Boat Neighbors

There are a couple of sport fisher boats tied up to the face dock of the dock we are on.

Two Sport Fisher Boats

Two Sport Fisher Boats

You can see our little boat right under the planked side roof.  It looks so little compared to them :).  Anyway, rumor has it the first boat, which is directly behind us

First Boat on Dock Face

First Boat on Dock Face

which is 55 feet long and probably cost a couple of  bucks, and the second boat

2nd Sport Fisher Boat

2nd Sport Fisher Boat

which is 90 feet long and cost a few more bucks are owned by the same person.  Apparently who ever owns the boats bought the first boat, First Choice, decided it really wasn’t his “first choice” and bought the 90 footer instead.  Then instead of selling the smaller boat, he gave, I repeat GAVE, the first boat to his daughter.  Wow!  She is a lucky girl.  We hope our daughter doesn’t get any crazy ideas if she reads this.  Although we did give her a 1997 fishing boat.  Lucky girl :).

The big 90 footer is having some waxing done on his boat, so when he needs to turn it around he has to drive it down by the gas dock

Down by the gas dock

OOOOOOh, a little black smoke coming from those diesels, time to burn out the carbon!

which is real close to our boat

Pretty close to us

Pretty close to us

so he has enough room to spin that bad boy around to face the other direction.  We love being by the gas dock, there is always some action going on there.  Look at this boat

Another Nice Boat

Another Nice Boat

Look at the bow

Cool bow

Cool bow

Don’t really know what that is for but it looks cool.

Anyway, back to the story about our neighbors.  The little boat, and I use that term loosely, is housing the crew that is doing the waxing. They leave their under water lights on at night.  Pretty cool

Nice underwater lights

Nice underwater lights

Under Water lights

Under Water lights

You can even see fish swimming around

Little fish

Get out the  Gary!

One day we got up, it had been a cold night, Gary checked the electrical panel, the amps we were drawing was down.  Those big boats suck a lot of power and with us being at the end of the line…….I guess we should be happy we get anything at all :).  Look at these electric cords the 90 footer uses

100 amp EACH!

125 amp EACH!

Look at the size of the cover

Wow, that is big

Wow, that is big

And the inside20150211 ele plug I’ve never seen anything like it before.

One of the fun things about having our boat here is seeing all the different and REALLY expensive boats here.  They are fun to look at and we walk the marina often just to look.  It is like being at a boat show everyday :).

These are some well maintained and babied boats.  And so is our :).

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4 Responses to Boat Neighbors

  1. Mitch's avatar Mitch says:

    I guess if you have the financial ability to buy a 90 foot boat, you can afford to give the “small” boat away.
    Maybe Gary can rig up a T adapter to plug in his outlet and pull power from his meter… they probably won’t even notice the slight increase… 🙂
    Stay warm. We have only been back 5 days after 10 in Hawaii and I’m ready to leave again….for 3 months. 😉

    • The Hermes's avatar The Hermes says:

      Good idea on the T adapter! I’ll pass it on to Gary.
      It is hard to come back from someplace warm to the cold of Minnesota. I feel for ya. Hang in there, spring will be here in a few month 🙂

  2. Rodney Pinch's avatar Rodney Pinch says:

    Wow – I would love to see that 90 footers engine room. Can you imagine what it costs to fill that boat up? Not that the owner would care. Take care. From: Touch of Class To: rodpinch@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 8:22 AM Subject: [New post] Boat Neighbors #yiv2646961232 a:hover {color:red;}#yiv2646961232 a {text-decoration:none;color:#0088cc;}#yiv2646961232 a.yiv2646961232primaryactionlink:link, #yiv2646961232 a.yiv2646961232primaryactionlink:visited {background-color:#2585B2;color:#fff;}#yiv2646961232 a.yiv2646961232primaryactionlink:hover, #yiv2646961232 a.yiv2646961232primaryactionlink:active {background-color:#11729E;color:#fff;}#yiv2646961232 WordPress.com | The Hermes posted: “There are a couple of sport fisher boats tied up to the face dock of the dock we are on.You can see our little boat right under the planked side roof.  It looks so little compared to them :).  Anyway, rumor has it the first boat, which is directly” | |

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