10.23.2005
wakeboarding, back again?!
Kev happy to be on the glass!
Talky got back from his stint in New Orleans and was ready to get back behind the boat and give it a go again. Kev and I happily abliged and were ready for the chilly waters!! I went over to don's house to get the boat set up and back in the water. since we hadn't been using it, the battery had drained and the boat subsequently would not start. Don did have a charger handy, but that just wasn't quite doing the trick. So we were scratching our heads trying to figure out if something else had changed in the meantime. I thought I should bring my car over and see if that would give us enough juice to get the boat started. luckily for us that worked at starting the boat, now the real test was to come, if we could start her up in the water and have enough working power to start up again and again. Well we decided to bring along my battery to supplement any power concerns. We dropped in and after a little fiddling got the boat started up. We thought 'why in the heck should we even turn the boat off since we got it going?' so we let the boat run the whole time the 3 of us took 2 runs each. after that though, i know the alternator charged that battery up, because it would start right up after that. I got in 2 solid runs, maybe falling once or twice (meaning I wasn't pushing real hard, but having a good time). The water was glass, and hardly any boats were out. Only one real mishap on the day in my mind: we were heading into the sun down the curved stretch of the river where the best water normally is. i pulled out and then came across and cleared the wake. no sooner did i land did i realize there was a boat coming straight at us fairly quickly. I stood up a prepared to cut hard to get out of the way, but realized it probably wasn't necessary. The sucker missed me by maybe 3'. i was not happy, not only are you supposed to go 5 mph when you are anywhere near another boat, he was just a dummy. after that the day was just glorious. Why can't the water be that calm in the summer when it's nice and warm?
Kev happy to be on the glass!
Talky got back from his stint in New Orleans and was ready to get back behind the boat and give it a go again. Kev and I happily abliged and were ready for the chilly waters!! I went over to don's house to get the boat set up and back in the water. since we hadn't been using it, the battery had drained and the boat subsequently would not start. Don did have a charger handy, but that just wasn't quite doing the trick. So we were scratching our heads trying to figure out if something else had changed in the meantime. I thought I should bring my car over and see if that would give us enough juice to get the boat started. luckily for us that worked at starting the boat, now the real test was to come, if we could start her up in the water and have enough working power to start up again and again. Well we decided to bring along my battery to supplement any power concerns. We dropped in and after a little fiddling got the boat started up. We thought 'why in the heck should we even turn the boat off since we got it going?' so we let the boat run the whole time the 3 of us took 2 runs each. after that though, i know the alternator charged that battery up, because it would start right up after that. I got in 2 solid runs, maybe falling once or twice (meaning I wasn't pushing real hard, but having a good time). The water was glass, and hardly any boats were out. Only one real mishap on the day in my mind: we were heading into the sun down the curved stretch of the river where the best water normally is. i pulled out and then came across and cleared the wake. no sooner did i land did i realize there was a boat coming straight at us fairly quickly. I stood up a prepared to cut hard to get out of the way, but realized it probably wasn't necessary. The sucker missed me by maybe 3'. i was not happy, not only are you supposed to go 5 mph when you are anywhere near another boat, he was just a dummy. after that the day was just glorious. Why can't the water be that calm in the summer when it's nice and warm?
Labels: recreation, wakeboard
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