2023 Dam Run Roll Call

[FROGMAN524]

 

[MK1MOD0]

View attachment 1264206 View attachment 1264207 View attachment 1264208 View attachment 1264209 A few photos from yesterday, it was a great day on the water!

the color contrast in those top pics are amazing. Thanks for posting up.

 

[MK1MOD0]

I’ve done the trip before but never with the group. I need to do it for sure !

 

[t&y]

Damn.... I told the boys in blue out there it was happening next weekend We had all kinds of activities planned including jackboots on gel competition and strip searches with drive stun taser to the slowest one to undress... I guess they will just have to harass people at the boat launch instead.

 

[FROGMAN524]

 

[MK1MOD0]

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What’s with the last pic. Ouch !!!

 

[FROGMAN524]

 

[FROGMAN524]

 

[Bobby V]

What’s with the last pic. Ouch !!!

See post #93.

 

[FROGMAN524]

 

[jeepdog]

 

[jeepdog]

The best non event going...thanks to all

 

[jeepdog]

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[plaster dave]

 

[FROGMAN524]

 

[02HoWaRd26]

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Damn those props, looked like just silt that came up when you hit too.


Still waiting to see what the wife got for pics. She didn’t pull camera out till Cottonwood, and by then i was babying the boat. Still not certain what the issue is but the drive was locked in forward only no neutral or reverse, I’ll pull drive this week, i did narrow it’s not in the controls or the shift bracket, praying it’s the lower cable not the actual drive

 

[28Eliminator]

We haven’t done this run since Carl passed away… need to try and make it next year!

 

[FROGMAN524]

Damn those props, looked like just silt that came up when you hit too.


Still waiting to see what the wife got for pics. She didn’t pull camera out till Cottonwood, and by then i was babying the boat. Still not certain what the issue is but the drive was locked in forward only no neutral or reverse, I’ll pull drive this week, i did narrow it’s not in the controls or the shift bracket, praying it’s the lower cable not the actual drive

Well damn it looked good going by us!

 

[FROGMAN524]

Shockwave 28 Deck lying in wait

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Well damn it looked good going by us!

Yea Regor and i were side by side rolling into cottonwood and there was a set of probably 10 big waves. We ate the first few than i slammed hard into one, and i think my finger slid into the trim button, as we immediately ate the next wave then went to power out and no thrust that’s when i saw my trim gauge was all the way up. When we pulled into Cottonwood that’s when i realized no neutral ir reverse. It was direct drive the rest of the day.

 

[01erionracing]

It was a great trip, nice meeting everyone on the trip and nice meeting you @regor. We departure together at KL around 9ish when get to CW my son doesn't feel well since he had too much for the breakfast plus the wake at CW, so we decided to take it easy up river, when arrived to WB the skies need refueled and we took a break there after that we headed to HD. When get closer to the dam, we saw @BHC Vic and two other boats heading back and we keep up river we then meet the rest of the group is taking a break looks like near White rock canyon, we stopped there hanging out bs and then keep up river to HD. We took a long break at Gold Strike hot spring trail, after that me and my son heading back to WB refueled and back to KL. The total trip is about 125miles and each ski consumed about 34 gallon of fuel, I set cruise control between 40 to 55 most of the time, occasionally I let the ski breathe at WOT, lol.
Here are the photos from my phone, the last two photos Davis Dam to Hoover Dam!

 

[regor]

It was a great trip, nice meeting everyone on the trip and nice meeting you @regor. We departure together at KL around 9ish when get to CW my son doesn't feel well since he had too much for the breakfast plus the wake at CW, so we decided to take it easy up river, when arrived to WB the skies need refueled and we took a break there after that we headed to HD. When get closer to the dam, we saw @BHC Vic and two other boats heading back and we keep up river we then meet the rest of the group is taking a break looks like near White rock canyon, we stopped there hanging out bs and then keep up river to HD. We took a long break at Gold Strike hot spring trail, after that me and my son heading back to WB refueled and back to KL. The total trip is about 125miles and each ski consumed about 34 gallon of fuel, I set cruise control between 40 to 55 most of the time, occasionally I let the ski breathe at WOT, lol.
Here are the photos from my phone, the last two photos Davis Dam to Hoover Dam! View attachment 1264652 View attachment 1264653 View attachment 1264654 View attachment 1264655 View attachment 1264656 View attachment 1264657 View attachment 1264658 View attachment 1264658 View attachment 1264659 View attachment 1264660 View attachment 1264661 View attachment 1264661 View attachment 1264662

You and the kid are hardcore brother and it was a pleasure running, meeting and talking with you.

BTW, you were running about 67 when we were side by side!!!

 

[glamis0812]

Definitely will try to get back out there next year.

 

[01erionracing]

You and the kid are hardcore brother and it was a pleasure running, meeting and talking with you.

BTW, you were running about 67 when we were side by side!!!

That's correct, sir. The ski is stock and governed at that speed! Maybe some modification is on the way, lol!

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Some back seat videos from my buddy that was with us.

 

[02HoWaRd26]

@FROGMAN524

 

[spark2678]

We did this the weekend before. It is a great trip for sure! You guys went past the no boat sign pretty far to see the dam, we were able to get far enough to see about a quarter of it before we turned back.

Water temp was mid 50's willow beach marina and easily in the 80's 1/2 way back to Conttonwood. I don't remember the no wake through Willow being soooooooooo long.

 

[plaster dave]

We did this the weekend before. It is a great trip for sure! You guys went past the no boat sign pretty far to see the dam, we were able to get far enough to see about a quarter of it before we turned back.

Water temp was mid 50's willow beach marina and easily in the 80's 1/2 way back to Conttonwood. I don't remember the no wake through Willow being soooooooooo long.

Ya alarms were going off saying we were too close but it was just for a second for a picture and I moved back.

 

[02HoWaRd26]

We did this the weekend before. It is a great trip for sure! You guys went past the no boat sign pretty far to see the dam, we were able to get far enough to see about a quarter of it before we turned back.

Water temp was mid 50's willow beach marina and easily in the 80's 1/2 way back to Conttonwood. I don't remember the no wake through Willow being soooooooooo long.

What sign? I didn’t see a sign? There’s a white board on a cable, but i saw “Welcome to the Hoover Dam” was very hard to read that tho.

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Boo

 

[Wizard29]

Big thank you to @regor for the ride back to KL yesterday in his beautiful Eliminator 27 Speed Deck.

Coming back from the dam, we got squeezed out of the deep part of the river/channel about a half mile south of the dam and I tore up my brand new 33” Max 5s on a rock bar at idle speed. The amazing part was my depth gauge went from 27’ to 3’ before I could even think to turn left at 5MPH. It was just a few seconds from beginning to end as I threw the drives in neutral and shut the engines off immediately to limit damage. After getting in the water to inspect the props, I fired the motors up and idled back to the big beach just south of the dam where I linked up with a few members and discussed my tragedy.

Before arriving at the beach, I got on the CB radio and called Boat Tow US on channel 16 where they informed me they would be 3-4 hours before they could come get me so we thanked them and cancelled the call. Once at the beach, @regor then offered me a ride and said he would leave the beach in about a half hour to catch up with me near Willow.

We idled back to Willow Beach Marina, over an hour away, to keep from causing harmful vibrations in the drivetrain where I dropped my step dad, wife and 2 kids off at the restaurant there, tied up the boat, and hopped on with @regor and his buddy Jeff for a kick ass ride back to KL. Once back at KL, they dropped me at the courtesy dock where I ran up to the truck at the dirt lot, went and picked up the trailer from the first big paved lot, picked up fuel at the Terrible’s on 68 and then proceeded back to Willow Beach via the 68 and 93 at about 85MPH.

I arrived back at the Willow Beach Marina at 4:49 and the restaurant was closing at 5 so at no point did my kids have to sit outside in the heat besides the time on the boat where they stayed in the cabin.

FYI I offered @regor money for the gas and ride but he wouldn’t accept and instead I’ll be buying him dinner and drinks next time he’s out in the valley of the sun.

I’ll post pics later when I have better internet.

Oof. Exactly why I don't go to the dam any more. I'd be plenty angry if I munched even one of my Herings.

We were at our beach until late and noticed you didn't come back down.

 

[HALLETT BOY]

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Uh oh , that’s not too bad , but…

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

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Is that from your drives after banging the props?

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Is that from your drives after banging the props?

@FROGMAN524 got his props, i got the drive on the way up to the dam, hoping to know the extent by Friday.

 

[02HoWaRd26]

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

@FROGMAN524 got his props, i got the drive on the way up to the dam, hoping to know the extent by Friday.

Sucks to hear that. Hope it’s minimal.

That was my biggest fear when I did this run and I had a 6 Drive and Merc cleaver to worry about.

 

[GreenEnergy28]

We were all set to run up with everyone. Friday night, my group decided we would only run up to Cottonwood. Saturday morning, we launched, the wives had all decided they didn't want to run up that far.... We had 3 boats lined up to go.
Oh well. We still had a great time on the water. Gotta keep the wife happy.

 

[FROGMAN524]

Sucks to hear that. Hope it’s minimal.

That was my biggest fear when I did this run and I had a 6 Drive and Merc cleaver to worry about.

Port prop is fixable, starboard is trash according to TCM.

 

[Runs2rch]

Port prop is fixable, starboard is trash according to TCM.

Buy a new pair and learn from the experience.

 

[Riverfamlee]

We've never done the run BUT I always enjoy the Dam Run threads just because of the amount of random pics/vids everyone posts after the trip.

Always one of the better threads

One of these times we have got to get out there!

 

[FROGMAN524]

Buy a new pair and learn from the experience.

I've learned I've seen the dam enough times now.

 

[RiverDave]

It was a great trip, nice meeting everyone on the trip and nice meeting you @regor. We departure together at KL around 9ish when get to CW my son doesn't feel well since he had too much for the breakfast plus the wake at CW, so we decided to take it easy up river, when arrived to WB the skies need refueled and we took a break there after that we headed to HD. When get closer to the dam, we saw @BHC Vic and two other boats heading back and we keep up river we then meet the rest of the group is taking a break looks like near White rock canyon, we stopped there hanging out bs and then keep up river to HD. We took a long break at Gold Strike hot spring trail, after that me and my son heading back to WB refueled and back to KL. The total trip is about 125miles and each ski consumed about 34 gallon of fuel, I set cruise control between 40 to 55 most of the time, occasionally I let the ski breathe at WOT, lol.
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Dude your kid grew up quick!!! I haven't seen you guys in forever.. Lets change that this winter.

RD

 

[RiverDave]

Some pics from plaster Dave’s boat!

 

[Joker]

Some pics from plaster Dave’s boat!

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Did you go on the run?

 

[01erionracing]

Dude your kid grew up quick!!! I haven't seen you guys in forever.. Lets change that this winter.

RD

@RiverDave sure, we can do Alamo run in the winter. Our small group continues doing Alamo run ever since we did it in the first time. In the last two years we based camp at Alamo and run to Lake Havasu, stayed there overnight and back to Alamo the next day.

 

[OC Mike]

Too bad about the Props Frogman. Hopefully the drives are ok.
We were on your Starboard going across the basin. Thanks for that nice action shot!
5 of us were waiting at Willow for the longest time.
We finally headed out. Then 4 of us hung out in a cove for a little bit.
We were last to leave and saw the Eliminator go by.
Overall, nice run. The basin was a little snotty at 4pm ..
Here's what we have.

 

[OC Mike]

It was a great trip, nice meeting everyone on the trip and nice meeting you @regor. We departure together at KL around 9ish when get to CW my son doesn't feel well since he had too much for the breakfast plus the wake at CW, so we decided to take it easy up river, when arrived to WB the skies need refueled and we took a break there after that we headed to HD. When get closer to the dam, we saw @BHC Vic and two other boats heading back and we keep up river we then meet the rest of the group is taking a break looks like near White rock canyon, we stopped there hanging out bs and then keep up river to HD. We took a long break at Gold Strike hot spring trail, after that me and my son heading back to WB refueled and back to KL. The total trip is about 125miles and each ski consumed about 34 gallon of fuel, I set cruise control between 40 to 55 most of the time, occasionally I let the ski breathe at WOT, lol.
Here are the photos from my phone, the last two photos Davis Dam to Hoover Dam! View attachment 1264652 View attachment 1264653 View attachment 1264654 View attachment 1264655 View attachment 1264656 View attachment 1264657 View attachment 1264658 View attachment 1264658 View attachment 1264659 View attachment 1264660 View attachment 1264661 View attachment 1264661 View attachment 1264662

Dude, you are my hero. When I heard that 2 Doo's were going I assumed it was a couple of young guys.
Then I find out it's father and son. FABULOUS!!!!
I say this with the upmost respect because many, many years ago I did a trip about 2/3rds yours....
I'll just conclude that it lead to the boat we own now..

 

[cheezpanel]

I'll try to remember to wave as you guys go by, we'll be out on my brother in laws new to him boat ( Thanks again @cheezpanel he loves it)

I'm glad they're loving it. Mike promised me some pics at some point...tell him I'm still waiting...Thanks bud