My Catalina pics

[DILLIGAF]

Sorry tom had a one motor take a crap on the ramp.........sucky day for us..glad you guys had fun.........How was the ride back?
Ya, I heard about your motor. Hope it is something minor.
The ride back was a lot of fun. I would run it up to 65 then slow down and drop back behind Havasu Luvr. Teresa was standing up right by me and telling me to go faster....lol We got air quite a few times and the boat handled it very well. I don't know if I really want to go in much larger water than that though. It was that washing machine type of water. If it was all coming at you one way it would have been a nicer ride. With the fog in the AM it made it hard to really enjoy the ride. Would have been nice to look out and see something besides fog.
Next time Barry

[DILLIGAF]

You guys look like you're going snow skiing....
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...atalina014.jpg
I don't know about going out in that fog....did you have a GPS with you?
Tom, it looks like a fun trip!
You can always strip down Mike but if you don't have it to begin with you are miserable. Made my trip over comfortable.
Havasu Luvr had his GPS and we just hung off his wing. No problem at all. We were going to follow Frenchie and he took off on us . I was between him and HL and wanted to be able to keep HL and Frenchie in my sights. Lost Frenchie right away. I had a handheld but it does not have any mapping software.
By the way...I used slightly more than a 1/4 tank of gas. I thought we would use more than that. I had it topped off, 6 people and hit about 65MPH. I can get 70 with less gas on board.

[BowTie Rick]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...atalina017.jpg
Wow, I think I'd want radar too. Do many large ships run up the coast or is it mostly pleasure craft?

[DILLIGAF]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...atalina017.jpg
Wow, I think I'd want radar too. Do many large ships run up the coast or is it mostly pleasure craft?
Yes....At one point I stopped to ask HL if he was sure where he was going. He said he did and oh by the way...."We are sitting in a shipping lane" :2purples: HL and us ran about 25-30 MPH thru the fog. Slow easy pace as the fog was very thick. I felt very comfortable following along with HL (David).
I guess Frenchie ran up on somebody sitting out there on their boat. Saw the guy at the last minute.

[HCS]

Looked pretty nice once the sunshine hit.

[Phat Matt]

I find it hard to believe that Frenchie took off. He usually drives it slow.
Nice pics Tom.

[Havasu Luvr]

I find it hard to believe that Frenchie took off. He usually drives it slow.
Nice pics Tom.
LMAO ! ! well, we were going slower then normal....maybe it just felt like he was going faster

[BowTie Rick]

Yes....At one point I stopped to ask HL if he was sure where he was going. He said he did and oh by the way...."We are sitting in a shipping lane" :2purples: HL and us ran about 25-30 MPH thru the fog. Slow easy pace as the fog was very thick. I felt very comfortable following along with HL (David).
I guess Frenchie ran up on somebody sitting out there on their boat. Saw the guy at the last minute.
When I was a kid, I made the run with my pops on a Boston Whaler. We used a car radar detector to look for the big ships. It would go off when it was "painted" by their radar. An AM radio was the GPS of the day. Point the antenna toward the strongest signal. Of course, we had a compass too, LOL. I'm thinking we were crazy now but at the time, it sure was fun.

[phebus]

I find it hard to believe that Frenchie took off. He usually drives it slow.
Nice pics Tom.
Remember this:
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data...Frenchie_1.jpg

[Havasu Luvr]

Tom, did you get a chance to see the Avalon Mermaid? She was a beauty ! !
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...9PA226658a.jpg