Kerr, Martins, Garmin, & Fishing

 We headed to Kerr Lake for a few days on the Houseboat. The Martin's are busy in the apartment we put up for them! 

While fishing, I noticed the Garmin 7SV chart plotter was having trouble measuring depth in in shallows and while moving.  After a bit, it seems the low freq sonar in the transducer is bad. However, the high freq sonar is great, so I reprogrammed for that and all is well. 

Laura came up on 5/1 and fished with us a bit. Here's some pics and vids...

Trolling a bit near Bullocksville ramp...

Standard sonar mode seeing issues at top of screen, and not reading less than 10'.

Martins are busy in the apartment, making babies and catching bugs :-)

Sunrise...

Lots of Martin's. They came back from 2024...

Super nice pontoon with a 400hp Merc!

Trolling...

Early morning...

Traditional sonar having issues...

High freq working great!

Laura came to fish and hang out...

Ker Lake Ride & Cookout, 3/29-30/25

 We headed to Kerr Lake to play on the boat, and go to a friend's place at Bullocksville for a cookout. The weather was great! The pollen is really falling, and was on everything. We're SO ready for summer and warmer weather.

Houseboat chores, 3/26/25

 We came to the houseboat today, to do a bit of work. I've been having an issue with the toilet supply line, and modified the seal to allow for more thread capture by the supply line. Deb washed all the bed linens, and brought them back to put those back on. I replaced the little cheapie blind on the front door with a pull-down shade. I still have a little bit of work to do on the trim around it. Boy, it's windy and cold on the lake, today!

Kerr Lake, 3/20-23/25

 Spent a little time at the houseboat, doing a bit more maintenance. Had a huge windstorm on the night of the 20th! Here's a few pics and a vid...

Brrrr...it was cold on the morning after the big windstorm!

The steel panel on our front porch got bent when Debbie opened the door and the wind jerked it outta her hand. I got that straightened out, good as new!

Wind was blowing the blue cart all around. It was howling!

Very smooth on the morning of the 22nd!

Going down to refill the water tank...

This guy didn't understand what a NO WAKE ZONE is.   

I replaced the pontoon bilge lines and the rear dock lines.

Installed tint on the rh window. Gotta order more and finish. 

Port rear dock lines replaced.

Lines replaced to the pontoon fenders.

More doc lines replaced...

Tint installed on front door. This door faces west, and the setting sun is rough through here. 

Tint installed on lh window. More coming...

Enjoying Sunday eve on the houseboat. 

Kerr Lake, 3/14/25

 Got a bit more done at the houseboat, today. Got the Martin house back up, rehung the rebuilt front door sign, and worked on the heat pump a bit. 

Gotta replace the pontoon bilge pump lines. These have become brittle from U.V. 

Got the water transfer tank out on the dock finger.

Captain's wheel sign repaired and back on the house.

Martin house back up and they're happy!