haha oh yes, my wife didn't know about saber 28 last fall or my gellner 1100 motor or konrad ace drive from 2years ago. I told her and my family about the boat at my brother inlaws brothers wake. blamed it on him we both were in rough shape these last 20years me with 6 operations from04 to 08 and getting one in 3 weeks and another in jan for me. had 4 before that on my knees. dave and I had bad disks to. he had 4 surgeries on his back and 2 hip replacements. he knew I had bought a konrad ace and had dean gellner build me a blower motor, he said get a bigger hull so I did it was easier to hide used boat money than new haha. man Imiss him cause we both new how bad pain can get when your whole body is phucked up, cancer got him in the end. Iwished he loved boats as much as flat tracking. we was a champ and gave a lot of support and money to local motocross and flat track bike racing through the family dealership. my wife said she will go with me to the races again or rides. she has not been out in my other boat for 15 years. Iam glad that she gets it know. Ijust wise Igot it wet this year but with a lmotor not here until july then having to rig it have headers made then find out gas tank was leaking it never happened. I'm going to be pissed if I by it in the or this winter haha. I hope to be able to get back on it march and hit the water by may.

haha I did that in 93, told the wife well she was with me it ran rough coming back from block island end of the season. so I said we need a merc 502 so I sold the 330hp and bought a merc 502 then every 2 years up graded it until it was a 509 650hp

I also do that about the money.

I did something similar. Blown motor means you need to change the oil!!!!

We had a deal:

1) She bought the lake house
2) I bought the TopGun.

Payments(then) were about equal.

After I year I was out 100k thanks to National Marine and she had 160k in equity.

I am as dumb as I look.

I had a girl friend that wanted me to buy a house for us to live in by seneca mo,, and when i finished a job that i made alot of money on and a few days later she came in the shop and me and brad are looking at 4 brand new turbos sitting next to my boat she says.... how much did those cost.?? my answer......
they cost the down payment on the house in seneca...
few min later she had packed her clothes and was leaving....
probably had the wrong priorities in my younger years....
now I would not only have spent the down payment money on the turbos but the whole price of the house....

My wife was already into boats. When we bought a "big" boat I was proactive and told her this was the worst "investment" we will ever make. It will cost us money but we both enjoy the hobby. After two years of spending $5k per on preventative maintenance she's still on board. Needless to say, I'm not putting much into the boat this off season. Don't want to push my luck.

My wife has horses, make my boat look like a bargain. For what she spends I could have Sterling on speed dial. Doug

Enough Said!

It took me 15 years to figure this one out. What ever it takes.

Did I forget to mention my wife makes double the money I make.
MD