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Do you own a boat?
- Thread starter Stanley Design
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heh, my grandpa only fishes from piers....he says a boat is a hole in the water that you throw money into...
i'd like to get a small john boat or something for lake fishing. although i do so much finishing now that i'm sure that day is in the distant future...
Nuts! Beat me to it. "Boat: Hole in the water into which you throw money".
Anyway, I have a 17' aluminum canoe and a 16' 1962 vintage Larson with a 1961 75hp Evinrude outboard. Yes, the Larson still works fine and doesn't really fit the above boat "definition". It doesn't cost me an "arm and a leg". And the canoe costs me "zip" except for minimal registration. Oh, I do have a side mount kit for the canoe that I sometimes mount a 1-1/2 HP Johnson outboard. It's amazing how fast that little outboard kicks the canoe along. Not much drag to a canoe.
Back in the day I have owned 2 houseboats (one was a WW2 landing craft), a row boat, a kayak (I loved my kayak!) and once briefly found myself the owner of a 22' double-ender sail boat. But now no boat at all.
It's quite possibly former kayaker at the moment, I've had loads of problems with my shoulder, in fact that photo was taken in April 2008 and was the last time I was on a river. I've had 4 dislocations and keyhole surgery 18 months ago. I think that photo was pretty much right before I had dislocation number 2. Just on the recovery from the last one when it popped on new years day when I was collecting firewood. Might have to give it a couple years or so before getting back on a river.
Just ran lower Hells Canyon end of September, went through over $200 in fuel between truck and boat.
Nope; never have. Kinda hard to pull one with this, anyway... I got pretty involved with boats, and even crewed a D class racing sloop - a Bjorrensen Dragon - when I was stationed in Panama in the early '70s. That was a lot of fun... but, after that, anything to do with a boat, on the cess pool that is Lake Mead, seemed like an awful anti-climax... so, no; no boats for me...
A couple of photos of a '67 Dragon. The one I crewed was a '72, with a keel at least twice as deep as this one. A seriously fast little sloop, but strictly a racer. No creature comforts at all...
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Never owned one. Not a huge fan of being on the water, but we know people with available boats. My dad caretakes property for a guy and we can take one of his little boats out fishing whenever. My sister has a pontoon.
My daughter is on the rowing crew for her school. Being strong and lightweight she does great.
My daughter is on the rowing crew for her school. Being strong and lightweight she does great.
I own a couple of kayaks. As far as a boat with a motor, my favorite kind is somebody else's.
Wednesday my neighbor and I took the day off and went fishing at Cape Lookout. We tore up the Speckled Trout about a half a mile from the lighthouse. It was a little windy but a great day. He has a medium sized center console boat, but I do not recall the make or model. It handled nicely with medium chop though.
There was a fixer-upper in one of the little harbours nearby. I think I can fix it. Whataya think?
Wednesday my neighbor and I took the day off and went fishing at Cape Lookout. We tore up the Speckled Trout about a half a mile from the lighthouse. It was a little windy but a great day. He has a medium sized center console boat, but I do not recall the make or model. It handled nicely with medium chop though.
There was a fixer-upper in one of the little harbours nearby. I think I can fix it. Whataya think?
Small john boat & Minnkota trolling motor to assist in the removal of fish from area lakes & ponds. Slide it into the bed of my old Mazda pickup and roll... 
BOAT is actually an acronym - it stands for "Blow Off Another Thousand"! 
My sailboat's actually been safe sitting in my driveway for the last 10+ years, have to get it in the water again soon. Then again, if the flood levels ever reach my house, I'll be ready! (And we'll all be in trouble if that happens!)
I grew up on the water as my dad was an avid sailor. My wife and I have owned three sailboats and three power cruisers over the past few decades. We currently have a Silverton 43 which we are on almost weekly and think of it as a second home. It has a also RIB dingy which is fun for afternoon harbor cruising.
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Not anymore, but when I was age ~3 through 6 or 7 my parents owned a boat. Don't recall anything about it other than that it had an Evinrude 90hp outboard motor. We used to go water skiing every weekend.
Many many years later I learned that a 90hp outboard motor is the bare minimum for getting an adult skier out of the water.
Many many years later I learned that a 90hp outboard motor is the bare minimum for getting an adult skier out of the water.
