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Just registered..am from Albany Ga..the way things go..just bought a new boat,( Key West 1720 was going to get a Carolina Skiff but when I showed up with the cash the salesman uped the price by $1500.). week ago friday and found out I had to work saturday and sunday and today..so will get her out first thing tomorrow morn..I am looking for some info on where a new boat owner can put in first time around the bend area and not get rocked..new to owning a boat not to salt water fishing...whew I haven't said that much in 20 years..Good day
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arcadiainc
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Fishing
Put in at Shell Island Fish Camp at Saint Marks. Good folks, can buy all your needs there. Also you can run the river to the Gulf with little worry of rocks etc. Turn left, go to lighthouse area then worry abt rocks etc. At least you can try out your new boat. Also good fishing.
Engine Break in
So it goes..new boat first time on the water . breaking in the yama 90..idel speed fine..3000 rpm 50 min fine..oh oh a boater near the Crisp dam has engine failure..tow him to Smoak bridge landing..everything is fine..go for 4000 rpm runs fine then cuts out idel speed fine back up to plane good for 5 min then cuts out ..taking it back to the dealer monday morn...good day
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What a mess
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I am from the Albany area as well ..soon it looks like Georgians will take over this forum... j/k... Sorry to hear about the boat man.I hope it was not Flint River Marine ..... I have been reading these forums for about 6 mts or so you guys seem to be a good bunch of guys who share a good bit of info.I have a 18 ft fish and ski boat that I have not had in saltwater but I am itching to get it in the ecofina 
.. Is it a bad idea 
to put in at the state park where I have been in the past, somewhat feel comfortable and know how to get there by land. I have seen way bigger boats hauling the mail in the river but I am sure they know the trouble zones and such..I am gonna go somewhere in the next few weeks or so or I am gonna get fired from my job and divorced if I don't because I have it bad..thanks for your help
.. Is it a bad idea to put in at the state park where I have been in the past, somewhat feel comfortable and know how to get there by land. I have seen way bigger boats hauling the mail in the river but I am sure they know the trouble zones and such..I am gonna go somewhere in the next few weeks or so or I am gonna get fired from my job and divorced if I don't because I have it bad..thanks for your help
Welcome.
Since you live in Georgia, you might want to read this.
Though there has never yet been a recorded instance of "ramp rage" in which a handgun has been brandished, this expeditious thought has surely crossed more than one waiting mind. Perhaps a few words of advice about public access boat launch etiquette to ramp newcomers may be in order.
Do
Learn how to back up a trailer somewhere else. Trailer your boat to an empty parking lot or field, and learn how to go in reverse there. Backing up a trailer is largely counterintuitive. It is different than merely going in reverse in a vehicle. The good news is you'll get the knack of it in around 30 minutes or less. Better if you don't get the 30-minute knack in front of a long line of waiting boaters at the ramp, though. I can't stress this point enough.
Pull over to the parking area before getting in queue. Use this time to:
Let your trailer's wheel bearings cool down.
Load your gear, coolers, hibachi, diaper bags, CDs, etc. from your vehicle and into the boat. Do this over to the side. Don't do it in the ramp; I guarantee you that doing so will not win you any new boat launch friends.
Check your drain plug. Really. Make sure it's in.
Step the mast, set up any standing rigging, attach the boom, monkey around with your running rigging and bend your sails on.
Remove the numerous tie-downs you used to get the boat safely to the ramp.
Disconnect the electrical "pigtail" from your vehicle - the thing that allows your trailer's brake lights to function while on the road.
Check your drain plug again.
Take your place in the queue and wait your turn with maximum good manners. We are all anxious to hit the water. And frankly, even if we live three miles away, most of us have to wait for the weekend to go sailing - just like you. You are not automatically more important for having driven two-hundred miles to get here.
Don't
EVER fail to look up before stepping your mast. Every season, around the globe, people electrocute themselves by failing to check for the whereabouts of power lines. He or she steps the mast - a marvelous conductor of electricity - right into a high voltage line and dies as a result. This accident happens infrequently, but the dead participant part of it is running close to 100%.
Back down the ramp past your vehicle's rear end. You don't want your rear vehicle tires submerged. Stop before this happens and set the parking brake. The winch on your trailer is there to help you "let out" your vessel. It is of no use in getting your submerged vehicle out of the water, however.
Act like a crazy person. It's entertaining for about 10 seconds to hear you scream obscenities at your wife, whom you've heartlessly left in the driver's seat with a bare minimum of instruction. After that, we all just think you don't deserve her.
Lose sight of your "crew." Many humans under 48" tall dart through boat launch traffic unattended. Ditto for Man's Best Friend, who's been busy relieving himself on strange trailer tires. Short humans and dogs are often in the blind spots of drivers. It is your job to know where these significant others are at, not ours. Keep this in mind, lest your day of boating fun is cut tragically short.
Forget to make sure that your drain plug in inserted. Yes, that is the third time it has been mentioned. A slowly sinking boat at the end of the ramp has an uncanny way of hindering anyone else's launching progress.
Please take the above suggestions to heart if you are inexperienced at using a public boat launch ramp. The rest of us look forward to welcoming you to the queue if you follow these guidelines - and thank you in advance.
Since you live in Georgia, you might want to read this.
Though there has never yet been a recorded instance of "ramp rage" in which a handgun has been brandished, this expeditious thought has surely crossed more than one waiting mind. Perhaps a few words of advice about public access boat launch etiquette to ramp newcomers may be in order.
Do
Learn how to back up a trailer somewhere else. Trailer your boat to an empty parking lot or field, and learn how to go in reverse there. Backing up a trailer is largely counterintuitive. It is different than merely going in reverse in a vehicle. The good news is you'll get the knack of it in around 30 minutes or less. Better if you don't get the 30-minute knack in front of a long line of waiting boaters at the ramp, though. I can't stress this point enough.
Pull over to the parking area before getting in queue. Use this time to:
Let your trailer's wheel bearings cool down.
Load your gear, coolers, hibachi, diaper bags, CDs, etc. from your vehicle and into the boat. Do this over to the side. Don't do it in the ramp; I guarantee you that doing so will not win you any new boat launch friends.
Check your drain plug. Really. Make sure it's in.
Step the mast, set up any standing rigging, attach the boom, monkey around with your running rigging and bend your sails on.
Remove the numerous tie-downs you used to get the boat safely to the ramp.
Disconnect the electrical "pigtail" from your vehicle - the thing that allows your trailer's brake lights to function while on the road.
Check your drain plug again.
Take your place in the queue and wait your turn with maximum good manners. We are all anxious to hit the water. And frankly, even if we live three miles away, most of us have to wait for the weekend to go sailing - just like you. You are not automatically more important for having driven two-hundred miles to get here.
Don't
EVER fail to look up before stepping your mast. Every season, around the globe, people electrocute themselves by failing to check for the whereabouts of power lines. He or she steps the mast - a marvelous conductor of electricity - right into a high voltage line and dies as a result. This accident happens infrequently, but the dead participant part of it is running close to 100%.
Back down the ramp past your vehicle's rear end. You don't want your rear vehicle tires submerged. Stop before this happens and set the parking brake. The winch on your trailer is there to help you "let out" your vessel. It is of no use in getting your submerged vehicle out of the water, however.
Act like a crazy person. It's entertaining for about 10 seconds to hear you scream obscenities at your wife, whom you've heartlessly left in the driver's seat with a bare minimum of instruction. After that, we all just think you don't deserve her.
Lose sight of your "crew." Many humans under 48" tall dart through boat launch traffic unattended. Ditto for Man's Best Friend, who's been busy relieving himself on strange trailer tires. Short humans and dogs are often in the blind spots of drivers. It is your job to know where these significant others are at, not ours. Keep this in mind, lest your day of boating fun is cut tragically short.
Forget to make sure that your drain plug in inserted. Yes, that is the third time it has been mentioned. A slowly sinking boat at the end of the ramp has an uncanny way of hindering anyone else's launching progress.
Please take the above suggestions to heart if you are inexperienced at using a public boat launch ramp. The rest of us look forward to welcoming you to the queue if you follow these guidelines - and thank you in advance.
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BAD BEHAVIOR
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Welcome guys to the site. Really watch your tides and youi'll be fine. My winter rules are to allow three hours before low tide or after , depending on when Im intending on fishing.
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DuctTapeKing
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Welcome you two Jawga Boys. First off I think if you went into a dealer with a carolina skift in mind and walked out with a key west you done did real good. It's my personal experiance you actually got the better of the two boats. You would have been wet wet wet in the CS. And I know from much personal experiance the KW hull can take a beating from oyster bars and rocks and hold together. DO NOT TAKE THAT LAST STATEMENT AS A TICKET TO NOT BE CARE!!!! And remember even if you don't catch anything a none catching report is sometimes as informative, and interesting to us as your banner days. I look forward to reading what yall type.
Welcome fellow Albanians KW1720 and GAJOEY! 
Don't worry, this forum is more treacherous than
those "reported" rocks and oyster bars!
You can pretty much ignore all the ramp rhetoric from
the Florida folks...they've been innoculated with some of
that "do as I say and not as I do" serum.
Now as to agreement about the rules of the road at the mouth of Ankyfaenna...that my friends is a different matter!
Don't worry, this forum is more treacherous than
those "reported" rocks and oyster bars!
You can pretty much ignore all the ramp rhetoric from
the Florida folks...they've been innoculated with some of
that "do as I say and not as I do" serum.
Now as to agreement about the rules of the road at the mouth of Ankyfaenna...that my friends is a different matter!
It may be that my sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.