16' arrowglass w a 120 merc I/O setup my buddy and I bought it together for 1200 at 21. We ran that thing every weekend and everything broke but we had a blast. Great water sport boat as long as somebody didn't mind crawling up on the bow to get it up on plane

Hey Dock.... Long time!!!! Hope all is well!! :)

18 ft bayliner w/ 125 outboard when I was 16.

First boat was 22' Donzi when i was 23 or 24.
2nd and current is a 30 cig when i was 30.

The first boat I bought myself was a 1994 Caravelle 176. We had a blast on that boat and learned a lot about boating, hull design and more of what we wanted in future boats.
Now I have Formula's and don't see me buying anything else in the future.

My boyfriend and I bought a 1988 27' Mirage with twin built 350's and Alpha 1's with a custom paint job. I was 22 and he was 23. We slept on that boat every weekend (don't know how now with the luxury of a cruiser). We were always afraid of breaking the drives so we would take it easy. Thinking back now how much cheaper it would be to replace an Alpha compared to a Imco.:lolhit: Then we got a 272 Baja single screw. Only had that for a week. How did we ever think we could go from twins to a single? Then we got a 32' Caliber with 454 MAG's. Had that for about 2 years. Then we got our current 33 Outlaw with procharged 500EFI and Imco's. Also when we broke our drives in the Outlaw we bought a 27' Powerquest for a short time while the drives were getting fixed. Then 2 summers ago we bought a 40' cruiser to be more comfortable sleeping and staying on. That is the slowest thing we have ever owned!! At the rate we are going (I am 28 now) we are due for a new boat anytime soon!!

From about 14 on anything that would run and was cheap. We would strip it out and go find barge waves to ride. In 1985 me and my brother bought a new open bow 19.5 feet with the big 140 mercruiser. 1997 I bought a 223 Cobalt with 350 and still have it and it's for sale. Fall of 2011 I bought a 27 Fountain and now looking for a bigger one.
It's nice to be 50 and the kids gone. Well they still stop by when the need arises$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

8 ft plywood hydroplane with a 10hp Kiekhaefer Lightning, found it at a yard sale for $50.00. It was water logged and totally awesome! I was a working man with a boat and 12 yrs. old.

Started out boating on small lakes with my father as a Kid. He had a 14' flat bottom Starcraft with a 50hp merc hanging of the back. That started my love for water.

At 21 I took a summer job working at a local marina. They had the 41 Apachee race boat War Hawk. Plus several people in the marina had performance boats. 33 Powerplay, couple of Formulas, Fountains and Powerquests that we were a dealer for.

I got my first boat at 25 a 1990 Baja 190DSR.
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first boat is a donzi x 18,bought iy in 1985 ish,still have it..