73 days to boating season!

**tnelsmn** · 02-14-2020, 12:37 AM

I think that groundhog lied... Minneapolis, MN currently. On the other hand if Saturday goes according to plan the 'stream comes out of its cradle.

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**JR IN JAX** · 02-14-2020, 01:15 PM

NEWS FLASH!!!!
Yankee weather invades the "Promised Land"...Its about 50 degrees today and rainy. I guess I shouldn't be too upset since Jack does not have my boat ready anyway. I just felt the need to Gripe about something.

**kellytheaker** · 02-14-2020, 01:36 PM

Pretty SNAPPY here in Ontario as well , so it' snowmobiling heaven and rec, hockey on the rivers and lakes as well as ice fishing. Enjoy those southern 50s . Our season will come around shortly . Enjoy your pastimes fellas .

**Instigator** · 02-14-2020, 03:00 PM

I’ve had the heat cranked all day to cure the gel I sprayed on my newly built motor bracket this morning.
Ugh

BTW, I think 48 days.

**JR IN JAX** · 02-14-2020, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Instigator

I’ve had the heat cranked all day to cure the gel I sprayed on my newly built motor bracket this morning.
Ugh

BTW, I think 48 days.

You might try infrared gas or electric heat if you have many projects like this to do, so you can heat the surfaces instead of the space that will have higher loses due to convection.

**Instigator** · 02-15-2020, 05:27 AM

Thx for tip.

Project kinda got me by surprise.

The can of gel said to use 1/2 the catalyst I normally do for our climate but w/it being yrs since I sprayed any, I trusted it.
WRONG!

A big enough part I had no choice but to super heat the entire shop.

Originally Posted by JR IN JAX

You might try infrared gas or electric heat if you have many projects like this to do, so you can heat the surfaces instead of the space that will have higher loses due to convection.

**Instigator** · 03-27-2020, 10:24 AM

5 days

If we were allowed.

**Euroski** · 03-27-2020, 10:49 AM

MY concern... how safe will boating be with this virus if it continues from May onward???

**JR IN JAX** · 03-27-2020, 10:51 AM

We spent yesterday on the Suwannee earning us a terrible sunburn/windburn. The water was very high and full of floating logs. Tomorrow, Lord willing is a day on the St Mary's.
Life in Florida is really tough....

**Instigator** · 03-27-2020, 10:56 AM

Not even funny ��

Originally Posted by JR IN JAX

We spent yesterday on the Suwannee earning us a terrible sunburn/windburn. The water was very high and full of floating logs. Tomorrow, Lord willing is a day on the St Mary's.
Life in Florida is really tough....

**David** · 03-27-2020, 04:33 PM

The boats were out on the Detroit River this morning. Fishing has started

**Instigator** · 03-27-2020, 04:46 PM

They’re all gonna die.

Originally Posted by David

The boats were out on the Detroit River this morning. Fishing has started

**roadkill636** · 03-27-2020, 08:11 PM

I took the Viking ProMax out yesterday for the 1st time

**JR IN JAX** · 03-27-2020, 09:21 PM

Hopefully the Marine Patrol lets us stay on the water tomorrow, the Stupid Spring Breakers forming herds on the Springs and sandbars has the Florida Govenor sizzling mad. He is sending out Posses' of LEO to stop the Covid19 zombies from spreading it even more. He does not want us to end up like New Orleans with the highest death percentage in the world. Many of them were probably at Mardi Gras and have now migrated here to carry on.

**JR IN JAX** · 03-28-2020, 07:37 PM

While we were anchored off a beautiful beach on the Florida side of the St Mary's River, we spread our boats about 20' apart. The Florida Fish and Game came by and warned us that our boats had to be 50' apart and no more than 10 persons per boat/6' social spacing. He was really nice and we immediately respaced our boats. I am just glad it was not the Georgia side LEO since they are the perfect image of Barney Fife and are driven to stretch every "perceived" infraction into the largest fine.