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[Andy Mink]

Friends boat, pocket cruiser made in Costa Mesa, CA. Can't remember the manufacturer, but I'll find out. Little 15 footer, easy to trailer and rig up. View attachment 171815 Way better to have friends with boats, that way they have to Break Out Another Thousand!

Boat: a hole in the water into which money flows.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Friends boat, pocket cruiser made in Costa Mesa, CA. Can't remember the manufacturer, but I'll find out. Little 15 footer, easy to trailer and rig up. View attachment 171815 Way better to have friends with boats, that way they have to Break Out Another Thousand!

I agree on the sentiment about other people's boats, but own a Precision 21 I'll be sailing on the Maine coast in July. I had a Venture 17 for a number of years here in CO. Your friend's looks similar in may ways.


Rosie on Dillon Reservoir.

 

[James]

I agree on the sentiment about other people's boats, but own a Precision 21 I'll be sailing on the Maine coast in July. I had a Venture 17 for a number of years here in CO. Your friend's looks similar in may ways.

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Rosie on Dillon Reservoir.

Is it true there’s no swimming in Dillon reservoir? Because of cold water or gross humans?

 

[mikel]

It's true but because it is Denver's drinking water

 

[Uncle-A]

It's true but because it is Denver's drinking water

Do they allow boats with gasoline motors and fishing in the reservoir?

 

[dbostedo]

Do they allow boats with gasoline motors and fishing in the reservoir?

You can see all the rules here:

Dillon Reservoir

Play on and around Denver Water's largest reservoir

www.denverwater.org

Motor boats are allowed but not jet skis... Fishing is allowed... Most personal water activities are not allowed, but wind-surfing with a wetsuit is... kind of a strange set of rules.

 

[mikel]

Yep but with caveats. No personal watercraft are allowed.

 

[mikel]

kind of a strange set of rules.

It's Denver water. No personal body part contact to water is allowed.

 

[doc]

kind of a strange set of rules.

Might explain why our water tastes so funny. Kind of an oily, fishy, rubbery taste.

 

[Doug Briggs]

The reservoir has not allowed swimming because of the temperatures and the risk of hypothermia.

Dillon Reservoir recreation rules updated to allow wading in water​

 

[dbostedo]

It's Denver water. No personal body part contact to water is allowed.

That's not correct though. You can wind surf, which certainly involves falling into the water at times. As noted, it's the water temp that prevents swimming.

 

[Mothertucker]

I agree on the sentiment about other people's boats, but own a Precision 21 I'll be sailing on the Maine coast in July. I had a Venture 17 for a number of years here in CO. Your friend's looks similar in may ways.

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Rosie on Dillon Reservoir.

In the next couple of weeks I hope to do some racing as crew on one of these.

I went up the mountain for a third lap at sunset last night.

 

[Doug Briggs]

 

[Dave Petersen]

First evening of summer view from my front porch.

 

[Andy Mink]

Night time thunderstorm in Tucson. There were too many clouds to get the individual bolts of lightening. This is looking north from my mom's place south east near the airforce base.

 

[mikel]

That's not correct though. You can wind surf, which certainly involves falling into the water at times. As noted, it's the water temp that prevents swimming.

I agree but it has been stated as what they are trying to achieve

6. No swimming allowed. Since Lake Dillon is the largest water supply for the Denver Water system, swimming is off limits. In fact, no body-water contact is allowed on Lake Dillon.

 

[Doug Briggs]

I agree but it has been stated as what they are trying to achieve

6. No swimming allowed. Since Lake Dillon is the largest water supply for the Denver Water system, swimming is off limits. In fact, no body-water contact is allowed on Lake Dillon.

Where are you quoting from?

Why can’t you swim in Dillon Reservoir?​

Brandon Ransom, Denver Water’s recreation manager, said the combination of low water temperatures and thin air makes it dangerous for folks to swim. He also said search and rescue efforts would be difficult since it is such a large body of water.

“We get a lot of folks from all over the country, all over the world really, that may not be accustomed to that elevation,” Ransom said. “And you can combine the elevation with the thin air and cold water, and you can have a real situation if you really get into that.”

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Because a video is just a bunch of photos.

 

[Doug Briggs]

In the next couple of weeks I hope to do some racing as crew on one of these. View attachment 171880 I went up the mountain for a third lap at sunset last night. View attachment 171884

I trying to remember the name of that boat. IIRC, it goes like the wind downhill.

 

[Mothertucker]

I trying to remember the name of that boat. IIRC, it goes like the wind downhill.

Class "C" scow, popular on Midwestern lakes.

 

[tch]

Class "C" scow, popular on Midwestern lakes.

Love those boats! I sailed them a lot growing up in Indiana. When I moved out east, no one knew what the hell they were. I'd say "scow" and the only reference they had was a NYC garbage barge.