Ahh my first boat, I was fortunate enough to have a 88 Formula 242 LS and I thought i was hot S**t nowadays I see guys running around with 30/35's for there first boat, Anywayz as most know I haven't strayed to far off from that 242

12' aluminum row boat with an ancient eggbeater and two oars.

1974 browning with a buck15 Merc hanging out back & 35 MPH was tearing it up back then LOL ...

Did it get squirly at wot

Only on stormy days. I was 10 or 11 and we lived on the lake. I was out almost everyday.

That was before parents became over protective pricks. Here ya go son, a boat a motor and a can for gas. Go have fun and don't kill yourself...

7 foot dingy with 2hp evenrude
14 MFG 40hp merc. then got 50 HP merc for my 9th birthday
15' Glastron GT150 w/ 115 merc
16' Checkmate
21' Checkmate

I remember having to pin it through a marina when I was on a dingy being chased by geese,I was about 9 and chitting my dudes.

LOL! For me it was the damn swans. Good times though.


First "real" boat was a Chapparal 198xl. I was 19 and thought I was the shiznit.

Haha geese.... I meant swans! I used to aim at the geese!

Long/short, my dad built a place on a lake in a fly in community in the UP. Pretty desolate. I hated the swans, chased the ducks and was afraid of everything else.