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Keuka Lake

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sschifer

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So the wife and I took the camper and boat up to the Finger Lakes region this past week. We ended up camping and boating on Keuka Lake which was absolutely beautiful. As some may know, thats where checkmatefever and some other forum members boat. We ended up meeting with Jason (checkmatefever) and hung out for awhile. We made a run up the lake and was able to get some pics and video. The pictures are good, but i will for warn you guys now, my wife really isn't that good at video taking. I will get the videos up sometime soon.

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Kdebolt said:
Did Jason show you the loudest mate on the lake!
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Yeah man we came up your way Friday afternoon lookin' for ya! LOL about 30 min after i got back down to the cottage i saw you haulin' a$$ down thru, turn around and head back! Yup, i made sure they got to see your Pacifica!!

Shane, awesome pictures man!! I can't thank you enough, those are great shots!! I wish my pics were as good as yours but i did get a few good shots of your boat too!! It's was a great day, always fun runnin' with some cool people and 'Mates!! I have a couple videos too, one really good one but i gotta figure out how to post the videos with out the quality goin down the drain, it's HD when recorded on the iphone but photobucket really screws up the quality. If anybody know a better way to post videos let me know, i'd like to post these vids i have! Anyways, Shane i hope to see you guy's back again next year!!

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Nice Pic's guys..:drool: Glad you had a good time...:bounce: I hooked up with a guy with a Convincor on Saratoga Lake Saturday... We chatted a bit.. And Bahaha owner... Most boat people are very nice im finding.. Love Boating...:banana:
 
my uncle has a place on keuka and I used to keep my hydrostream up there. Every year in the later fall after the colors start to change we do a pub crawl arcoss the lake. Ushally its only 3 or 4 of us but I will try to fingure out the date and Ill bring my new to me checkmate down. It would be great to meet up with more folks
 
Great pics!

Love Keuka Lake, Not sure if Ill make it back this year, but maybe in sept. Anyone know of any mates on Lake George? I'm gonna be out there camping the weekend before labor day.
 
rjstarr said:
Where do you guys hang out? My inlaws have a place on east bluff.
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I'm always somewhere on the east bluff side of the lake. Cottage is on the far east side, just down from Olneys gas station. I see in your sig you have a Convincor, ever had it on Keuka before?
 
I spend time at Keuka but my Convincor is docked on Seneca. My father-in-law does not like the thru hull so I have never taken it down there. Plus the dock is small for my boat. One of these days I am going to take it down there and run the lake.
 
rjstarr said:
I spend time at Keuka but my Convincor is docked on Seneca. My father-in-law does not like the thru hull so I have never taken it down there. Plus the dock is small for my boat. One of these days I am going to take it down there and run the lake.
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LOL well if your father in law doesn't like thru-hull exhuast then he must hate me and Kdebolt, he has the loudest frickin' boat on the lake, and i have aluminum aftermarket manifolds on mine which i can tell is a touch louder than stock too!!

I used to boat alot on Seneca, plus i go over and watch the Poker runs every year (SPBA and ROPA) i think i've seen your boat. Is it black and white with red trim and some graphics?? Definatly bring your Cinvincor over sometime, lately there have been enough Mate's showing up that maybe next season we can have a some sorta un-official get together!! :cheers:
 
No that is not my boat, he is the president of ROPA (Rochester Offshore Power Boat Association). He is a friend of mine and the reason I fell in love with the Convincor. I have run in those poker runs for the last 3 years, but just got my Convincor last April. You read my mind about a Checkmate get together of some kind. I know 2 other guys in the area that own Checkmates that would love the idea.

As for my father-in-law, you probably have pissed him off in the past. Whenever a thru hull goes down the lake be bitches and moans about it. I sit back and laugh while listening the beautiful sounds. :D
 
rjstarr said:
No that is not my boat, he is the president of ROPA (Rochester Offshore Power Boat Association). He is a friend of mine and the reason I fell in love with the Convincor. I have run in those poker runs for the last 3 years, but just got my Convincor last April. You read my mind about a Checkmate get together of some kind. I know 2 other guys in the area that own Checkmates that would love the idea.

As for my father-in-law, you probably have pissed him off in the past. Whenever a thru hull goes down the lake be bitches and moans about it. I sit back and laugh while listening the beautiful sounds. :D
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Yeah that Convincor is one sharp boat, i've seen it a few times at the poker runs, very clean!! Just curious, what boat did you run in the poker runs? I haven't been out on Seneca in a few years now with mine, but i do go over and watch from the bridge over Glen Harbor.

And, there is nothing better than the sound of thru-hull exhaust rumbling down the lake!! It will be a cold day in you-know-where before i ever put mufflers on my boat :devil:!!
 
I had and still do have, a 20' Hydrostream Vegas with a 200 merc. I have ran that little boat in a number of poker runs. It is just as fast if not faster than a lot if the boats in the runs. It was time to step up to a bigger boat. Bill (with the black and red convincor) goes to just about every poker run in NY.
What are your ideas for a "get together" next season?
 
rjstarr said:
I had and still do have, a 20' Hydrostream Vegas with a 200 merc. I have ran that little boat in a number of poker runs. It is just as fast if not faster than a lot if the boats in the runs. It was time to step up to a bigger boat. Bill (with the black and red convincor) goes to just about every poker run in NY.
What are your ideas for a "get together" next season?
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I would absoulutly love to do a 'Mate get-together some time next season!! There's a couple other members on the board right on the lake, plus others that come to visit. If we could all agree on a particular weekend a couple months in advance we could get a good turn out. Make it a Saturday and Sunday deal, get all the boats together and head to the Switz or just raft up together and have a beer or 2!! Sometime either mid June or mid July would probably be best weather wise. I'm up for it, to bad we got the long winter to look foward too now lol!
 
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