Last week I took the boat out and ended up going as far as Lake George, which is about 45-50 miles up the river from where I launched at Lake Monroe. I ended up buying fuel along the way in order to make it back, and buying fuel on the water is fairly expensive (about $3.50 per gallon). Today I decided to make the run again, but I started earlier and brought extra fuel with me. My boat holds 12 gallons and I brought 2 six gallon cans. My plan was to run until I ran out of fuel then refill and head home. I was on the water from about 9am until about 5:30pm. According to my gps the ramp is 16 miles from my house and my turnaround spot was 84 miles from my house, so that's 68 miles each way.
I need Jeff to come detail my boat for me. I gave it a bath about a year and a half ago.
Here's a short video clip taken while I was crossing Lake George (camera in one hand, steering wheel in the other). It was windy and there was about a 2'-3' chop. I was running about 28-30 mph according to the gps. Yes, I was catching air between the waves.
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I only got a couple pictures. Here's a gator and turtle sharing a log, and one of the speed limit signs posted all up and down the river. There's several 'slow, minimum wake' zones as well as some 'idle speed, no wake' zones. Mostly near bridges and marinas, I guess manatees don't swim in the rest of the river. :roll: