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Did Les attempt Block Island in a bowrider and got swamped? ??
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Did you ever do it Bob??
Yea Bob welcome back. How's boating been treating you?
Don't let them razz you about Block Island in a bow rider. I just love to sit on Coast Guard Beach and watch the boats come in. I'm always amazed at the 5 guys in the 20 ft Aqua Sports, shirts off, no food and 300 cans of beer on board. I know they scoot over from Mystic or Groton but it's getting home that has always been worst at least for me. I'm blasting across the sound in a 34' twin big block Sea Ray and I worry sometimes.
I also have a 22 Ft Chris Craft that I would never cross over with even though I know the boat could make the trip easy.
It's all a matter of personal comfort and others safety.
When I was a kid I used to watch the moonies leave each morning from Montauk to fish in open 16 ft boats with dinky outboards on them. Always two in a boat and heard tales of them tuna fishing in the canyons. Don't know how true that was.
A bowrider is one thing, a tri-hull bowrider is another when crossing into Block Island Sound.
Don't let them razz you about Block Island in a bow rider. I just love to sit on Coast Guard Beach and watch the boats come in. I'm always amazed at the 5 guys in the 20 ft Aqua Sports, shirts off, no food and 300 cans of beer on board. I know they scoot over from Mystic or Groton but it's getting home that has always been worst at least for me. I'm blasting across the sound in a 34' twin big block Sea Ray and I worry sometimes.
I also have a 22 Ft Chris Craft that I would never cross over with even though I know the boat could make the trip easy.
It's all a matter of personal comfort and others safety.
When I was a kid I used to watch the moonies leave each morning from Montauk to fish in open 16 ft boats with dinky outboards on them. Always two in a boat and heard tales of them tuna fishing in the canyons. Don't know how true that was.
A bowrider is one thing, a tri-hull bowrider is another when crossing into Block Island Sound.
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As an interesting note with regards to the poll. There are really just two answers. And oddly enough they are tied at 69/69
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Well ya got to like those numbers. 
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Your right it was 66/66. Sometimes my dyslexia kicks in and I type numbers wrong. Anyway, it has been staying about dead even between do nothing and ban the tag lines. I also find it interesting that 36 folks are not going to post here anymore. All in all there are more people that answered the poll than there are regular posters here so it must have gotten some out of the woodwork.
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The poll is too polarized so I didn't vote. The choices don't address the poll question adequately. If moderation improved would that correct the worst of the issues? Or, if new id registration improved beyond the non existent manual method would that correct issues. I sort of lump new ID registration into the moderation category since it is a form of control.