Calling GA Members

Just gonna post this here but looks like I will be bringing the smoker up to smoke some chicken for Sat afternoon. So wwe'll need to be somewhere's close to Burton Mill launch shortly after noon. Mama Deen said she was gonna bring sumthin'to go with it so don't pack a huge lunch. Mike may bust out the ToonTique so we'll have a floating barge to eat off of. I'll be up early on Sat to get the chicken on so I imagine the Hunters and I will be skiing shortly after that so any of y'all wanna pull then you best get there early before the weekend warriors show up I suggest you do so.

Looking forward to another Lanier Crew Gathering!

The vote is in, Oconee it is for Saturday. Good to see some of you last week, maybe we'll try the next Lanier go-round.

But....hearing about Morfoot's Chicken...may have to rethink it now...

IAughtNaut wrote: lets talk about the real success story of the weekend...the old man got a new profile pic

Thanks for pointing that out!! WOW! I guess that's the result of that Prop that I helped watch put on?? It was hot that day. Glad the boom was saved.

That profile picture is great. Love to see these boats up and running!

Looks like a great time sept for the rain.

It was a great day. Rain blew in for about fifteen minutes. My Sport broke loose and had to re spot her before she banged into Jackie's 75 SN. Another fun day on Lanier.
Sure glad the Deans made the trip!
Yes, Tim's smoked chicken was fabulous.... as usual.

+1 on the smoked chicken, out of this world. and April's grilled corn on the cobb was mighty tasty too.

NCH20SKIER wrote: Certainly not doing yourself any favors with the 75' line. Could not tell from the videos if the spray was speed or form related.

No kidding, the only way you know I'm still back there is because the rope stays tight into the middle of the spray   

I should clarify, line was 95', the 75 I was referencing was my dad's 75SN...I would stand up outside the wake, then get pulled back into the side of it and get all caddywhompus. When I stood up inside the wake I was fine, except that I planted at about 33 or 34 and didn't get up past 37 before I started to drown. He was accelerating slower than I realized, but I was tired so I said the hell with it and stood up.

As always with any gathering of CCFans big or small I had a great last 2 weekends. Despite the rain on all 3 days I was with the Hunters we managed to have a great time. There was a bike rally on Lake Lanier Islands so Mike, Gail, April and I went over to that to check it out then out for a ride to pick up a watermelon at a family farm market 30 miles up the road. Got back to the house after dinner to beat the Deen boys by 5 mins. Up till almost midnight catching up then on the water by 730 before the weekend idiots showed up. I got there a little late as I was getting the chicken on the smoker to feed the gang but did get there in time to see Gail flag down some Sea Ray who was approaching the glassy water that Adam mentioned earlier asking them to wait which they did surprisingly. For doing so, I asked the guy if he wanted a pull behind mine which he jumped at the chance. The grin on his face was awesome and he couldn't thank me enough for doing so. He was thrilled to get a pull behind a ski boat as he had never been behind a ski boat. I told him it was the least we could do for stopping and having a little boat etiquette on glassy water. Told me his name was Mike and since we already had one there I started calling him Sea Ray Mike and it stuck!

We all got some good runs in before the water turned to crap and hung out by a beach. April, Gail and I went to retrieve lunch off the grill and just barely got finished when the rains came.... Good food...Great Friends and Sea Ray Mike joined us as well. I have a feeling he'll be looking at and trading the SR for a Ski Nautique SOON after spending the day with us.

Not too many pics as I was grilling out etc. but here are the few I did snap. BIG thanks to those who brought food to share with the crew and pitching in where needed. Never enough time as always but any time spent with CCFans is always great.

West Point Lake 2 weeks ago.....





Borrowed my dad's truck to haul the toys to Mike's place.



April and I headed out for a ride!



Gail and her Sportster.



Mike and his Softtail..












My date for the weekend April who loves the water, loves boating, but can't swim. She did however wanna try to ski as she only tried one other time in her life. She got up the 4th try on the boom.



IAughtNot... even though you're in Cleveland...consider yourself a member of the Lanier crew and you're always welcome to come join us anytime you're in town. Jackie...I know Lagrange is a haul for you and Mama Deen but you guys are members as well.

Yes Adam it was on Sunday and in the same cove as we were in on Sat. It didn't last long though!

All the above!

The water turned to shazz shortly after I got my slalom run in but we did find a SWEET spot to congregate raft up that is off the cove we were at that is perfect. The water is too shallow for the big boats to fly thru and the island blocks everything from the main channel. 3 ft deep, sandy bottom and a small beach to serve from. So whenever you're back in town we can do it all over again.

Hollywood wrote: Adam, I like the frantic waving back and forth. That is a new move to me.

I was waiting for someone to catch that wave. Here's the explanation. I never tried to cheek on my own, so I told dad to pull me up to about 30, let me try it, if I couldn't figure it out, sling me out. That was me giving up and signaling him to zig zag. I got progressively better as the weekend went on.

Hollywood wrote: The front tumble to shoulder was pretty sweet too. Never let go!

I wish I had done that on purpose. I forgot it happened until I looked at the video. It also looked like with a little more speed I could have dolphin started the way I was bouncing.

Hollywood wrote: You get the award for longest plant on a step off ever. Arms down and plant foot more under than to the side and you won't have to rock so far, come down so hard, and spray your face.

That was my first step in a long time so I was just trying to get comfortable.

Hollywood wrote: Jackie's shortline deep water, now I know where the brand "SprayMaster" came from. OMG! That's totally old school form (but it obviously works).

We're getting closer on his deeps. Dad's problem is he learned to deep water in daisy duke's so his instinct is to put his feet in the water as soon as the boat starts. Butt gliding is completely new. He's getting it though.

Hollywood wrote: Jackie's tricks. Awesome, just awesome. Pretty ballsy going for a line step without a release. Line steps are on my radar this year.

He made several of those line steps, we just didn't have the camera on for all of it.

Hollywood wrote: Ben the boom buster: You're a big boy. Get your toes over the rope, not ankles. Straight, flat body like a board. That butt plow probably would have developed into a taco if longline.

That was my fault. I gave him 85 instructions and left out, arch your back, straight as a board. And then when the boat started and he started to drag, my reaction was, needs more throttle. That was not correct. The end result speaks for itself. Good think Morfoot hadn't left his house yet, he was able to bring his boom down.

We will be back out this weekend.
Anyone else?

Jim, great.
No we didn't (yet) since I don't want to part with the sport
So no mini van unless we can agree on being a 2 boat family

Back side of Shoal Creek? The Lanier Harbor side.