Hunting has been slow...

Looks like a "hold my beer and watch this" moment. With my heavier butt and a 16hp the aluminum version hits 25 mph. Can't guess what a 25 does on her. View looks a bit familiar, is that Widow's Creek behind you?

Best,
Scott
 
Standing looks sporty. Do that for a while, someday when you vacation in Hawaii you'll be able to surf no problem.
 
Scott Farris said:
Looks like a "hold my beer and watch this" moment. With my heavier butt and a 16hp the aluminum version hits 25 mph. Can't guess what a 25 does on her. View looks a bit familiar, is that Widow's Creek behind you?

Best,
Scott
Click to expand...

Right you are. That is Widow's Creek. Not many ducks in that area but we keep an eye on it. Funny how you, all the way in Connecticut, know the name but most folks around here don't.
 
Eric, if you weren't in the picture I wouldn't have been able to identify the plant, but knowing it's in your back yard there is only one site with a pair of CE Tangentially fired coal boilers. I believe my last visit there was over 10 years ago and I drove in through the front gate[laugh] Enjoyed a midnight crawl into one of their very hot coal pulverizers to check out the odd wear pattern caused by one of my designs.

gforum.cgi


By my records, TVA shut them down in 2015, so guess I won't be visiting them again.

Scott
 
Eric,

Yes the site (the Creek) could certainly be used for further energy production. Existing boilers can be converted to natural gas to utilize existing steam turbines or new smaller foot print gas fired turbines could be added. One of, if not the most expensive parts of creating a new power station is acquiring the land for the new transmission lines. Utilizing the existing lines could be very cost effective. Since my focus is coal pulverizers, I've received little in the way of gas project lists and paid them even less attention. [blush]
 
Scott

That makes sense. Bellfonte Nuclear plant about 2 miles down river was never powered up yet most of the infrastructure is there (post Three Mile Island regs made it too costly to operate). I figure down the road coal will be a primary energy source given the vast amount our nation has. Your job should be secure for another thousand years or so if you can get past the natural gas fad :)

Eric
 
Last edited:
I had the same boat ride experience this past Monday. It has been so slow here in South Jersey, Roy boat or not, that I have had 6 outings this year where I never fired my gun, and two where I fired 1 round. So anyway, me and a friend decided to head out Monday, ended up taking a 1.5-2 hour boat ride all around the marsh, and then decided when the rain started to just forget it and go watch some college football. The latter was the best decision of the day. The ducks we put up flew out to Delaware Bay again and just never came back, been like that for weeks now. Some black ducks sitting in 2' wide creeks or out in the middle of a salt meadow you don't want to walk in. Haven't seen a single snow goose this year, and that has been a trend for the past few years. The thing about snow geese here is, even if the ducks aren't flying, the snow geese will give you a little hope when they are around, as you can get small groups moving in the marshes which are huntable with some calling. Maybe some ducks will show up in the next two weeks, if not, I see more boat rides in my future.
 
Scott,

I can only imagine how that boat moves with a 25hp. There's very little hull in the water on plane there. How does she handle given that?

Greg,

Ditto that my friend. Slow is the word. BTW, those Roy Boats with big motors...oof...they haul. I have a 12' Higbee with a 15. I never run it WOT. You guys with Roy's and 25's must break the sound barrier.
 
Eric Patterson said:
Scott

That makes sense. Bellfonte Nuclear plant about 2 miles down river was never powered up yet most of the infrastructure is there (post Three Mile Island regs made it too costly to operate). I figure down the road coal will be a primary energy source given the vast amount our nation has. Your job should be secure for another thousand years or so if you can get past the natural gas fad :)

Eric
Click to expand...





What are the main contaminants in Alabama?






? [font=Calibri,Calibri][font=Calibri,Calibri]Mercury [/font][/font]


[font=Calibri,Calibri]


[font=Calibri,Calibri]

? Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

? Perfluoralkyl sulfonate (PFOS)


[/font]


[/font]
What do I need to know about mercury?






? [font=Calibri,Calibri][font=Calibri,Calibri]Mercury in the environment comes from natural sources and from pollution. [/font][/font]


[font=Calibri,Calibri]


[font=Calibri,Calibri]

? The largest sources of pollution have been from decades of burning fossil fuel and waste.

? Mercury builds up in the tissue or muscle of the fish.

? It can also build up in our tissues when we eat fish contaminated with mercury.

? The risk is only in eating the fish, which means you can still enjoy water activities like catch and release fishing, swimming, boating, and other water recreational activities.

? The mercury risk depends on how much and how often we eat certain types of fish.

? Mercury in fish is an issue for the whole nation, not just Alabama.
[/font]


[/font]

http://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/tox/assets/al-fish-advisory-2018.pdf

FYI Methyl-mercury is found in both muscle tissue and fatty tissue in fish, cutting belly fat and skinning the fish does little to minimize consumption rate.


Yeah, the trend to switch to natural gas fired electric generating facilities is just a fad, with no rational justification in preserving environmental quality and human food source safety.
 
RLLigman said:
Yeah, the trend to switch to natural gas fired electric generating facilities is just a fad, with no rational justification in preserving environmental quality and human food source safety.
Click to expand...

My "fad" comment was tongue-in-cheek.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top