engine fumes in cuddy

[veritas honus]

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We will be traveling up the intracoastal, which is a protected waterway that runs from Canada around the tip of Florida and up to the Anclote River. At that point you have to go out into the Gulf Of Mexico at least 13 miles to be sure you don't run aground. Then you catch a couple rivers to the Mississippi, into the Great Lakes. The route is called "The Great Loop" (I think), and is something I would love to do. Only thing holding me back is money - for a bigger boat, fuel, food, marinas and breakdowns.

Our boat is a dual console catamaran (which is a fancy name for a bowrider that has a head. It sports a half tower and I have a full and partial enclosure for it.

We take numerous "cruises" during the year but we haven't gone out into the Atlantic any distance yet. My wife is trying to convince me that I want to go to the Bahamas, but hasn't succeeded yet.


We do regularly go out into the Gulf for fishing and diving, but the most has been 15 miles. There are hardcore fisherman that go 30 to 50 miles in our size boat. Just depends on the weather.

A lot of people make the trip down the Flint river from the locks at lake seminole to the Gulf of Mexico. I plan to do this in the spring. I've been speaking to others about joining me, and it seems I'm going to have at least a few boats joining. I'll keep you guys posted as plans become more specific, and dates start getting tossed around. My boat has never seen salt water... It's about time, huh? I've heard a lot about scalloping at the gulf...mmmmmm!!! Have you done it?
Getting back to the boat, though, The carpet in the cuddy is not getting damaged. The water is contained in the watertight area we had assumed was the anchor locker. This weekend I'm working. The following weekend, I'll be bringing the boat with me to the lakehouse. I'll let you know how the fan I'd mentioned in a previous post works out with the fumes. I still havn't run a hose at the bow to locate the leak yet. I havn't had the time. Either before, or when I take the boat out again, I'll definitely find out for sure where it's coming from. I'm sure it's as you said, though, coming in at the hull/cap joint at the tip of the bow. I'll let you know when I find out.

Safe and happy boating always!!!

 

[veritas honus]

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No I don't need any pictures....just a time frame as to when your coming to my house to help me with my remodel?

Uhhh... Yeah... And, you know, like uh... OK? So if I'm not there in ten minutes, Are you going to be upset with me

 

[LippCJ7]

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No way, I tore the bathroom up last year and its still waiting so no real hurry! Whats your schedule like in 2014?

 

[veritas honus]

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No way, I tore the bathroom up last year and its still waiting so no real hurry! Whats your schedule like in 2014?

Well, lets see... January 1st, no, no that won't work... February 18th? Don't think so... I'll have to get back to you on that But it's not out of the question

 

[LippCJ7]

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Well either way I'm happy your back I was getting bored and with snow coming this week thats not good!! Poor Bob is probably wondering what it takes to shut me up!

 

[veritas honus]

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Well either way I'm happy your back I was getting bored and with snow coming this week thats not good!! Poor Bob is probably wondering what it takes to shut me up!

A foot or so of virgin snow over a six foot base would shut me up... No, that would have me screaming "Boo Yaahhh!!!" down every Double Diamond in the vicinity. Vail, Copper Springs, and Breckenridge would be calling my name.
I don't think you need to worry about "Poor Bob" I think he's been having a good time with this. I'm hoping to meet him when I make that trip down to the Gulf. Any chance of you getting down to the gulf in the spring. As I mentioned, I'll be tossing some dates around in the next couple of months. I'm thinking on terms of some time in May or June, I'm sure I'll be making several trips next season.

PS: Thanks for the warm welcome back

Safe and happy boating always!!!

 

[LippCJ7]

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Nope no chance of me getting down there, I'm doing my best to keep my company afloat, were just treading water right now. I'm hoping that I can still go to Powell next year, thats 50/50 right now. We have lost three competitors this last year so if we can pull through this we should be in great shape for the recovery.

 

[veritas honus]

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Nope no chance of me getting down there, I'm doing my best to keep my company afloat, were just treading water right now. I'm hoping that I can still go to Powell next year, thats 50/50 right now. We have lost three competitors this last year so if we can pull through this we should be in great shape for the recovery.

Keep your company afloat... Treading water... You a funny guy
What do you do?... I hope it's not bathroom renovations. From what I understand, you'd have faster turnover writing full length novels. Seriously, though, what kind of company?
I'll be back tonight. I was on a late transport and got back a little while ago. I'm going home to get some sleep; and then I'll be back for another twelve hour shift. Catch ya later...

Safe and happy boating always!!!

 

[LippCJ7]

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LOL I'm in Two way communications, most of my business(95%) is local through federal governments so were in pretty good shape most of the time but when the government gets tight they don't like to pay normal terms! So right now our receivables are in 7 figures and that makes cash flow a little difficult, the nice thing is that were in November and the GOV doesn't like to leave debt so the next couple months should be WONDERFUL!!

Oh in case you hadn't heard yet I got 3 inches of snow on the ground right now

 

[Bob's Garage]

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LOL I'm in Two way communications, most of my business(95%) is local through federal governments so were in pretty good shape most of the time but when the government gets tight they don't like to pay normal terms! So right now our receivables are in 7 figures and that makes cash flow a little difficult, the nice thing is that were in November and the GOV doesn't like to leave debt so the next couple months should be WONDERFUL!!

Oh in case you hadn't heard yet I got 3 inches of snow on the ground right now

You are in deep doo doo. Our current administration doesn't believe in 2-way communication.

 

[LippCJ7]

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You are in deep doo doo. Our current administration doesn't believe in 2-way communication.

Imagine the irony niether do we!!LOLOL Its a pretty good business and I feel fortunate that were in it, were the biggest Communications Company in Denver and since we do most of our business with the government we don't get affected normally by the market swings but this depression has hurt us just not nearly as bad as others in the state. We downsized dramatically to 1/2 our work force, and truth be known we could trim further but since were treading water now and the end of the year is close at hand were going to sit tight and wait for money to come in, we have work to finish the year as well as work next year so I'm really confident. Thing is that while we have a couple competitors left we have become pretty close to them and friendly competition is good for everyone I still hate to see them struggle badly. Problem is thats why we went after the government contracts and now we dominate them, our competition is heavily commercial and they are in a bad real bad way.

 

[veritas honus]

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LOL I'm in Two way communications, most of my business(95%) is local through federal governments so were in pretty good shape most of the time but when the government gets tight they don't like to pay normal terms! So right now our receivables are in 7 figures and that makes cash flow a little difficult, the nice thing is that were in November and the GOV doesn't like to leave debt so the next couple months should be WONDERFUL!!

Oh in case you hadn't heard yet I got 3 inches of snow on the ground right now

Fine... It's almost midnight here in Southwest Georgia, and it's sixty'something degrees... I can rub it in too.
All kidding aside,though, I'm glad to hear things are looking good with your business...

Safe and happy boating always!!!

 

[LippCJ7]

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I was about to call you my friend until you kept rubbing it in! Its Official 4 inches of snow and a 40 degree drop in 24 hours, but the way I look at it is that I can officially start the countdown to spring and getting my boat out again!!

 

[veritas honus]

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I was about to call you my friend until you kept rubbing it in! Its Official 4 inches of snow and a 40 degree drop in 24 hours, but the way I look at it is that I can officially start the countdown to spring and getting my boat out again!!

Talk about rubbing it in... NNAAAHHH!!! You just don't have enough ammo this time. It's only 4 inches now, and your in Colorado?? That's not even enough to rub in a splinter Anyway... I had read your reply to the "Boat names" thread. You mentioned that Lipp is the first part of your last name. I've been quietly laughing about that since the first time I saw your name. Don't get me wrong... I've been laughing about it; not at it. You'll understand shortly. There's a story behind this, and I wish I could claim it as my own.
When I was in 3rd grade, a family from The Dominican Republic moved in to a house five houses down from mine. This in Brooklyn, New York; the houses on my block were about twelve feet apart. Our houses were only about 200' away; but to get back on the subject, The parents have two sons. The older one, my age. They moved in on a Friday in the middle of the school year. The older son and I weren't too sure about one another, but we were the same age and both agreed to try to be friends. We had a good time over the weekend, so when I got home from school and finished my homework, I ran right over to his house. His mother answered the door. She spoke broken English with a heavy accent... "He can NNNO play! He PONEESHED! (punished) No explanation; just a door closing. A few days later, I was roller skating up and down the block, and I saw him turn the corner on his way home from school. I skated right over to him and he told me he's still punished. I asked him why, and he told me Monday was his first day at his new school (the school districts are split down the middle of our block and we were in different districts so we went to different schools.) Class began with the Pledge of Allegiance, and then role call. When the teacher was on the L's, she called out Lipschitz... My new friend told me he yelled out "IF HIS LIP S**TS MY A** WHISTLES" He said the class was silent for a while before everyone started screaming and laughing. (He was amazingly quick witted for a third grader.) He was sent to the principals office and both of his parents had to go meet with him and the principal immediately. His father had to leave work in the Bronx for this. He was suspended for the day and got detention for two weeks. He told me that when he went back to school the next day, some of the kids told him that Joey Lipschitz got suspended for a week for beating up two kids for making fun of him. My new friend said "He's pretty big so I may need your help if your around when I see him again." (Like I'd really be around at a school I don't go to) ...But you know how kids are.
Anyway... I've been wanting to share that with you for a while now, and now you really opened the door for it to be shared. It's something I'll never forget, yet I wasn't even there when it happened.
I can't even begin to imagine how you'll respond to this if that's your name with a slightly different spelling. I've known two others with that name throughout my adult life; one guy and one girl (not related). He was a fellow firefighter and man, I gave him a hard time (all in good fun, of course.) He took it like a champ.
But anyway... I'll be going to an eight hour class when I get off work at 0700hrs. From there, I'm heading to the lakehouse to work with my Father-in-Law on the addition. This weekend, I'm working, but next weekend, I'll be bringing the boat to the lake... How's that for RRRRRUBBBBING it in...

Safe and happy boating always!!!

 

[LippCJ7]

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I love it!!

Ok funny story about my name.

Several years ago me and a couple buddies were really into hardcore four wheeling and then a yahoo named Bob Hazel made it into a competition and well we were really good at it. My buddies: Don drove the Jeep, Robert Spotted and I was backup spotter driver and crew, we made a great team all had the same interests and stuff so we just clicked, then we met another guy named Shannon Campbell and it was like adding fuel to a fire we used to roll into a little innocent town for a competition and the party was ON. Well one of the competition sanctioning bodies ARCA(American Rock Crawling Association) decided to make up these magazines with the teams pictures and bio's in them but they were new for each different event, well Shannon got involved in the process unbeknownest to me Don or Robert, so me and Don show up for this competition (robert had the flu)and the magazine was a big hit....EXCEPT, they had a picture of Don and Robert and underneath it said Driver Don***** and Spotter Chris "Lipps" Lickalotofpuss (shannons favorite nickname for me).

Robert never really liked having his picture in a magazine,he's antisocial like that(he's also been my best friend for more then 15 years) but to have his picture with my name nickname and THAT name was pretty funny, add to that we always had the same teams at the competitions so I became widely known as either Lipps or more commonly Lickalotofpuss and truth be known whats the downside of that name!!!!

 

[LippCJ7]

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Also supposed to get 8 inches of snow tomorrow so keep rubbing it in!! You better be thinking about me when your on the water drinking a beer this weekend!!

 

[veritas honus]

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Also supposed to get 8 inches of snow tomorrow so keep rubbing it in!! You better be thinking about me when your on the water drinking a beer this weekend!!

I was thinking about you today when I was sweating in 80 plus degrees while on the new roof, drying it in at the lakehouse. Now you can rub it in... I wasn't on the boat. Hope everythings good with you. I wasn't sure about your name; there are at least a few other possibilities; but now that I know, it's on!!!... Just kidding man. I won't give you any crap...heh heh heh. Seriously. Anyway, gotta go for now, I'll be back sometime tomorrow evening if I'm not on a transport. Have a good one buddy.

 

[LippCJ7]

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Well turns out the weather forecasters were wrong again, we haven't received more then an inch of snow since the 4 inch snow we had a week ago but the temperatures have been in the 20's(Lucky me). Looking at the bright side I'm 5 months and change from boating again!!

 

[veritas honus]

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Well turns out the weather forecasters were wrong again, we haven't received more then an inch of snow since the 4 inch snow we had a week ago but the temperatures have been in the 20's(Lucky me). Looking at the bright side I'm 5 months and change from boating again!!

That's the way to do it. Keep lookin' on da bright side. You'll be a lot happier throughout the ride... I'm a poet, and I didn't even know it. Here's another bright side for ya... 20 degrees where you are feels like 20 degrees. You understand dressing in layers because it works. Where I am, When it's 20 degrees, it feels like 10 below zero in your underwear. The humidity chills you to the bone no matter what you wear. Man, you've got it good!!! You've also got four definitive seasons. Here, it goes from 100+ to the 80's, and the next day you're shivering. Three or four weeks later, you're sweating like a pig. But I do have the longer boating season to cling to. You do understand, I just had to throw that in, right?

Safe and happy boating always!!!

 

[LippCJ7]

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LOL today we had a severe weather warning, followed by a possible tornado sighting, then it snowed an inch! WTF?I was working in Police Dispatch and we had to stop and watch it all happen in 10 minutes! Crazy Colorado weather.... and yes you can keep the humidity!!