August Picture Thread

[NoWake]

Gopro shot of the CIPA Vision 180

Nice, I would love to have one. Could you give a quick review? Cost, function,view, mounting
Thanks

[cadunkle]

Thanks for the pic of the uber CIPA mirror, almost bought one at beginning of the season but wasn't sure if it lived up to advertising. I have a regular wide angle CIPA that is pretty good but I lose sight of riders when they cut all the way out. It's about the same field of view as pretty much every mirror on every boat I'd been on. If you can see a rider no matter how far out they cut (looks promising from your pic) then I think I'm sold on this mirror. So please, more details/review/impressions and would you buy it again vs a cheaper more typical wide angle mirror?

[trayson]

Nice, I would love to have one. Could you give a quick review? Cost, function,view, mounting
Thanks

Thanks for the pic of the uber CIPA mirror, almost bought one at beginning of the season but wasn't sure if it lived up to advertising. I have a regular wide angle CIPA that is pretty good but I lose sight of riders when they cut all the way out. It's about the same field of view as pretty much every mirror on every boat I'd been on. If you can see a rider no matter how far out they cut (looks promising from your pic) then I think I'm sold on this mirror. So please, more details/review/impressions and would you buy it again vs a cheaper more typical wide angle mirror?

I bought both the CIPA extreme and the CIPA vision 180 and compared them one right after the other on my boat.

while the extreme was a decent choice, everyone on the boat preferred the Vision 180 over the extreme. the people in the extreme were a bit larger, but not having to adjust and getting a full 180 degree view (looks like of like a gopro view) is outstanding.

I've also been on a boat with the PTM Edge and the edge is certainly nice. it gets that same 180 degree field of view and has less of the gopro look to it. but the PTM edge is WAY more expensive and honestly for the price ($61) of the CIPA Vision 180 on Amazon.com you can't go wrong.
http://www.amazon.com/CIPA-01600-Vis...9241071&sr=8-1

Here's another pic:


I can see in front of the FRONT leg of my tower to in front of the other front leg. so, yes, I can absolutely see a full 180 degrees. There's no way that anyone could cut far enough to escape my field of view (well, unless they were doing that crazy ski around the boat thing).

So, I've compared it first hand to the Extreme and I like it better. I've compared it to the PTM Edge (WAY more expensive) and in my opinion, the Edge simply isn't worth the price premium.

The only other thing I'd have to compare it to is a stock OEM mirror, and those suck in comparison.

I guess the only "downside" is that you do have to have a ball mount for this mirror (ALL of the Vision 180, Extreme, or PTM Edge require a ball mount). The extreme comes with a windshield frame ball mount adapter. But the Vision 180 doesn't. The ball mount adapter for a tower arm is $40. However, having the adjustability of a ball mount is actually really nice vs my friends that have the mirror that only has up/down adjustment on their tower arm.

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[trayson]

A few more pics from last weekend.

boat launch has a woodsy vibe... only place I've been to where the kayak/canoe traffic outnumbers the power boats.


Iconic house on the lake that everyone wants to live in...


Moored up for lunch with friends

[trayson]

Really have no idea if I landed this one or not...


full pic of one posted before. not bad for a direct drive wake.

[cadunkle]

At the boss' request we spent the day on the water today. Decided to take a ride down to the city for a change of scenery. Was nice, haven't been on the river down there in a while. I was worried I'd run out of gas and have to pay extortionate prices on the water somewhere on the way back, but fortunately the boat did much better than I expected. I did over 60 miles and surprised to only burn 23 gal mostly at 22-23 MPH, some idling around and so forth in the city. Seems like 2.6 MPG or somewhere around 8.5 GPH. Speed measured over water, but was going against a 4-7 MPH current for half that. and closer to slack tide but against the wind on the way back. Interesting tidbits, still could use to dial in the carb and I think it'll push another inch of pitch just fine for a bit more economy. Anyhow, pics...

Heading south into Philly...

[cadunkle]

These are cool. I've always wanted a deuce, but if I ever came across a bargain on one of these it's be hard to turn it down.


Don't recall seeing this last time I was down this way. Looks rough, real rough.

[cadunkle]

Consumer junk from China arriving...




Sat and watched airplanes for a while. Thoguht I snapped more pics, but where we were towards the runways it felt like you could reach out and touch them.


Still haven't been on this one... Though I have been on the Missouri.

[cadunkle]

I never cease to be amazed at the size of these ships, and the amount of water they displace riding up over the bow. Pictures don't do it justice. This one is headed north to the scrap yards by where I ride to collect shredded Cadillacs which return as Kias on another ship near the city.




That's it for today. No riding as it was a blown out nasty mess of thrice a year clowns. Saw a few close calls. Anyhow, tomorrow is dawn patrol.