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People who go here, why do ya like it?
Aug 7th, 2009 at 8:42pm
 
When I test drove my boat we launched off 360 and ran around Lake Austin for an hour or so. Seems pretty decent, but I'm not sure if it's better than the other lakes around here.

Is there a good reason to hang around Lake Austin that I didn't notice on a Wednesday night?
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Reply #1 - Aug 17th, 2009 at 2:19pm
 
We like Lake Austin for several reasons..........

1.  Constant level lake - very few stumps / rocks / underwater obstacles.

2.  Excellent ski / wakeboarding lake - granted you have to go up river some distance, but the water is usually smooth during the week and early on the weekends.

3.  Convenient - Loop 360 triple lane ramp is easily accessable.

4.  Decent restaurants (ski shores, hula hut, etc.) and nice swimming holes / coves (Bull Creek & Dinosaur cove).

5.  Emma Long Park - excellent waterfront  RV and tent camping.

6.  Nice clean cool refreshing water (comes off the bottom of Travis.

7.  No Jet Skis during holiday weekends.

CONS

1.  Narrow and can get busy during the weekend.

2.  Hydrilla

3.  No ramp supervision - general idiotic ramp behavior
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Reply #2 - Aug 17th, 2009 at 2:53pm
 
Don't forget your car gets covered in bird poo at the 360 ramp!
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Reply #3 - Aug 18th, 2009 at 9:11am
 
Good point.......don't look up and don't park under the bridge. Smiley
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Reply #4 - Aug 18th, 2009 at 4:51pm
 
My GF got hit when we test drove our boat, twice. But running fast under the bridge is a small price to pay for quick access to the lake.

Is it ridiculously crowded with Lake Travis closed?
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Reply #5 - Aug 19th, 2009 at 8:15am
 
It's not as bad as you would think.   There has been in increase in "go fast" boats (Baja, Nordics, Scarabs, etc.)   Not a lot, but a few.

IMO, Lake Austin is way too narrow for the big boats.   

We've been going out earlier then normal (10:00 a.m.)  As well as getting off the lake earlier (6:00 p.m. ish).   It hasn't been too bad.   We get our water activities completed while the water is relatively good and then go float and swim in one of the coves (out of the way of the main channel and all of the boat traffic).

I don't even want to think what the ramp is like at dusk.   We've noticed a lot more inconsiderate ramp idiots.

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Reply #6 - Aug 19th, 2009 at 10:34pm
 
Yeah, those boats need some room to run and Lake Austin definitely isn't that lake. Some lazy cruising sure, not bombing down at 60 mph.

Is your boat on Lake Austin Shaka?
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Reply #7 - Aug 20th, 2009 at 8:29am
 
Captain YARRR wrote on Aug 19th, 2009 at 10:34pm:
Yeah, those boats need some room to run and Lake Austin definitely isn't that lake. Some lazy cruising sure, not bombing down at 60 mph.

Is your boat on Lake Austin Shaka?


I'm on a trailer.   Live in RRock (Stone Canyon) and boat is in covered storage off of 620 & Hatch road (183 & 620 area).   

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Reply #8 - Aug 20th, 2009 at 12:29pm
 
I am not familiar with your boat brand. What kind of engine does it have? Is that still a popular brand?
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Reply #9 - Aug 20th, 2009 at 6:15pm
 
Celebrity built boats for about twenty years and went out of business in 1999.

Fred Claxton started the company and sold it to Bombadier (SeaDoo & Lear Jets) in 1997 and then started the Crownline brand.   It has some similiar lines with the early Crownlines.

Bombadier moved production from Illinois to Canada and then dropped the line when they couldn't get the economies of scale they were hoping to achieve with their Sea Doo brand (this was before they introduced the SeaDoo runabout....all they had at the time were snow mobiles and PWCs).

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Reply #10 - Aug 21st, 2009 at 9:55am
 
I like the tall rear end of the boat, looks pretty aggressive.
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Reply #11 - Aug 21st, 2009 at 3:03pm
 
Captain YARRR wrote on Aug 21st, 2009 at 9:55am:
I like the tall rear end of the boat, looks pretty aggressive.


Agreed, gives it quite a performance boat look.
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