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BajaDream07 04-16-2012 10:21 PM

Who would do it all over again??
 
I often hear people say that the best thing a new boater (someone looking to buy their first boat) could do is find another hobby. Not because boating isn't great, but because of all the time, money, and headaches that come with owning a boat. So this got me thinking....

If you got to start over, would you get into boating? Or would you do something else with all of that time and money spent on the water?

RT930turbo 04-16-2012 10:25 PM

Well, my "previous" hobby was airplanes, so yes, I'd do it all over again :)

I would honestly do the airplane thing all over again too...

I guess I never learn, the three F's:

If it...

Flies
Floats or
F%^&$


...It's cheaper to rent it. I've owned 'em all! :lolhit:

Expensive Date 04-16-2012 10:39 PM

Yes

buck183 04-16-2012 10:43 PM

I didn't make the choice. My parents bred it into me and raised me around it. Without it I would have to go back 42 years and start over.

Buck

Jeff P31 04-16-2012 10:50 PM

Like leave all your money in the bank so your family can fight over it when your gone ? Not a chance the guy with the most toy's win's . :bunnydance::bunnydance:

Audiofn 04-16-2012 11:15 PM

I know a lot of guys say that the fuel is no big deal but it is going to slow me down this year a LOT. So I am going to get a lot of use out of the 18 Donzi and my wife is looking at Pontoons. That will keep us on the water for a lot less money.

mike tkach 04-16-2012 11:29 PM

i can,t imagine life without boating,my last 2 boats have been winter projects,that,s how i make it threw the winter,LETS GO BOATING!

rfgonzo 04-16-2012 11:33 PM

In a heartbeat, I grew up on my grandpa's sailboat. Nothing intrigued me more then watching a high performance boat pass by. (god rest his soul)!!!!!

the deep 04-17-2012 12:02 AM

Yes , but i wish OSO would have been around . There is no one around here that knows chit about marine performance . I sure wasted alot of money and time learning what you can and can not do .....:angry-smiley-038:....don't tell the wife....:party-smiley-004:

roughwater 04-17-2012 12:10 AM


Originally Posted by BajaDream07 (Post 3665593)
I often hear people say that the best thing a new boater (someone looking to buy their first boat) could do is find another hobby. Not because boating isn't great, but because of all the time, money, and headaches that come with owning a boat. So this got me thinking....

If you got to start over, would you get into boating? Or would you do something else with all of that time and money spent on the water?


Originally Posted by RT930turbo (Post 3665599)
Well, my "previous" hobby was airplanes, so yes, I'd do it all over again :)

I would honestly do the airplane thing all over again too...

I guess I never learn, the three F's:

If it...

Flies
Floats or
F%^&$


...It's cheaper to rent it. I've owned 'em all! :lolhit:

lol i work with a guy that had planes, he says "i dont mind being a has been"...


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