2018 River Ruckus

The only one left now is the big cabin. I'm in for friday-sunday.

I'll be there Thursday so I can grab a slip for you Jerry......what days?

NCH20SKIER wrote: we are unable to make this event.

Yeah, okay we get it...... You wanna hang with the guys ONLY if we come to YOUR place. Just come out and say it. Man up!

Only 3 cabins left...Aliigator, Fox and Bear( which is tiny and no full kitchen) I'm in Otter Den.

Yes, there is a Fishing Club there snatching up our cabins so get of the Row Boat and book a cabin. Alligator is the big one on the water and has three bedrooms and a forth with bunks in it for a short person.
The Ruckus will be here before you know it so ya better start waxing the boat now and getting it prepped for a long weekend of fun. Looking forward to it Y'all!

Finally got through to Parramore's after numerous attempts. Farmer's (76 Ski Nautique) are booked in the Bream Beds and the Franklin's (Bay Craft "Correct Craft for the weerkend") in Osprey. Very little cabins still available. Possibly another fishing club there a the same time per Parramore's staff?? Book now to secure your cabin or rv space.

Hey all, just a heads up, Castaways (across from Blackwater Inn) moved off the river and opened up a new restaurant just a couple miles west of the bridge on 40. I ate there a few weeks ago for dinner on the way to Daytona and the food was amazing. The new place is really big and could accommodate a large group.
      I almost stopped in to Buck & Kat's but glad I didn't as the bartender at Castaways said it had closed, so not sure if you'll have a restaurant on site this year.
Hope you all have a great time and are safe. Miss my Nautiques!   My BFN popped up on my memory wall on FB this morning and I almost shed a tear.   

Moss Bluff Lock and Dam

Jerry, I'm gonna say 9:00 am departure time as most will need to fuel up and ice up the boats. It's about a 45 min ride to the ramp and then we still gotta launch a dozen or so boats. Once every is on the water it's about a hour ride down river, through a lake down river to the lock, down river more through another lake to the Dora Canal. There are two marinas along the river to fuel up, ice up, and potty break for those who need too.

Return trip will be based on what time the Lock closes and when everyone is ready to head back.

whitelakerider wrote: Amanda and I are in this year. I don't know yet if I'll be tugging the San Juan down yet or not. Depends on my work progress on it by then.

Woo hoo! We'll have music!!   

Hey Guys.....I talked to Woody for a bit who me gave some inside scoop and said that I needed to give Terry Fiest a call (who is the head honcho for the show). Touched base with Terry about the CCFan guys were planning on coming down to the show by water on Friday. He was tickled that we were coming and that he would have a place roped off for us to moor boats. The Hurricane took care of all the docks and that the show must go on but was gonna be a land based this year. Plenty of boats, but just on their trailers this year. He also said that he'd cut a deal with us since we were coming . Let him know how many boats were coming and how many people we had and he would provide us all with an arm band at $5 instead of the $10 gate price. I just need to give him a head/boat count about a week before the show. He said we love having all you guys come down because we we such a fun group of people. Told him that we appreciated it, we enjoy the trip and the show and we'll be there!

So........ that being said. Y'all start making you plans to be at Parramores by Thursday night so the Correct Craft Armada can make its way down River to a Woody Boat show on Friday. Safe to say I'm not the only one who is tired of Old Man Winters grip on this cold weather. Enough already!

Does City of Tavares plan on putting docks in for the ACBS event because theres been no docks for several months now?

River has dropped about 4-5 feet thus far.   Should be in great shape for this event.   

Atleast now they have opened all the no wake zones in the southern end of the river It is still on the high side through out but hopefully the folks in astor are getting some relief it was flooded around SR40 area for a month or more after Irma

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/hurricane-irma-recovery/os-flooding-astor-seminole-county-20170925-story.html

Sounds like you've got some digging to do. Hopefully it's a gasket or something simple to fix. Let me know if I can do anything to help.

separator71 wrote: What all does it need done.....other than the waterlogged engine?

Here's the story in brief: I had run it at home prior to leaving for the Masters. It ran "just OK". A bit rough, but I figured as usual, run a piece of sandpaper through the points and it will be fine. The day of the opening ceremony, I decided to test it before anyone else was there. It ran worse and worse over the span of maybe 10 minutes, so I decided to park it and hope it would make it through the show. I was able to nurse it through the show, but had to idle it at about 1800 to keep it running. Those in the audience that are boat smart knew that something was big-time wrong.

After the show I started pulling spark plugs and all 4 cylinders on the 1 thru 4 side had a lot of water in them.

The first thing on my list is to pull the exhaust manifold on that side and test it. After that, it could be anything from a head gasket to a hole rusted through a cylinder wall or the head, which would prompt a leakdown test. It could end up that I will be in the market for a RH rotation 292 or 312.

Pete is correct that those manifolds are nearly impossible to find, and there are no alternatives in current production.

I have a set of osco's except for a sbc. Not sure that will work but figured I'd try.