Loto Vs The Great Lakes
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Originally Posted by TwinStepGun
Yeah I agree. The weather would drive me insane up there. SOTW is my clear 2nd favorite Poker Run. The 1st obviously being Key West for the races and all out blast it produces. (Oh, and it's warm!
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I am pumped about SOTW this year.![Cool](/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif)
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I am pumped about SOTW this year.
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..........so I'm kickin' this MTI's a$$ and.......
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OH,.....YOU WANT SOME?!!
..........so I'm kickin' this MTI's a$$ and.......
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Both are great, but for entirely different reasons, most of them have been covered. That being said, LOTO is THE place to be if you want a boat party that puts Havasu to shame, although LOTO is the dirtiest body of watre I've ever been in, very high fecal material count, when I was younger I couldn't swim in it without getting an ear infection every single trip.
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Originally Posted by miamioffshore
Both are great, but for entirely different reasons, most of them have been covered. That being said, LOTO is THE place to be if you want a boat party that puts Havasu to shame, although LOTO is the dirtiest body of watre I've ever been in, very high fecal material count, when I was younger I couldn't swim in it without getting an ear infection every single trip.
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Does LOTO get rough? Lots of big boats, but is there any real skill needed to run them fast, or is it just boat wakes?
The great Lakes can take a 40 foot what ever and make her feel real, small real fast!!
The great Lakes can take a 40 foot what ever and make her feel real, small real fast!!
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I'm sure you didn''t mean it the way is sounds, but that is almost comical. Sure you can get up and down the lake with out killing your self, most times. but if you want to run any speeds on a weekend you will definately need some skills. LOTO is probably the most busy water way per spuare ft of water out there.At leat half of these are 40+ ft crusers running wide open. It is not a wide lake but does have rock walls on the sides, so all these large wakes come right back at you. We passed a 65 foot Sea Ray running at leat 30mph leaving at least a 5 ft wake.All this along with the other cruisers. Pretty rough even in a 42' cat.
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Originally Posted by 42MTI
I'm sure you didn''t mean it the way is sounds, but that is almost comical. Sure you can get up and down the lake with out killing your self, most times. but if you want to run any speeds on a weekend you will definately need some skills. LOTO is probably the most busy water way per spuare ft of water out there.At leat half of these are 40+ ft crusers running wide open. It is not a wide lake but does have rock walls on the sides, so all these large wakes come right back at you. We passed a 65 foot Sea Ray running at leat 30mph leaving at least a 5 ft wake.All this along with the other cruisers. Pretty rough even in a 42' cat.
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the problem with LOTO is that the wakes just never go away, ever..... they bounce of the rock bluffs, the seawalls, other massive cruisers and then tear up my dock....
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Originally Posted by miamioffshore
Both are great, but for entirely different reasons, most of them have been covered. That being said, LOTO is THE place to be if you want a boat party that puts Havasu to shame, although LOTO is the dirtiest body of watre I've ever been in, very high fecal material count, when I was younger I couldn't swim in it without getting an ear infection every single trip.
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Originally Posted by Canada Jeff
Does LOTO get rough? Lots of big boats, but is there any real skill needed to run them fast, or is it just boat wakes?
The great Lakes can take a 40 foot what ever and make her feel real, small real fast!!
The great Lakes can take a 40 foot what ever and make her feel real, small real fast!!
That cruiser you passed a mile ago's
wake has just bouced off a seawall or
cliff, and will be slamming you in the
side anytime now
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It's like driving around the inside of a washing machine
on "AGITATE" cycle.
Yes....skill is required.
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