallet. Only took a couple of hours to go from two boxes to a running boat.
Long story short, I highly recommend it both boat an motor models. If a tree fell on mine, I would buy the very same setup again without question.
Really opens up possibilities and adventures. This boat has literally been a life changer for the GF and I. Here is Carters lake boat-in only campsites from the other week.
Having trouble envisioning 500,000 guns. Do you have a climate controlled hangar to store/display them?
Lol, meant to say 500K "In" guns. Otherwise, I'd need 55gallon drums of Eezox.
I dont so the beach thing but I would imagine anything drowning in oil should be fine. Cerakote on the slide would help as well. Keep it wiped down. It's humid ga summers dialed to 11
