Long Point/Sportsmans Lodge Gathering 05/08-10/2015

[Terry England]

Originally Posted by kmoose

Great job Terry! Glad to see Marsha is letting you take pictures with her stringer....

OUCH, that hurt Buddy.
Marsha was madder than a Wet Hen on Friday when she accidentally erased all the waypoints on the plotter. I don't know what she did, but she mashed the wrong buttons - twice and it "cleared" everything out. It was like the sodium phosphate before a colonoscopy!
You ever been around someone who was mad enough for two? It's like "Here, you got the wheel, I'm good rid'in shotgun today". Man, she had the market cornered on "MAD" Friday.
A couple of Pinot Grigios at the "Dry Dock" just north of New Pass, in Sarasota, helped her "move on" that afternoon.
I'm not sure if this discussion should be under "Gatherings", but there is no "Navigating Life" Heading on the CSC Site and Danny is usually tied up tryng to figure out what the Stock Market is doing next.

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by Terry England

You ever been around someone who was mad enough for two?

It takes a lot to make the ball drop but I am married to a Puerto Rican woman....

Hope you had all that stuff backed up on paper.

[Snookerd]

Originally Posted by Terry England

OUCH, that hurt Buddy.
Marsha was madder than a Wet Hen on Friday when she accidentally erased all the waypoints on the plotter. I don't know what she did, but she mashed the wrong buttons - twice and it "cleared" everything out. It was like the sodium phosphate before a colonoscopy!
You ever been around someone who was mad enough for two? It's like "Here, you got the wheel, I'm good rid'in shotgun today". Man, she had the market cornered on "MAD" Friday.
A couple of Pinot Grigios at the "Dry Dock" just north of New Pass, in Sarasota, helped her "move on" that afternoon.
I'm not sure if this discussion should be under "Gatherings", but there is no "Navigating Life" Heading on the CSC Site and Danny is usually tied up tryng to figure out what the Stock Market is doing next.

Not fun! Alcohol and Sarasota mix well together. Looks like we need a new section...

[bumpdraft]

I was out of town last year and am looking forward to meeting you guys, I hope. Anyway, I noticed that someone had asked about staying on their boat. The city's twin docks located just north of the lodge are a little strange. They have slips for boats. I kept mine there one day when I was working on the trailer. I think the city was going to put a ramp in the center , but could not get approval for a channel. Great planning. I had to ease in with motor tilted up when I docked there. There is a sign there that says no overnight docking, but I am told that they don't enforce the sign.
I went to some of the spoil islands today, since I had not been down that way in a long time(usually head straight to the inlet). This picture is looking back toward the Sportsmans lodge.

[bumpdraft]

Groups "adopt" islands by cleaning them. Apparently the sail and power squadron had a meet at the lodge. I checked the web page for indian river aquatic preserve and apparently it is a first come first serve kind of thing to occupy the islands. I thought I would put this out there, its a nice island, Ron.

[Terry England]

Bumpdraft, Very Cool option for those non-committal CSC members who like to sleep on picnic tables and in elevator shafts and those with Safaris -

SeaCraft Island -

Easily within VFR range, for Ken's Blackened Grouper with Sandy's Papaya Sauce and Don's Apple Pie Elixer, even when it's real drunk out.
Party on, Dudes!

[cdavisdb]

Looks good to my 25 Seafari.



note the spelling.

[Terry England]

Dang, I was checkin my calander to see when I needed to get my oil changed on the F- 250, when my A/C filters need replacing and if I need to replace the batteries in my smoke detectors (yea right). I did notice that the Long Point Gathering was a mere 67 days out. The Sportsman's Lodge is slap full of us but there is stiil camp sites available at Long Point and the Spoil Islands in the ICW can take a few more "Gunk Holers". So if yer still shovelin' snow up in Marblehead and need to bring you core body tempearture up to something above "cryogenic", show yur dang azz up down there and be ready for the best seafood this side of N'orleans at Mel's Diner. Short order cook Ken can burn that grouper just right. Sandy the Saucemeister will sprinkle a dollop on top and Don V. has the elixer that will "set you right" Heck, I'd be worth just going out an buyin a 'ol SeaCraft just to be qualified to sit at the table! Shake off the frostbite and come on down - ya, bunch of knuckleheads! Ask Jimbo if it was worth thre trip down to Cabbage.

[77SceptreOB]

Originally Posted by Terry England

Ask Jimbo if it was worth thre trip down to Cabbage.

That would be a big 10-4!! Y'all come...

[DonV]

Jim, I'm holding a mason jar with apple pie just for you!!

Now let's work on the weather Gods!! I would really like to go out and catch some feeeesh or at a minimum take the boat off the trailer!