Yeah, you gotta love that!

And you thought about selling the 302. For shame, for shame.

Put it this way, which would turn more heads, the latest greatest hot Ricer, or a 62 Vette?

Momentary laspse of reason. It wasn't because I found a boat I liked better!

If you're 18 probably the ricer but us old farts would go for the ol' vette

People freak out when I tell them mine is 18 years old. Of course the fact it sat in storage for 15 years and was never titled until 2001 doesn't hurt,

Not to mention I doubt there were many 1986 boats in similar size with stock power that could run away from mine.

This boat was my first taste of performance boating. I didn't want to spend a bunch of money, because I wasn't sure I'd like this kind of boat. I couldn't believe the ride, and the rock solid feel of this boat. I paid $3750 for this boat, complete on a trailer and running perfectly.

Then one day, Deb and I were out in the boat and we knew there were Apba races going on farther up the bay so we headed that way. As we were headed there, bunches of other performance boats passed us headed to watch the races. Deb told me to put it to wide open. I told her it was.

Well then, off course I decided that it wasn't fast enough and pulled the 305 with the Type1 drive and swapped it for a 350/330 engine and a totaly rebuilt alpha drive.

That's when the madness started. Then I bought the 242, but somehow I forgot to sell the F20 first.

After I bought the 242, I decided since I had couldn't afford to sell the F20, I'd just keep it to work on a little at a time as a project boat. I've had the cockpit completely apart and recovered it all myself, and I was very impressed with the quality of the materials used in it. Most of the 23 year old bolts and screws still looked like brand new. All the wood used on the side panels was still as solid as the day it was made. When I had the outdrive off it, the transom was solid as a rock. By now I was a full fledged foaming at the mouth Formula fan.

We went to the Miami boat show, and I fell in love with the 292 Fastec, and was about to pull the trigger on one, when I came on OSO to cry about the cost of engine upgrades for the 292. That's when Bill, the previous owner of my boat, sent me a message that he'd sell me his 302. I had seen this boat in person once before and fell in love with it, so Bill took me on a test ride, and we struck a deal.

The rest is history.