OK members: What was your first boat?
11-16-2002 | 09:59 AM
#141
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From: Freehold, NJ. USA
I just found a pic of a boat exactly like my first one...on a pretty neat site:: www.speedskiffs.com
hope this works...14' Seaman Sea Skiff...my grandfather rebuilt mine with a dash panel & gauges and a motorbox....anyway here goes....
hope this works...14' Seaman Sea Skiff...my grandfather rebuilt mine with a dash panel & gauges and a motorbox....anyway here goes....
11-16-2002 | 10:42 AM
#143
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Fathers first - 1965ish 16' MFG with a 60hp Scott-Atwater, any one remember?
Fathers 2nd 1967 17' Silverline 120HP merc I/O. To raise the drive you had to lift the engine hatch insert a ratchet handle and manully crank it up
Mine 1st - 1979 21' Kachina jet w/460 ford berkely pump.
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Fathers 2nd 1967 17' Silverline 120HP merc I/O. To raise the drive you had to lift the engine hatch insert a ratchet handle and manully crank it up
Mine 1st - 1979 21' Kachina jet w/460 ford berkely pump.
Occupation: engineering project manager
11-16-2002 | 01:21 PM
#144
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From: pitman nj
Kentz,
Sure that Scott-Atwater wasn't just a Scott? They dropped the Atwater part around 1960. My dad went from a '59 10 hp Scott-Atwater to a brand new 1960 25 hp Scott. I remember because after he got it home we were wondering what happed to the rest of the name
Sure that Scott-Atwater wasn't just a Scott? They dropped the Atwater part around 1960. My dad went from a '59 10 hp Scott-Atwater to a brand new 1960 25 hp Scott. I remember because after he got it home we were wondering what happed to the rest of the name
11-16-2002 | 06:51 PM
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From: North Channel, Lake St. Clair. MI.
10' GW Invader with a Mark 55h Merc with a 15" mid section she was a skippin mother!!! I just put one together for my to little girl's with a 28 johnson with electric start for roaming the canal's Spark
11-16-2002 | 07:00 PM
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From: oshawa ontario
The first boat I ever spent any real time in was my dads 12ft aluminum with a 1955 Johnson 10hp (light green)Put TONS of hours on that boat. I was about 9 yrs old. There was a pack of about 4 or 5 of us kids all with similar boats bombing around the lakes "kicking ass" 
in those days . My boat was rated for a 7.5 so with a 10 it was "over rated".........also quite cool in the day.
MY first real boat was an 88 201 Four Winns Liberator with a 350 and a King Cobra. Never gave me an ounce of trouble sold it for $2500 more than I paid for it 2 years later. Really miss that big, built in, insulated cooler in the "glove box" position in the port dash. super handy. more manufactures could learn from that one............Doug
in those days . My boat was rated for a 7.5 so with a 10 it was "over rated".........also quite cool in the day. MY first real boat was an 88 201 Four Winns Liberator with a 350 and a King Cobra. Never gave me an ounce of trouble sold it for $2500 more than I paid for it 2 years later. Really miss that big, built in, insulated cooler in the "glove box" position in the port dash. super handy. more manufactures could learn from that one............Doug
11-16-2002 | 07:19 PM
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From: South Louisiana
First boat was a old Louisiana Traveler 16' w/ 60 hp Evinrude
that I got when my dad passed away.
The first one I purchased was a 1989 Four Winns 190 Freedom.
I now own a 2001 28' Powerquest w/ 502
I also own a 16' Custom Craft all welded aluminum bateau with a 90 hp Yamaha
that I got when my dad passed away.
The first one I purchased was a 1989 Four Winns 190 Freedom.
I now own a 2001 28' Powerquest w/ 502
I also own a 16' Custom Craft all welded aluminum bateau with a 90 hp Yamaha
