Pic Of The Day

TonyG13

Tonight's blue super moon rising over our harbor (with some atmospheric distortion)...

Willhound

YYZRC said:

@Willhound do you miss having a boat at all?

Good Question. Initially, yes, but now, no. I do get the odd pang when I see a cruiser out on the lake on a perfect, sunny calm morning, on plane and flags flying. Brings back many happy memories. I'm happy I got to live out one of my long time dreams, and might do it again some day but it'll likely be a center console fishing boat someplace warm.

At the end it didn't make financial sense, we were spending an average of $10,000 a year for slip/maintenance and a bit of fuel. We're just a year or two from retirement and realized those $$ were better off topping up the retirement fund and will likely pay for a place someplace warm in the winter. My wife had also developed a case of vertigo that is getting worse with time, so found the wave action more difficult. And finally, our marina went down the toilet. To generate revenue a new owner brought in a food truck and rental boats/PWC's/kayaks etc so we had a lot of issues with outsiders messing with the boats. When the day came to sell the buyer literally started piling up $100 bills until I was satisfied. Got what we paid for it 4 years prior, although of course I had done plenty of upgrades. And sold without any conditions or surveys. I had 4 hours from the time we made the deal to get our stuff out of it before they drove it away. Never heard from them again.

I've meant to tell this story for awhile, so thanks for asking, and maybe Pic of the Day is not a great place, but it does allow me to share a pic of our current recreational set up. We found a spot in an RV park about 10 minutes from our house and a nice 40 foot unit to occupy it. Wife loves it, and so do I. Our plan is to sell the house and this will be our summer abode, and something the same someplace south.

I should add that if we still had the slip we'd be up to $8000 in fees this year. Our new place is about half that and has a swimming pool and plenty of other amenities we like. And no fuel cost and way less maintenance. Yes, we've gone to the dark side. 

YYZRC

Awesome @Willhound - lots more usable space for sure. Do you leave it there for winter or store offsite?

Willhound

Stays there. Year round site with seasonal occupancy May 1 to Nov 1. It'll likely never move as long as I own it. It's on blocks and besides, 40'8" overall and 12,000 lbs....I couldn't pull it if I wanted to....😆

GMSLITHO

wow really nice set up 

rasbury

I get it- I'm assuming the need for space has changed later in life....I'm 65 and still "raising a family" so would have been the plan ,(boat) but God just chuckled...

Ian

Shot from the drone of our Steak and Lobster Bake last weekend.


73 guest boats, 30 campers and around 450 people.

Rich_

Rich_

Grady just after sunset. 
Side note: sunset is getting too early

tonystoy

The Thunderbirds gave us a good show yesterday!

SimcoeRinker400

Nice Sunset to a good long weekend Hope everyone had a good one!! 

Rich_

YYZRC

Season is running out

oscar1

how cold is the water over-there? Nice pics 

YYZRC

73 degrees at the surface. Water is warmer than the air today

SimcoeRinker400

Simcoe is in the 67 degrees range surface.

PickleRick

Should I mark the trees while the lake is down and sell this info to the bass master guys next spring????

YYZRC

Nautilus 650. Some big props. 

Aqua_Aura

Season is over 😔. I got to control the lift and put the skis on the trailer then cleaned the ski dock. Really nice day today and if my wife was home we would have gone for a ride. 

Rich_

Too nice of a day not to go for a ride

benvenuttioki

A beautiful moonlit run on the Chesapeake!

rasbury

Really nice picture, thanks for sharing!

aero3113

Had a slight gear oil leak on the front left and rear right  axles of the Land Cruiser. Finished the rear and now onto the front! New bearings, races and seals all around. Look how bad the knuckle bearings were! Fun stuff!

captkevin

Wow bearings were definitely ready for replacement. looks like a pretty involved project. Congrats. 

PickleRick

@aero3113  does it still have the widow maker single reservoir brake master cylinder?

aero3113

@PickleRick no, it has a dual master cylinder.

mattie

Local radar at lunch today. Crapsakes!
Hope boats all away.

aero3113

Never fails! I go to finish up my front Left knuckle and hub rebuild and a bolt snapped! Luckily I was able to drill and extract it. New bolts on order!

PickleRick

Ouch.  Just when you thought you were done playing with grease 

aero3113

I know! It’s crazy how much grease is used in these knuckles. About 32 oz. each side.