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• What? I'm jumping off my boat and swimming in Maine?
  • Photo?
    • I guess this is the closest I have to it Al.
  • no boat instruments to tell you temp?
    • Not yet Gene, I still have a dial knot meter.
      • what kind of impeller do you have? Or do you trail a log?
        • The cure for that
          • That's what we do on the race boat.
            • I've never heard of that
              • That sounds like a real improvement.
                • Yes but still pricey
          • Isn't that what the plug is for?
        • I coat it well with bottom paint.
          • I have one instrument display, but two sensors...
            • If I had to have only one instrument
              • Don't have a CP and don't anticipate ever having one...
                • Keeping it simple
                  • I second the ST 40, however..
                    • Hey thanks on the ST 40 info folks... I'll keep it in mind.
              • choice of instruments?
              • Gasp, groan
              • Me too Larry. I'd go with a DS second too.
                • Heresy! Don your armor
                  • A dodger might be nice...
                    • Thats because you have the world's best weather in SD
                      • Well, yeah...
                        • You may be exempt. We used to sail on a lake.
                • My binoculars are right up there as essential gear!
                  • Binocs are a good one, I need a new pair.
          • Makes me wonder why they don't make them from something like that...
  • Warm Water in Maine...
    • Good one John. We cracked 70 degrees in Western Penobscot Bay today.
      • We cracked 100 degrees F in DC. Leaving for Maine late Friday or early Saturday morning.
        • I think Tom is talking water temp...
          • Yes I was. This new available info
            • Yes, it's pretty soupy in the Chesapeake and it's tributaries...but I leave for Maine soon :^))))
              • Fire and Ice.