What was your earliest perf boating memory?
01-29-2010 | 07:36 AM
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From: HUDSON RIVER and L.I. SOUND
Mine was from growing up boating on the Jersey shore in the early 70's and my Dads friends boat (in the pic) which I was told was a Donzi ??? which was the coolest boat I ever saw .
Then the final nail in my coffin was while I was stationed at USCG station Barnegat in NJ in the late 80's we boarded a big cat called " LIFE BEGINS AT 100 " probally just to check out the 3 girls in bikinis on board . I would see that guy from time to time around the bay and always with a few hot chicks on board always wished I was that guy with that boat and all those hotties on board.
Well it never happen , I didnt get my first performance boat until I was 40 & married with kids. So no hot party chicks on a performance boat for me.
Below is a pic of Dads boat with his friends Donzi ? behind it . Does anyone reconize this boat ? And me on Dads boat NJ 1972
Then the final nail in my coffin was while I was stationed at USCG station Barnegat in NJ in the late 80's we boarded a big cat called " LIFE BEGINS AT 100 " probally just to check out the 3 girls in bikinis on board . I would see that guy from time to time around the bay and always with a few hot chicks on board always wished I was that guy with that boat and all those hotties on board.
Well it never happen , I didnt get my first performance boat until I was 40 & married with kids. So no hot party chicks on a performance boat for me.
Below is a pic of Dads boat with his friends Donzi ? behind it . Does anyone reconize this boat ? And me on Dads boat NJ 1972
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01-29-2010 | 07:52 AM
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From: Elkton, MD
When my family moved here to NJ, that's where we kept our boat.
01-29-2010 | 08:28 AM
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No it's down in Southern Jersey, Mystic Island area and the South Bay.Not Sure what Marina .
01-29-2010 | 11:21 PM
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Linder and I were standing next to the Nile when the annual Pharoah's river races were starting. Let me tell you when the slave masters began to snap their whips and the oars started flashing, we were hooked.
Soon after that, I got my first whip and it comes in handy to this day.
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Soon after that, I got my first whip and it comes in handy to this day.
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01-29-2010 | 11:53 PM
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I was waterskiing standing on my dads feet by the time I was 4. i was 9 or 10 and wrote a letter to cig for 4th grade project.. got a bunch of brochures a big sticker and a letter from the man telling me to stop by for a boat ride if I was ever in Florida... wish I still had it
01-30-2010 | 12:01 AM
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From: Okanagan Falls BC. Canada
19' Catalina [ Hondo hull ] with BBC .ca 1974
Bought my 1976 Spectra new , BBF
and a real offshore performance boat back in 1978 was a bright yellow 28' Jones hull from Seattle , single 460 Ford twin turbo/ Arneson drive . Still trying to find a picture or negative of that one
Bought my 1976 Spectra new , BBF
and a real offshore performance boat back in 1978 was a bright yellow 28' Jones hull from Seattle , single 460 Ford twin turbo/ Arneson drive . Still trying to find a picture or negative of that one
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01-30-2010 | 06:40 AM
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I was waterskiing standing on my dads feet by the time I was 4. i was 9 or 10 and wrote a letter to cig for 4th grade project.. got a bunch of brochures a big sticker and a letter from the man telling me to stop by for a boat ride if I was ever in Florida... wish I still had it
