Recent content by Chateau Vinne'

On my old boat, I had one battery and had to put a disconnect switch on it as there was some sort of drain on it and if you left it for a couple weeks, the battery would be drained and I would have to pull the battery out of the car to jump start the boat.  Putting the switch in and turning it...

What boat owner takes a boat out onto the open water without at least one paddle/oar (more is better so you can share the fun...).  Perhaps these folks should not be boat owners.  If it is not a maritime law to help a distressed boater, it is at least good karma...  In the past 20 years with a...

Glad to hear you are OK and survived the scare...  had a tornado touch down about 12  houses away from me here in Michigan last September.  That's as close as I ever want to be!!!   Also, nice to see the flag survived...  O - H !!!!

My 3 year old Benny started doing that this summer as well.  The ol' "jiggle wire" has fixed it every time so far...  Thought maybe we snagged the wire early in the summer loading stuff into the storage under the console...  Maybe we didn't and this is an issue if others are having it?  Happened...

Funny, I thought they were there for the Marina to lose them when they winterize and store my boat....  don't have them anymore!!

Bottom line, don't be without a boat when you want a boat...  that is what you have now.  When I got my new boat a few years back, it was supposed to be in and ready to go a few days before the 4th of July.  Took my used one in for valuation about 1 week before that.  The dealer wanted me to...

I have my boat near that area and have used multiple options in the past with my Benny and the Four Winns I/O I had before.  Bottom line is that Wilson in Brighton was very expensive compared to options in the area.  They were a good $200 - $300 more expensive for haul out (I don't have a...

Hello Jack...  sorry for your troubles.  Fellow Michigan boater here and I can ease your mind a little on the "smoking".  I have a 3 year old Benny and dropped her in the water down here for the first time last Friday.  Temp was in the upper 50's and water temp was only about 64 degrees.  I...

One time my buddy brought some M-80's onto the boat to toss off the back and watch them go BOOM....  attracted the dang sheriff's boat who came looking around for the culprit...  never found out it was us, but I don't want to get a ticket, or get kicked off the lake, so I said "never again"!!!

If I was rich, my boat would be parked in the Caribbean....   I hate Winter!!!

Anybody ever do this?  When I was growing up, our family used to do what we termed the "Super Launch"...  We would get the boat loaded in the lot, including me and my siblings plus our stuff.  Dad would back the boat down when it was his turn and stop a few feet from the water.  He would then...

They came and took the boat away last week....  summer is over in Michigan and it is going to be a long, long, long winter!  :(   :(   :(   :(   :(   :(

Born and bred a Buckeye!!! '82 Grad of tOSU... However, I despise Notre Dame and my kids graduated from UM. So...... I have lost some of the hatred and just harbor an intense dislike of UM. This was an easy one though, I rooted for UM and the B1G. One of the few times per decade I root for...

I am afraid the extended forecast in Michigan is not so hot... (get it? I crack myself up...). Looks like colder than average temperatures and possibly higher than average rainfall for the next few weeks, which just about takes us to the end of summer!!! I have been out on the boat 23 times...

With my job, I have to work at home a lot on Saturday mornings to get stupid stuff done for the boss.... I find I can golf and boat on Saturdays, work and boat on Saturdays, but I just haven't been able to work, golf, and boat on Saturdays (life's a beach you know...). Anyway, I have also...