So lasrt evening I was dinking around with it, and she had jsut
returned from her evening walk, and I flashed the 'landing' lights at
her, and here she came. She said, "I want to get up on it."

OK, so I dug out a step stool and she clomed aboard,a nd walked around
on the platform and she thought it was pretty nice. I pointed to the
captains chair and said 'sit down here and see what you think' she
did, and thought it was really cool, so I walked up to the front of
the tubes and said, now you can really see how long it was. "Man,this
is HUGE!" she said with excitement, and look, under th seats theres
all kinds of storage for stuff... This is going to be fun!"


I felt good because this is the first craft I've bought that she seems
happy about. Oh she was kind of exited when I bought the little Chris
Craft, but it was too bumpy of a ride for her in a decent chop, and
when I drug home the bigger 23' ft, she was taking cancer treatments
and didnt' feel like going out of the house, let alone going on any
boat.

But she's excited about this pontoon and wants to drive it. Sounds
good to me, so if all goes well as far as the weather for this
weekend it's gonna hit a local lake for a "Sea trial" and see what she
really thinks of it then.....

..

On Apr 23, 8:49*am, Tim wrote:
So lasrt evening I was dinking around with it, and she had jsut
returned from her evening walk, and I flashed the 'landing' lights at
her, and here she came. * She said, "I want to get up on it."

OK, so I dug out a step stool and she clomed aboard,a nd walked around
on the platform and she thought it was pretty nice. I pointed to the
captains chair and said 'sit down here and see what you think' *she
did, and thought it was really cool, so I walked up to the front of
the tubes and said, now you can really see how long it was. "Man,this
is HUGE!" she said with excitement, and look, under th seats theres
all kinds of storage for stuff... This is going to be fun!"

I felt good because this is the first craft I've bought that she seems
happy about. *Oh she was kind of exited when I bought the little Chris
Craft, but it was too bumpy of a ride for her in a decent chop, and
when I drug home the bigger 23' ft, she was taking cancer treatments
and didnt' feel like going out of the house, let alone going on any
boat.

But she's excited about this pontoon and wants to drive it. Sounds
good to me, so *if all goes well as far as the weather for this
weekend it's gonna hit a local lake for a "Sea trial" and see what she
really thinks of it then.....

.

Any time your wife likes anything you like, it's a good thing!

Be happy and rejoice, sayeth someone.

On Apr 23, 11:05*am, John H wrote:
On Apr 23, 8:49*am, Tim wrote:





So lasrt evening I was dinking around with it, and she had jsut
returned from her evening walk, and I flashed the 'landing' lights at
her, and here she came. * She said, "I want to get up on it."

OK, so I dug out a step stool and she clomed aboard,a nd walked around
on the platform and she thought it was pretty nice. I pointed to the
captains chair and said 'sit down here and see what you think' *she
did, and thought it was really cool, so I walked up to the front of
the tubes and said, now you can really see how long it was. "Man,this
is HUGE!" she said with excitement, and look, under th seats theres
all kinds of storage for stuff... This is going to be fun!"

I felt good because this is the first craft I've bought that she seems
happy about. *Oh she was kind of exited when I bought the little Chris
Craft, but it was too bumpy of a ride for her in a decent chop, and
when I drug home the bigger 23' ft, she was taking cancer treatments
and didnt' feel like going out of the house, let alone going on any
boat.

But she's excited about this pontoon and wants to drive it. Sounds
good to me, so *if all goes well as far as the weather for this
weekend it's gonna hit a local lake for a "Sea trial" and see what she
really thinks of it then.....

.

Any time your wife likes anything you like, it's a good thing!

And rare too!

"Tim" wrote in message
...
So lasrt evening I was dinking around with it, and she had jsut
returned from her evening walk, and I flashed the 'landing' lights at
her, and here she came. She said, "I want to get up on it."

OK, so I dug out a step stool and she clomed aboard,a nd walked around
on the platform and she thought it was pretty nice. I pointed to the
captains chair and said 'sit down here and see what you think' she
did, and thought it was really cool, so I walked up to the front of
the tubes and said, now you can really see how long it was. "Man,this
is HUGE!" she said with excitement, and look, under th seats theres
all kinds of storage for stuff... This is going to be fun!"


I felt good because this is the first craft I've bought that she seems
happy about. Oh she was kind of exited when I bought the little Chris
Craft, but it was too bumpy of a ride for her in a decent chop, and
when I drug home the bigger 23' ft, she was taking cancer treatments
and didnt' feel like going out of the house, let alone going on any
boat.

But she's excited about this pontoon and wants to drive it. Sounds
good to me, so if all goes well as far as the weather for this
weekend it's gonna hit a local lake for a "Sea trial" and see what she
really thinks of it then.....

.
Good to hear Tim!

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:05:33 -0700 (PDT), John H
wrote:

Any time your wife likes anything you like, it's a good thing!

Yes, especially if boats are involved.

Congratulations Tim.

On Apr 23, 3:29*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:05:33 -0700 (PDT), John H

wrote:
Any time your wife likes anything you like, it's a good thing!

Yes, especially if boats are involved. *

Congratulations Tim.

True, Wayne. She put up with buying and collecting bass guitars for
years,. i think she simply tolorated (for the most part) my addiction.
But it seems this is something she can get in to.

On Apr 23, 7:49*am, Tim wrote:
So lasrt evening I was dinking around with it, and she had jsut
returned from her evening walk, and I flashed the 'landing' lights at
her, and here she came. * She said, "I want to get up on it."

OK, so I dug out a step stool and she clomed aboard,a nd walked around
on the platform and she thought it was pretty nice. I pointed to the
captains chair and said 'sit down here and see what you think' *she
did, and thought it was really cool, so I walked up to the front of
the tubes and said, now you can really see how long it was. "Man,this
is HUGE!" she said with excitement, and look, under th seats theres
all kinds of storage for stuff... This is going to be fun!"

I felt good because this is the first craft I've bought that she seems
happy about. *Oh she was kind of exited when I bought the little Chris
Craft, but it was too bumpy of a ride for her in a decent chop, and
when I drug home the bigger 23' ft, she was taking cancer treatments
and didnt' feel like going out of the house, let alone going on any
boat.

But she's excited about thispontoonand wants to drive it. Sounds
good to me, so *if all goes well as far as the weather for this
weekend it's gonna hit a local lake for a "Seatrial" and see what she
really thinks of it then.....

.

It's pouring rain here today. So much for "sea trials"

Besides she's already taken off north to visit the daughter at
college.

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:07:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 23, 3:29*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:05:33 -0700 (PDT), John H

wrote:
Any time your wife likes anything you like, it's a good thing!

Yes, especially if boats are involved. *

Congratulations Tim.

True, Wayne. She put up with buying and collecting bass guitars for
years,. i think she simply tolorated (for the most part) my addiction.
But it seems this is something she can get in to.

Pontoon boats are great for taking out large numbers of friends and
family so she'll probably like that aspect of it also.

We'll be heading back over towards St Croix in the next couple of
weeks so if you'd like me to do some more "alternator testing", we
have an opportunity coming up. :-) I've changed some of my
procedures a little to make sure that I don't get both sets of golf
cart batteries charging at the same time.

Best way to get in touch is at my winlink EMAIL address.

On Apr 24, 7:53*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:07:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 23, 3:29*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:05:33 -0700 (PDT), John H

wrote:
Any time your wife likes anything you like, it's a good thing!

Yes, especially if boats are involved. *

Congratulations Tim.

True, Wayne. She put up with buying and collecting bass guitars for
years,. i think she simply tolorated (for the most part) my addiction.
But it seems this is something she can get in to.

Pontoon boats are great for taking out large numbers of friends and
family so she'll probably like that aspect of it also. *

We'll be heading back over towards St Croix in the next couple of
weeks so if you'd like me to do some more "alternator testing", we
have an opportunity coming up. *:-) *I've changed some of my
procedures a little to make sure that I don't get both sets of golf
cart batteries charging at the same time.

Best way to get in touch is at my winlink EMAIL address.

Well, the wife is really getting excited over the pontoon. I jsut wish
we could have some decent weekend weather to take it out. It's hard to
do right now because of the ever threat of rain and I'm tied up with
the farming season repairs even on Saturday. You gotta get it while
you can.

This is changing my whole course of action seeing I was wanting to
outfit the 23' Marquis, because I think she wants to take the barge on
the river cruise because of it's spaciousness and stability, not
counting and easier ride.

So she couldn't stand it any longer and went shopping for an air
matress. I find that hard to imagine because it looks like she wants
to camp on the float instead of finding a place to park the thing and
get a motel. So, she's already purchased an air matress, and I have
ideas on making a better canopy top instead of the bimini. Something
with side curtains that can be rolled down (Think PBR, John!) with
netting in windows.

Then comes the loads of batteries which the Johnsos 10a. Stator won't
handle to charge effectively, so I have some ideas on making a small
DC generator, or I might go AC and use an inverter for a charger. Too
much other stuff to think about for the moment.

This is going to be interesting though.

And oh yes, Wayne. We'll get together on some ideas when you make it
to St. Croix.

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:28:53 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Apr 24, 7:53*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:07:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 23, 3:29*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:05:33 -0700 (PDT), John H

wrote:
Any time your wife likes anything you like, it's a good thing!

Yes, especially if boats are involved. *

Congratulations Tim.

True, Wayne. She put up with buying and collecting bass guitars for
years,. i think she simply tolorated (for the most part) my addiction.
But it seems this is something she can get in to.

Pontoon boats are great for taking out large numbers of friends and
family so she'll probably like that aspect of it also. *

We'll be heading back over towards St Croix in the next couple of
weeks so if you'd like me to do some more "alternator testing", we
have an opportunity coming up. *:-) *I've changed some of my
procedures a little to make sure that I don't get both sets of golf
cart batteries charging at the same time.

Best way to get in touch is at my winlink EMAIL address.

Well, the wife is really getting excited over the pontoon. I jsut wish
we could have some decent weekend weather to take it out. It's hard to
do right now because of the ever threat of rain and I'm tied up with
the farming season repairs even on Saturday. You gotta get it while
you can.

This is changing my whole course of action seeing I was wanting to
outfit the 23' Marquis, because I think she wants to take the barge on
the river cruise because of it's spaciousness and stability, not
counting and easier ride.

So she couldn't stand it any longer and went shopping for an air
matress. I find that hard to imagine because it looks like she wants
to camp on the float instead of finding a place to park the thing and
get a motel. So, she's already purchased an air matress, and I have
ideas on making a better canopy top instead of the bimini. Something
with side curtains that can be rolled down (Think PBR, John!) with
netting in windows.

Then comes the loads of batteries which the Johnsos 10a. Stator won't
handle to charge effectively, so I have some ideas on making a small
DC generator, or I might go AC and use an inverter for a charger. Too
much other stuff to think about for the moment.

This is going to be interesting though.

And oh yes, Wayne. We'll get together on some ideas when you make it
to St. Croix.

What's PBR?
--
John H

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