Who's ready to go boating?

I am.
Unless it looks like this.

 

I'll stay on the trailer. To many crazy's and therefore accidents. It only takes one......

 

My boat goes in next week! Let them hit me, I want a newer boat!

 

My season is over .... too many assholes with wake boats about to descend on the lake. Takes the pleasure away. I'll be back in the fall....

 

An annoying part of our summer season is the kayakers. 20 years ago or more Buffalo didn't have much going on downtown at the water front. My dad and I use to take his boat and go up the Buffalo River. Back than, no such thing as a kayaker. We'd cruise past all the abandoned grain silos leaving behind a lengthy wake. It was so much fun. Now? So many kayakers are in the water you can't get above 6mph. Did I mention the rowing teams that are down there now? I liked it better when nobody was there. I don't like going slow!

 

I feel lucky to be in my location. I have kayakers, and sail boats and big and small power boats, houseboats, jetskis, bass boats and more. Somehow we all share this portion of the Ohio river with the barge traffic and we do just fine.
I had hopes of boating this weekend but weather is not cooperating. So Memorial day weekend will be the first time floating for this boater. Can't wait.

 

An annoying part of our summer season is the kayakers. 20 years ago or more Buffalo didn't have much going on downtown at the water front. My dad and I use to take his boat and go up the Buffalo River. Back than, no such thing as a kayaker. We'd cruise past all the abandoned grain silos leaving behind a lengthy wake. It was so much fun. Now? So many kayakers are in the water you can't get above 6mph. Did I mention the rowing teams that are down there now? I liked it better when nobody was there. I don't like going slow!

Dan you need to move down to my end of the lake, Monday thru Thursday it is your own private lake.

West Sister Island and Davis Bessy in the back ground.

 

While out west my son and his wife took me on a nice dinner cruise on Lake Pleasant. I noticed as night started to settle in that not many of the boats had running lights, or the people running the boat did not know how to turn them on. Kind of like the people that don't know what a directional signal is for. The one thing that I have learned from all my years of being on the different lakes out there is, that Phillbo is one of the few true boaters. On the week-ends it seems to be every man for himself. As much as I love the west and what it has to offer, I will never give up my Great Lakes for it.

 

This is the east side of Lake Erie still weeks away from official boating season along with very calm winds……and cold. No kayakers as they usually stick to the Black Rock Canal or the Buffalo River. There are always a couple of knuckleheads around here but it doesn’t compare to what you described out west. I’ll stay here too.

 

I feel lucky to be in my location. I have kayakers, and sail boats and big and small power boats, houseboats, jetskis, bass boats and more. Somehow we all share this portion of the Ohio river with the barge traffic and we do just fine.
I had hopes of boating this weekend but weather is not cooperating. So Memorial day weekend will be the first time floating for this boater. Can't wait.

Same with us on the upper part of the Ottawa river in eastern Ontario/western Quebec. Lots of "day" boaters and a few more houseboaters but not as many cruisers as previous years. Makes for nice quiet beaches, campfires and acoustic guitar jam sessions with good friends under the stars though.

 

We were able to get out yesterday for a couple hours - will stay away the rest of this weekend with all the crazies that come out.