Posts Tagged ‘boats’
Summer’s over, and it’s fall haul-out time for boats
Summer skidded to a halt this weekend, just in time to haul out boats. Here’s what that looks like at the Cleveland Metroparks Emerald Necklace Marina. See the full story at cleveland.com. Share:
Read MoreLake Erie Ohio fishing report Sept. 20-23
Lake Erie anglers are targeting walleye, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, and panfish, and inland lake/pond anglers are primarily pursuing largemouth bass, channel catfish and panfish, according to the weekly Cleveland Metroparks fish report by aquatic biologist Mike Durkalec. Early steelhead first show up around off the rocks at Edgewater Park and East 55th Street Marina,…
Read MoreI tried wake surfing on Lake Erie
Call it the surf smile. When you get up surfing behind Jason Hand’s Malibu Wakesetter on Lake Erie, you can’t help but grin. “That smile, the undeniable energy,” said Hand, 49, who spends his summer weekends in a camper at Bay Point Resort. “Like your mouth hurts when you get off this boat,” said fellow…
Read MoreCleveland’s iconic Holiday party boat is back in the water
The Holiday has been a fixture in Cleveland for decades. The 65-foot party boat has hosted weddings, escorted scuba divers to shipwrecks and ferried anglers to fishing hotspots across Lake Erie. And now she’s back in the water, after eight months of U.S. Coast Guard inspections, work on the dry dock and fresh paint. “It’s…
Read MorePropellers rule on Lake Erie: Who boats on Lake Erie?
Sailboats make up 2 percent of the boats registered on Lake Erie. Or at least 2 percent of all registered boats say the propulsion type is sail. Perhaps some of them are registered as propeller, since they have an engine to putter out of the marina and back again? RocktheLake analyzed Ohio Department of Natural…
Read MoreSea Ray makes the most boats in Ohio waters of Lake Erie: Who boats in Lake Erie?
The world’s largest boat manufacturer, Sea Ray, is also the biggest manufacturer of boats in the Ohio waters of Lake Erie. Sea Ray made 4,281 of the nearly 59,000 boats registered within the Ohio boundaries of our Great Lake. Second was Bombardier. Although the stats aren’t perfect. Sea Doo and Seadoo are listed separately, each…
Read MoreHow bad is the Norfolk Southern bridge this summer?
Seven times last weekend, the Goodtime III idled for more than 20 minutes, waiting for the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge to lift over the Cuyahoga River. That waiting added up to more than a third of guests’ total time on the cruise ship, said Captain Jordan Kit. But more concerning than inconveniencing passengers, Kit said,…
Read MoreSee the entries in RocktheLake’s Summer Solstice Sunset photo contest
Can’t get enough of the breathtaking summer sunsets over Lake Erie? An orange ball, sinking into the wake. A pink glow on the beach. The silhouette of a couple, hand in hand. Lighthouses and boats and trees. All have starred in the 100 inventive, impressive photos submitted to RocktheLake’s first Summer Solstice Sunset photo contest.…
Read MoreSee how many times the Norfolk Southern bridge rises for boats on Memorial Day
The Norfolk Southern bridge, for years the steel curtain between Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River, has becoming friendlier to Cleveland boaters. In 12 hours on Memorial Day, the Norfolk Southern bridge across the Cuyahoga River lifted 14 times, one time for more than an hour, as you can see on our Music Box…
Read MoreU.S. Coast Guard urges boaters to file float plan, in case of emergency
The U.S. Coast Guard this summer is urging boaters to create a float plan and use the the Coast Guard Boating Safety social media app to stay safe. “No one plans to get lost out on the water,” says a news release from the Coast Guard. “No one plans to have their boat break down…
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