Got to be honest huh? Well, ok:rolleyes:

A 10ft Hobie Cat Mono Hull blowboat when I was 10 or 12 yrs old...:(

Ok. There! Now I said it... ;)

I rolled that boat in the surf one year and totalled it. :D

The next boat I built myself. The Bullet 130. It handled the surf much better. :)

I went through 3 of those Bullets.

Currently in a 28 ft Checkmate w/twin Merc 2.5 EFI Offshores.

I am a Technician for the phone company.

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The first I purchased, a 1988 Ski Brendella...I still have it. Growing up we had several, 18ft Power Cat w/ 2 white 70hp Merc's, 14ft Winner with 50hp Merc, 16ft Bomber 115 Johnson. There were others I just can't remember. I drove the Winner all over Old Hickory Lake as a 16-18 year old. We lived on the lake. No dock, but the launch ramp was 1 mile away.

I spent 21 years in the AF and work on the F/A-22 for LM Aero in Marietta now.

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1971 Cobalt tri-hull with a 302 Ford....used it on LOTO for 13 years....had 1500 hours on the meter when we sold it, and the boat was mint and solid......best built boat we've owned. We ran the heck out of it. If I could find it, I'd probably buy it back.

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Oh.....I'm VP of a software company and design/manufacture safety equipment for the boat racing community on the side.

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I read the others.....so here goes...............1963 Span American 14 ft with a 30 hp Johnson O/B and I was 15 yrs old. in 1963.......lost the boat in the flood of 1972 from the Hurricane Agnes along with 2 other family boats

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25 checkmate convincor

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plastic cabin cruiser I used to play in the tub with... :D

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'87 Sea Ray 32 Pachanga w/twin 454's

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A 21' Chris Craft.

Now my final boat as my wife calls it, is a 38' Donzi ZX.

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1988 24" Cruisers Inc.

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1 st 17' Rason Craft V-Drive with a 421 Pontiac,18 years old
Latest 30' Shadow Cat with 2100 HP and has been sold.
Liebert certified USA contractor

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First family boat 12' aluminum 3.5 horse, 9 years old. Did a lot of fishing with Dad

my first boat (when I was 18) 15' Owens fiberglass (1957) with 1958 Evinrude 50 horse.

Current boat 23' Wellcraft Nova 454.

Work as a Union Rep

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I was 26 when I bought my first boat. It was a Four Winns Liberator 211 that I had bought in a basket case. I owned it for six years until I had to have a bigger one.
I now own a Fountain 10 Meter that I bought in a basket case.
With age doesn't necesarily come wisdom...

City Police Officer

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My first boat was a villan lll, at 18 yrs old.Next at 25yrs came my red 10 Meter Fountain, loved that boat and had lots of fun in the Stabbin Cabin!
Next at 31 yrs my 28 Pantera Race boat with a 572 700hp.Now at 35yrs I have my favorite of all my 28 Skater with 2.5`s.

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1976 16ft Trihull Mark twain

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At age 22 I owned a 1967 16' Carlson/Glastron tunnel hull with a 115 hp Merc outboard,these days at age 49 I own a 2002 37' Outerlimits with twin 675 KE's and #6's

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go to bed joe d... past your bedtime....

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check your e mail joe.....

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Got to use my Father's boat by age 15, 17 ft. Glaspar, 75 Evinrude.

My first boat: 85' Formula 242 LS with twin 350's

Present boat: 89" Formua 311 SR-1 twin 454 mags

Own a cabinet/furniture (custom design and construction) business....

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First boat - 1986 24' chapperal age 24

Current -1987 Donzi Z-29

Electrician

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first boat 1998 triton 21 Fish and ski boat

current boat 2005 Fountain 27 fever

physician

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1986 312 Chris Craft Stinger - age 21

Currently 1982 35 Cigarette Mistress "Cigarette Lady"

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Mine was a 1970something 15' Mitchell bowrider w/ a 115 Merc outboard. Split it from the bow to the stern from jumping wakes. :D :D :D


DannyD,
I did my whole boat with the OSO boatshield and it looks great!! I'll see you in Cambridge this weekend!! :drink:

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USS MILWAUKEEE-22,000 horsepower/500,000 ftlbs torque per engine.Top speed of 22 knots,697 ft long/96 ft wide,drafted 36 ft. I was 18 years old. Oh,that was the first boat i was on in the navy,my first boat i owned (i was 25 years old) was a 1979 cobrajet open bow jet boat,had 6 different engines in it over 8 years,last one was a 500 horse pontiac 455, went 62 mph,finally used up every spare pontiac part and motor i had and had to give up,Smitty

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At 18 had a 22` chapparal Villan III with a 400 hp small block.Great first boat and it stareted the illness and obession.Now at 35 have my fovorite of all so far a 28 skater with 2.5`s.

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Late 70's or early 80's 19' Larson - it wasn't mine...it was my parents. I was too young to care about anything else (engine/year)...oh wait, I still basically dont' care. ;)

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at 17 my first boat was a hand me down from dad,
1969 Pirahna 24 straight six 292/200hp merc with an #2 drive ,
(looked identical to a Formula 233 of the day)
that was 23 years ago since then:
1984 Formula F1 / 140 EvinRude
http://www.hotrodlincoln.org/F1.jpg
1980 Formula ls20 /350/260 merc
http://www.hotrodlincoln.org/formula.jpg
1979 Nova Spyder 25 / twin 350/260 merc (project I never finished)
http://www.hotrodlincoln.org/nova.jpg
currently 1987 Chapparal 21 / 350/260 merc
http://www.hotrodlincoln.org/chapparal.jpg
not real fast but sporty enough and huge cabin for such a little boat.

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OK 1st boat snark sailboat, 2nd 8ft home made plywood hydro sled should have had a 6hp but put a 25hp on instead what a ride or should I say flight. 3rd & 4th were the same 13ft checkmate 1st one had 50hp launched it too many times of big wakes broke the deck in pieces blew a piston out the side of the motor,2nd one 70hp restored the whole thing came out real sweet(sold it).15ft checkmate 135hp (still have it) 24ft Fiberform no biggy. now I am 39 A UPS guy and have 21ft CC Scorpion (4-sale)

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UPS :eek: USPS here :D

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first boat 31 ft scarab viper.Current boat 31 ft cigarette bullet

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1st 91 25 Checkmate Convincor Age 29

Current 98 35 Fountain and 2000 16 Key Largo Age 39

Heating and Cooling Sales

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My first boat was a 73 Sportcraft tri hull bow rider, it took about a mile to get it on top with the merc. 120 IO ! I was about 21. My first new boat was a 82 19ft. Rankin cuddy with a Merc. 420 IO. In 84 I found a deal on a left over 83 23ft.ChrisCraft Scorpian! I now have a 1986 30ft.Velocity with 1100HP. I bought new, a 1986 19ft. Supra ski boat I bought in 97 and a 1990 Searay Sundancer I bought in 02 ! Next year a pair of JetSkis and I think Ron's Navy will be complete!!! OK the pier is about full !!! I am in the steel erection business ! Ron, OPA P4-33 STEELINTIME

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Family's first boat was a 1956 or so chartruise green 16' outboard with a Mark 25 Merc. I believe it was one of the early fiberglass boats. No bow lift, used to put blocks in the rear, plowed anyway. A first class POS :( My first boat was a Kindsvater 17' flat bottom drag boat with a 482 BBC with a solid flat tappet cam and a TR2X tunnelram. Great ski boat!

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Ray's old boat? :cool:

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first was 17ft Invader trihull bowrider 115 high hat merc ...15 years old
now 98 29 twin small block scarab...37 years old sales / finance manager in the auto business

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First boat 1978 Glaspar tri hull, Merc 228/Alpha, later hotrod 350 Chevy. Next boat 1985 Formula 272, twin Merc 260/Alpha. Third boat 1989 Formula 311, twin Merc 454 Mag, latter blowers, Gils, ect. 1998 bought a Sonic 28ss, single Merc 502Mag as a second boat for my daughter and son in law. Sold the Sonic and bought a 1997 Black Thunder in 2000. Spent 3 years re-rigging with #5's, 750 EFI engines from Total Marine. Along the way sold the 311. Just about have the Black Thunder like I want it. Might be my last boat. I am 55, and a Fluid Power and Electrical Specialist for Motion Industries, an industrial supply house. A fancy way of saying salesman. We boat @ Lake Cumberland, KY & Panhandle of FL.

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1929 Horace E. Dodge watercar... an old woody type boat... what a slug... I bought it on a whim from a girlfriends father... he had a boner for wood boats...this guy had an Owens... another slug...I filled, caulked and sealed, spent a lot of time with spar varnish..... the performance was dismal at best... sold it later to his business partner... :D

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First - 1988 Baja 240 Sport - 454mag
Current - 2001 Sonic 42 - twin 500hpefi
Mortgage Banker

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1979 SIDEWINDER Taylor Jet boat :eek: 460 ford Berkley pump
it was a blast.

next 24 FT Offshore Cobra 260 merc ,alpha outdrive, nice cabin.

1994 jet boat ,exposed 454 olds :rolleyes:

Family boat's growing up Century,s &
Winner Tri- Hull with Merc O.B.

currently dreaming of a clean used Baja.(soon) :D

Darin

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21ft donzi hornet 330hp w trs... my first bike was a kawasaki h2 750 triple 2 stroke. i still enjoy the rush and live for those enternally long moments of stark naked terror that only come when running the ragged edge!