{"id":348,"date":"2024-11-08T04:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T04:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2024-11-08T04:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T04:27:40","slug":"tailgating-by-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Tailgating by Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Tailgating by Boat<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DSQzZ1weK3E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For many, football season means tailgating. Those with a boat\u2014and a nearby stadium that can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/baseball-games-by-boat\/\">visited by water<\/a>\u2014can take that social aspect of sporting events to an entirely different level.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is this more \u00adevident than in \u00adKnoxville, Tennessee, where a riverfront stadium, a deep-rooted boating culture, a rabid fan base, and a historically winning NCAA Division I football team combine to make game day one of the biggest and best football-by-boat destinations you can find. That\u2019s why we chose to join a \u201cVol Navy\u201d cruise on an Aviara 28S to the Knoxville waterfront and bring you this story.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Volunteers, known as the Vols, have played football for 130 seasons, starting in 1891. The team\u2019s combined record of 866\u2013414\u201353 ranks them 14th on the all-time win list for NCAA football programs. As I write this, the Volunteers have won two straight games so far this season, crushing both NC State and Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<section class=\"hydra-container\">\n<div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-1-1024x768.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Heading out to tailgate by boat\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-1.jpg 2000w\">                <\/div><figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">A luxury dayboat, like the AV28S, is great for tailgating by boat.<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Garrett Cortese<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n<p>The AV28S might be said to perform on the \u00adwater at a level similar to how the Volunteers\u2019 football program performs on the gridiron. It\u2019s a winner, and not just stylish but uniquely styled and finely finished. This 28-foot-2-inch-by-8-foot-6-inch \u00advessel is akin to a \u00adwaterborne luxury \u00adtouring sedan\u2014if your luxury \u00adsedan could lean into turns, offered a head and a wetbar, and allowed your crew to wakesurf en\u00a0route to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, our crew did indeed wakesurf en route to the game. The \u201cS\u201d designator on our boat marked it as a watersports version of the AV28 series. That means its V-8 430 hp MerCruiser engine turns the propset through a forward-facing Bravo 4S drive. This specialized drive, along with the power-folding \u00adhardtop, as well as the SurfStar touchscreen system for shaping wakes and waves\u2014courtesy of Aviara sister company and \u00adwatersports experts MasterCraft\u2014provide this versatile boat with the ability to give wakesurfing thrills along with its luxury and performance attributes.<\/p>\n<p>Two other versions of the AV28 round out the series\u2014one powered by a conventional sterndrive and a third version with single or twin outboard power.<\/p>\n<p>As we idled up \u00adunder the railroad bridge, \u00adorange Volunteers flag flying astern, Neyland Stadium loomed. We rafted up alongside one of the \u00addozens of other boats tied together along the \u00adNeyland Drive waterfront, an easy task given the AV28S\u2019s \u00adexcellent access to bow and stern, and the boat\u2019s sturdy, well-positioned cleats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/boats\/boat-built-for-adventure\/\">Six Boats Built for Adventure<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"hydra-container\">\n<div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-2-1024x768.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Entertaining on the AV28S during a football game\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BTG1024-SPL-Tailgating-2.jpg 2000w\">                <\/div><figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Rafting up with the Vol Navy provides a unique experience.<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Garrett Cortese<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n<p>Out came the trays of food. Though our boat \u00adfeatured the optional refrigerator and wetbar grill, we brought along a preprepared spread of noshes and snacks. We shared this with other boating and football fans in the Vol Navy as we talked about boats, the game, the kids and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Soon it was game time. Tennessee would face Texas A&amp;M. Into \u00adNeyland Stadium marched the Vol\u00a0Navy.<\/p>\n<p>As we left the game, four quarters later, it was dark. The city and stadium were alight. The postgame fireworks looked spectacular from the water<\/p>\n<p>That day, the Vols beat the Aggies 20 to 13. Cruising home in the AV28S, snug behind the protective windshield, we knew that the real winners were those who came to the game by boat.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/boats\/tailgating-by-boat\/\">Tailgating by Boat<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/\">Boating Mag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Kevin Falvey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatingmag.com\/boats\/tailgating-by-boat\/\">Go to Source<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tailgating by Boat For many, football season means tailgating. Those with a boat\u2014and a nearby stadium that can be visited by water\u2014can take that social aspect of sporting events to an entirely different level. Nowhere is this more \u00adevident than in \u00adKnoxville, Tennessee, where a riverfront stadium, a deep-rooted boating culture, a rabid fan base, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,150,126,148,151],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviara-boats","category-boating-adventure","category-boatingmag","category-boats","category-november-december-2024","tag-boatingmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}