First off I want to thank Stoker2001 and his wife for baby sitting us all day this weekendÂ… This was my first experience on the Delta.. All I can say is if you have never been there.. DonÂ’t go alone!!.. I had NO idea where I was.. I just followed Stoker2001 as close as I couldÂ…. We launched at Tower Park.. then he took us site seeing.. It was amazing.. He showed us where you guys do your hooky day.. and where RobbyRacer GPS over 135 in a little.. I MEAN LITTLE channel.. You NOR CAL guys are nuts!.. Ultimately we ended up in Discovery bay for the boat show.. We saw BoatMaster, Jetboat guru and Teabag..
So IÂ’m sitting there.. and start to remember this story that Hullshot tells me about the wind and the main channel.. and Im looking around.. thinking to my self.. we better get going.. We had our 20.4 Stoker with 6 people and Stoker 2001 had his Stoker 224 with 3..
We got fuel and headed out..
We ended up at hidden island (I think) it was a bar.. It reminded me of something you would see in parker.. We raced almost all the way back having a blast .. Then we hit the channel.. it was windy and pretty ugly.. it was probably 2-3Â’ waves.. Now remember.. we have little boats.. but.. they are STOKERS!...lol..
First off.. Between my woman and I we have two stokers.. I have a 224 with a car motor.. and she has the 20.4 with an OB.. We just bought a house and decided that we were going to sell the 20.4.. After this ride I looked at her and said.. There is NO way we are selling this boat right now.. LOLÂ…. I have driven this boat before.. but.. never in challenging water.. I donÂ’t have words for how well it handled.. I know how our 224 handles ugly water.. but unless you had your own experience.. you would never have any idea how the 20.4 handles the water..
Now I know how those guys made it back and fourth to Catalina in those boats..
I know she didnÂ’t want to sell it.. we love to boat together so we thought we would never use both boats.. Even though she drives my boat.. its not really a friendly application to say it lightlyÂ…and IÂ’m always over her shoulder.. With white knuckles.. (Not because IÂ’m an ass hole.. but because I have a 1200HP Stoker and its generally not a good idea to let people with out a TON of experience drive it).
Long story short.. We are keeping the little Stoker tooÂ… She is going to drive it with her girlfriends.. and weÂ’ll keep it for local boatingÂ….
BTW.. Im going to enter it in a 8hr race in parkerÂ… and maybe some ski racing too.. lol
I want to thank Kevin (Stoker2001) for a great day on the Delta and cant wait to do it again..
Mark