Went to a half frozen lake with rotten ice on it for a little fishing. Like the other day, the fishing sucked so I decided to make the girlfriend suffer by "being a boy" with new boat. I only wish the camera battery didn't die or I would have more footage.
One thing I noticed, motor performance sucked at 5K feet. I didn't want to get out the gps because it would have made me sad. I now know at least a little bit more about my limitations, I figure I will be able to run in a couple inches of hard water and then use my boat and motor to clear a gigantic hole for the birds to drop in to. It will be awesome.
Here is me deciding if running through two or three inches of rotten ice is a good idea.
It didn't seem to matter how far I trimmed it down, the prop was still grinding ice like a blender and I suspect that is probably not the best for it but it was fun watching those chunks fly. This is the first thing I ever put on youtube, going to get a video camera soon and hopefully get some better footage.
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. Actually, a thrown anchor and a push pole does a pretty good job of breaking it up for you "forward only" types. 