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Question: Boating At Night :: Total Votes:37
Poll choices Votes Statistics
YES, full speed 2  [5.41%]
YES, reduced speed 24  [64.86%]
HAVE in the past for fun 4  [10.81%]
ONLY in an emergency 6  [16.22%]
NO way in hell 1  [2.70%]
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shuemanMale Offline
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,8:08 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Just curious..... :confused
Lots of stories and opinions....

Slow idle in an area with ambient light that I know well, maybe.  Wide open, dark night on the river/lake, no F'n way...

Some areas of the country are passing speed limits to help curb the carnage... :good
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,8:14 am Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Only if it were a dire emergency, other the  that NFW.

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,10:19 am Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I never have. Will I ever?  Don't know. If I do it will be a full moon and REAL good spot light.
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,10:49 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
When ever I can, reduce speed and keep it cool. Usually only on lakes I really know. Floating on the river is pretty awsome also.

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,11:37 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Have on only a couple occassions, once because we had to get accross to the campsite.
Another time so me and wife could make "whoopie" away from our compadres on the beach. We were floating in the middle of Mohave, pitch dark and by the time we noticed we couldn't see our campfire anymore.  :eek
Not the most comfortable thing to do but I'd like to do more of it and get more relaxed so that if I need to niteboat I'm not a basket case out there.

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,3:53 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
we do it at parker all the time, I'm good with the river and landmarks, just about as good as daylight but on the lake or a new place I would not be up for it. A spotlight is a great thing, not to see with but to warn speeders with while we are floating with lights on. :beer  :good not at speed, just cruzing

Edited by stingray on Nov. 11 2005,4:09 pm

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,4:06 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I do at Parker all the time.  Sometimes I drive, but usually I am a passenger.  We are always at reduced speed.  When possible, we have someone at the bow to act as a lookout.

Havasu is a different story for me.  I've never left the channel at night.





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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,5:53 pm Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Thirty plus years ago, rode with crazy neighbor from Cotonwood Cove to Katherine's landing at midnight in under 20 minutes. :stupid  (It's a 22 mile trip.) Learned all about navigation lights and buoys in a big hurry.

The law in some states limit night (after dusk) speed to 8  :sleep mph. This seems a bit slow. With a good spot light and a little help from the moon, 20 - 25 mph is certainly not too fast.     :good

Common sense, good judgement & sobriety are all very important and can make night cruising very safe & enjoyable.
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 11 2005,6:03 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (AZKC @ Nov. 11 2005,10:49 am)
When ever I can, reduce speed and keep it cool. Usually only on lakes I really know. Floating on the river is pretty awsome also.

Exactly.  Us too. I love boat floats at night.  I don't like cruising too much, it's a little scary, but I like it when we get where we're going.  Fourth of July above Davis Dam is really really cool.  
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Not me, nignt time is for  :drink  :drink  :drink
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 12 2005,9:49 am Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (GoFastRacer @ Nov. 12 2005,5:56 am)
Not me, nignt time is for  :drink  :drink  :drink

I thought that was what day time was for too??  :laugh

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 12 2005,9:52 am Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I've only boated at night a couple of times. I go very slow (Just above idle) and I was on a lake that I knew pretty well.....

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 12 2005,10:49 am)
Quote (GoFastRacer @ Nov. 12 2005,5:56 am)
Not me, nignt time is for  :drink  :drink  :drink

I thought that was what day time was for too??  :laugh

Well as long as the boat stays on the trailer, why not!. :good  :laugh
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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 12 2005,10:52 am)
I've only boated at night a couple of times. I go very slow (Just above idle) and I was on a lake that I knew pretty well.....

I have done it before and even on known waters it's kinda scary!.. :(

Edited by GoFastRacer on Nov. 13 2005,6:17 am
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 13 2005,9:04 am Post # 15 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I had a guy tell me that he just GPSed all of the obsticles and the shoreline, so he can run at night. My question to him was, How do you GPS another watercraft. He didn't have an answer other than to say, You just watch for the lights on the other boats.  :eek    :beat  :beat .

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 13 2005,9:04 am)
I had a guy tell me that he just GPSed all of the obsticles and the shoreline, so he can run at night. My question to him was, How do you GPS another watercraft. He didn't have an answer other than to say, You just watch for the lights on the other boats.  :eek    :beat  :beat .

maybe not someone to go out with :confused  :eek

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 13 2005,9:04 am)
I had a guy tell me that he just GPSed all of the obsticles and the shoreline, so he can run at night. My question to him was, How do you GPS another watercraft. He didn't have an answer other than to say, You just watch for the lights on the other boats.  :eek    :beat  :beat .

Oh yea, a GPS will keep somebody from runnin' ya over.... :rolleyes
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Them's the idiots you have to watch out for!.. :beat
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We have done it more than I care to think of.  In the younger stupider days it at WFO on a full moon it is quite trilling.  However just missing non lighted bouys every so often gave me enough of a scare that now we ever I do it we go very slowly.  We have a big 4th of July Fire works show every year about 5 miles up lake we go to.  It is always pretty nerve racking coming home however.

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We've watched the firework from the water at lake here, but we are anchored for the night.

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:( Did it this weekend coming back from the Casino... We were at a very slow idle, It took us an hour to go from the casino through the channel to the Nautical. But boats were flying across the lake all around us  :confused  I have no idea how they could see where they were going... I don't think I will do it again... Very scary...

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On lakes and river sections I know I am comfortable.  Mission Bay, and on Havasu if the moon is bright.

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Quote (Mandelon @ Nov. 14 2005,6:22 pm)
On lakes and river sections I know I am comfortable.  Mission Bay, and on Havasu if the moon is bright.

Crusin the Keys I'd bet.... :good  ;)
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 14 2005,8:19 pm Post # 24 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
at Cottonwood Cove we went under the full moon :good but keep the speed down to just above idle :D

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A couple of times in Havi, but kept the speed to about 15-20mph.  Never while  :drink
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