man look back in the early pages of the thread.......alot of members who dont post anymore..........

First boat was 13 foot whaler with Merc 40 at age 11.
Next boat was a Correct Craft Ski Tique 16 footer at 13.
Current boat is 18 Sutphen which I bought at 15 years old and I still have it at 35. That's gotta win somethin'...

First Boat Was A Wooden Tunnel With A 100 Merc Out Board!this Was The Family Boat At 14! Then When I Turned 16 And Could Drive,i Bought An 18 Ft Challenger Jet With 460,at 18 Was A Southwind Jet With 427,at 24 A Wellcraft 26spider,at 27 A Scarab 30 Panther 454 Mags,at 30 A Formula 357 With Gen6 502 And Kamma Drives, At The Same Time I Bought A 21 Sanger For Runnin The River With 455 That I Removed And Installed A 454 ,at 34 I Sold The Formula And Bought A 98 P-38 Scarab With 525sc And Bought My Dad A 25 Cole With 454,that Was Last Year,so Currents Boats Are 21 Sanger,25 Cole An And The Most Used My P-38 Scarab WHICH IS NOW FOR SALE INORDER TO BUY A BIGGER FASTER BOAT! I Am A Gm Of A Very Large Motorcycle Dealer In So Cal!

First boat 21' Four Winns bow rider
Second boat 36' Concept
Third boat and my favorite 51' Outer Limits with triple 575's
I bought the first one in 2000 I was 34 secnd one in 2004
and third on in 2005 I still own and use all 3.
I own a garbage company.

70 aristo craft
pontoon still have
18 tahiati jet
20 monza
22 challenger
28 pantera
48 mcmanus cat no power
32 skater 468's
36 skater 525's

My dad bought a 16' Checkmate back in 68 and strapped a Merc 95hp shortshaft to it. Now in 1982 or so, the boat radared at 72mph with his 300 pound butt driving. He's pretty sure it was a 75+ machine when it was fresh. At full speed it was smooth, no chine walk and a nice rooster tail. (he had SS props back then, no Alum in this household) Now 75 is still a fast boat today, but back in 68??? Dude, that's just sick!!! I sure would like to find that old hull and restore it for my dad, he's 71 now. Me and my brother had to be the luckiest kids back then driving that thing around when we were 12, unsupervised!!! Never an accident by the way, the old man loved the fact that I could pop that thing right up on the trailer. By the way, the pic is fine, the boat was a left hand drive, that nearly killed my dad, but that's another story, mom's still pissed after nearly 40 years.

Wasn't mine, but it was fun...112 mph!!!!!
I know this isn't Scream and Fly and we don't care much about OB's, but is it me or did the Mercs back then just looked more badazzz then the ones of today or what?

82 19' bayliner
86 21'glastron
92 21 supra ski
99 22' baja hammer
01 25' outlaw
02 26' eliminator
04 37' A/T
08 not sure.

I purchased my first boat in 1978 , she was a 1966 16' Mohawk rated for 40hp and had a big old 1965 60hp Johnson hanging from her transom .
We ran her in the Hudson river and I still have fond memories showing off jumping the day liner wakes !

First boat, 1989, 24 ft., Chaparel, 454........