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Carnival Cruise Ship age 10 it was great.

The Dealer 47 Apache at Everglades Marina in 91

I'm into Concords now but the boat that is nearest an dearest to me is my ol mans 1978 glastron Carlson cvx 16 with a 115 Johnson. He bought it brand new and still uses it three or four days a week. Not a very fast boat but handles like a dream.

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Originally Posted by RaggedEdge (Post 3396897)

The good old days! Still miss that show.

My start was during the pre-teen years in a little 14' Glastron with a 45 hp Chrysler OB. Finally convinced my father to let me take the windshield off and run a vynil racing stripe down the deck, it was way cool.;)

The Glastron was followed by my first all mine boat, a 13' Checkmate MX with a Merc 50 XS short shaft. He wouldn't buy it but loaned me the money and let me make payments to the Bank of Dad. Washed a lot of cars for that little hot rod, been a slipery slope ever since.

I was into water skiing and in 88 had a 18 foot checkmate 2nd boat after I saw that episode of Vice (That I Watched religiously) Set my sights on A bigger boat !