vffb507
Donating Member

Had the opportunity to launch on Hamilton hardour last weekend.. What a terrific facility! Completely free launch that is very large, clean and well maintained. Excellent concrete ramp and wood and metal docks.
Toured out around the harbour a little, more into the industrial areas out of curiousities sake.. Got to go right up to HMCS Hieda - a permanently docked naval ship. Is it ever big from down at the water line... I've been on it before as a tour.
There was also a couple of mobile

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After a weekend of home repair and maintenance.. My other "hobby".. we managed to get out to the river late Sunday afternoon. Armed with a new tube (our first) we enjoyed a few hours of criusin and tubing along with my inlaws.. (had to allow them on they offered to take our little guy overnight) Had the boat loaded pretty much to its max, plus those on the tube... RAT took it well, but if it wasn't anything but dead calm some would have had to wait onshore.
The tube we bought

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After many years of thinking about a boat my wife and I recently jumped in an bought a 1700SR. We live near the river in an area that is too shallow for anything but a canoe or similar. So a smaller boat that is easily trailered was important. First few trips out were uneventful other than quite a bit of learning to get it on the trailer straight and level. Quite a challenge sometimes as the one launch we used is apparently surrounded by some real !?#?@?#@$... Right as we are putting it up they

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