16'7" Glastron Carlson w/ a 115 Rude hang'n out back!!! fun little boat!!!!

First boat 19' Sanger flat bottom V-drive 454 dual quad tunnel ram, basset headers, acceleration like you can't believe! hooked up like now!! it would launch so hard!! BUT could only use it in the morning and at dusk, had to be real calm to run it and WHAT FUN IS THAT? That was 1978. mid 90s MPH

In 1998 I bought my first boat, 1993 27' Mirage Intimidator w/twin 502 Mags, Bravos, Kiek planes, Captains Call, Kiek controls and mechanical indicators. I bought it at 200 hours and ran it to 540. It GPS'd 73MPH although the original owner reported it to go 83, typical. They took me for a test run to top speed then let me drive it. I might have hit 50 for my comfort level. About a month later it went 73 every time out. lol It was turn key from start to finish. There couldn't have been better boat to get me sucked into this world.
In 2004 I bought a 2002 38' Lightning w/twin 575's. Same thing, owner went 93, topping his all time high by 1 mph, and I did 70 for the first month. Over the years it's gone 93, 0, 96, 0, 102.5, 0, 104MPH, every time out. NOT turn key but I sill love it. This is definitely a sick persons hobby.
Next boat will likely be a Trawler, 6 MPH.

1975 16' Browning tri-hull with a 70HP Rude slingin' a 19p stainless .
1988 FourWinns 210 Horizon open bow / 383 stroker .
1999 Warlock 25 Sxt Cat / Merc Racing 500HP .
First non powered boat was a home made raft floatin' on 6 innertubes / carpeted seats / attached garden hose for diving excursions and lived to tell about it . Rocked that biotch up and down the creek !

Grandpas 16 ft monarc 50 hp merc driving by my self from 8 years old then 1979 24 Sea Ray omc stringer ( was a "big" boat on LOTO back then" lol).Then 25 Regal 454 alpha "bad combo" I bought my own boat when I was 27 and still own it 35 Fountain twin 502.

First boat was a used problem plagued Sea Sprite I bought impulsively and drained me financially.
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First boat I was 18 (2000) Bought a Baja 280 sport twin 330 bbc's, pd 21k for it drove from MI to Iowa to get it. Probably some of the best times of my life were made on that boat. Had it for about 7 years bought A LOT of fuel for that ole girl.




I was forced to part with it after a bad car wreck ( hence my user name ) it was a 06 GTO hit a house close to 100 mph without a seatbelt & airbags failed to deploy.





5 years later physically & financially recovered I recently drove from MI to Tx to pick up my current 31 Ocean Express Cat which is in process of being upgraded. There is a nice thread in the restore sec. if you have not seen it.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/r...tons-pics.html

Glad to be back on the water!!

First was an 8' plywood sailing pram when I was 8.
The next year I got a folding shaft Evinrude 3hp.
Threw away the sails and never looked back.
12' molded ply runabout w/Merc 20. white. awesome motor. my dad put a trailer hitch on his 68 Camaro 396 SS/RS
15' Lyman w/40Johnson. slow. wet.
15' Starcraft SS w/60Evinrude. push button shift. great jumper
10 years of high and dry in Denver
Couldn't live without a boat anymore, back to Lake Erie
16' Donzi 150 Merc tower of power. great jumper
18' Donzi 350 mag. better jumper.
24' Pantera 454 Mag. really great jumper
27' Mag Sedan 2x 350 mags. not as big air as the Pantera, but at least I've never stuffed this one. great ride.

Inflatable dingy no motor.
Got a 7ft dingy put a 3.5hp on it
Then got the 13' Whaler with 25hp
Then picked up a 13' Mini Hawk with 25hp
Then picked up a 23' Chris Craft Scorpion 230 with 350hp (under restoration)
While that boat was being worked on, I picked up a 17' Whaler with 70hp.

We still have the WHaler 17, the 7ft Dingy, and the Scorpion.

23' Sea Ray cuddy cabin - probably would hit 40 mph, if you dropped it off a sufficiently high cliff....
28' Powerquest with a 502
29' Powerquest twin 454's

Currently boatless...