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Come on down for a ride!!

Nice!  Motor?

I was talking with my brother last night, and the Ukraine topic came up. He doesn't believe Russia will invade (nor do I) but we both think it's possible, and it is.

That led to a discussion of what the US would do if China and/or Russia, Iran, North Korea started planting troops and bases in our back yard. 

Places like Mexico (China could own that country in a minute), Cuba, Venezuela. 

That would be the equivalent of NATO admitting the Ukraine, on Russia's doorstep.

The US would be outraged. Just like Russia is outraged.

Our border is wide open. 

It would be pretty easy to infiltrate, and frankly, it's 99.9 percent likely that it's already started.

Volvo-Penta 380 DP with Ocean-X (closed cooling).

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Good advice there. I did have a marine survey done, and everything is in order. We don't keep our boats in the water here - we use the in/out service at the marina. It's really nice, because they wash it down for us, and they flush the outdrive too.

This new one comes next Wednesday. Now, I need to sell the old one.



Shouldn't be a problem.

Most here do too. I like the comfort of the I/O though. 

Just have to keep an eye out for shallows. It's not that hard, to be honest, but I have not gone out in the dark yet.

Most here do too. I like the comfort of the I/O though.

Just have to keep an eye out for shallows. It's not that hard, to be honest, but I have not gone out in the dark yet.

i used to run out to dinner via water... Beaufort NC is about a 30 run on plane in the daylight... we'd just putter back well after dark... the bestest thing i ever did was to use a plotting GPS- nothing fancy just a tablet with 5g--- well, 3g when i started using it... and navionics app... i'd be carefui on the way out, and plotting.... on the way home i got to where i'd trust it... just zoom in and keep the bow on the line... never had a problem. 

EVERYBODY here smacks bottom half a dozen times every season.... it freakin' changes often... really often... the route to the inlet has changed at least a dozen times since i started using the waters around here.  i ain't even joking.. and the inlet?  NC is infamous for their inlets and this one (one closest to me) is no different... 

however, brown's inlet near onslow beach aboard camp lejeune has obstacles you'd not guess if yo didn't know... it's a bombing range and there are targets on the barrier isles... lot's of people (me included) drop anchor at low tide when the sandbar is massive... but you gotta pick your anchor up and reset it as the tide comes in- otherwise it'll be under FEET of sand and you're gonna get a workout retrieving it... and sometimes, there are 'things' you snag... such as unexploded ordinance... kablooee.... 

some effer from Winston Salem weekend warrior found that out perhaps 3 years ago... the idiot pulled in a UX and carried it to the marina... the marina called local PD and fire/rescue who in turn called EOD at Lejeune... they stopped traffic across the only causeway in swansboro for several hours... the marines dug a hole near a barrier island and dropped the UX in it with some pretty heavy charges and blew it in place.... now here is the thing- i happen to know those UX's are inert... training rounds... i don't think they've fired a live round out there in a long dang time... not that the inert ones are 'safe'- they'll take your hands off- but... they didn't have to blow it like they did... promptly following the operation there were awards passed out to that EOD crew and newspaper articles about how awesome they are... it was quite humorous- poor guys- they sit there doing nothing for years on end, and i don't reckon i can blame them for the dramatics... however, it re-locked down brown's inlet for a good while.. $1k fine to stop there... they'd stopped enforcing it... they have since stopped again- but i don't want to be the one to find out they're doing it again, ya know? heheheheheee