19" Glasstron Ski Machine..... LOVED IT!!! A lot of stories from that boat.. lol

First boat 20' maria
second boat 27' fountain sold today
picking up 2008 38' fountain in 3 weeks

13' Boston Whaler.........Of course

17' Challenger Tunnel Hull Bass boat with a 250hp Merc 31 pitch prop and hydraulic jackplate. It was scary fast and dangerous as a cocked cannon.

Brand new 1985 Century 18' with a small block.

Having been raised around boats there are many possibilities here, except to say my first real boat was a 1965 donzi 16. I bought it in 1974 the day after I got married. I used it to get to the cottage every weekend, raised 2 kids in it and never looked back:)

First boat: 1987 Galaxy 21 ft with 502 Mer-a little to much motor i think. Scares the crap out of me , but it is just so much fun. I have had it about a year now

Occupation- Safety Manager Marine Industry

1979 21' criss craft stingray bought it for $150 put about $6000 into it sold it for $700 what fond memories

01' baja H2X

First boat: (no counting my 1987 Kawasaki 650sx jet ski)was a 1977 19 ft witchcraft.I acually saw the boat at the hotel I was staying at in Havasu last Memorial Day.
Current boat: 1998 38' Scarab
Occupation: auto Mechanic

1963 Glasspar G3 (13.50 feet) with a 70 Mariner (came with a very tired 75 Evinrude). I was only 11! My late father started my training early who had a trawler at the time. I guess some kids play catch with their dad. We were a boating family all my life until he passed away suddenly three years ago. Man, the countless running hours (and props) jamming around the CA delta in that thing. Had it until I was 21 (I'm 40 now). Great memories.

Current boat is a Donzi Black Widow

Product Manager for ALLDATA (automotive repair data publisher/software company)

1989 Baja Sport 250 - fun little boat - took a lot of abuse

17 foot Lyman Fisherman. 4cyl. Grey marine inboard. Mom and Dad bought it to keep me busy. Lots of wood work. But sold it for twice what the parents bought it for.

1950's Ladd wooden hulled Inboard w Cadillac V8 engine.
Bought this bucket with my wife right after we got married in '66.
Have had bigger and better boats ever since - but never more fun :rolleyes:

First boat - a 70's era Glen L flat bottom with an inboard big block Chevy - a basket case when I got it, did a resto, sold it afterward and bought a Glastron CVX-16 with a Johnson 115....... many good memories with those boats.
Now have a Baja 280 Sport Fish, a Sunfish, and an old nameless deck boat we use to gunk around the mangroves.(keeps the kids happy fishin')

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then: 1968 14' Larson w/ 40 H.P. Johnson age 13
now: 1988 42' Wellcraft Excalibur Eagle age 47
electrical contractor

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1980 boston whaler 13' when I was 12 (still own it today)

although technically my first boat was a new 1978 super sunfish.

current family boat is a 24' Donzi Black WidowAttachment 294103

First boat my family ever had when I was a kid was a old 19' Cobalt with an open bow and a tri-hull.... First boat I ever owned on my own was a 26' Mach 1 Concorde with a 460 and OMC drive.

This is my first boat. It was raced by Glastron and ran in several marathons: Salton Sea, others. It had been converted to pleasure use (for the President of Glastron) when I bought it.
The deck was "wooden-art": built by Hallet and the hull was custom built by Glastron.
Due

My first boat was in 1984 I purchased and rigged this STV with a EFI.
It weighed 425 lbs new. I pounded it and it hurt me. In the end I learned how to fly a boat. There is no boat that will chine walk on me.
Jim

1978 Baja with a Jacuzzi jet and Butler McMaster 460 ford. Found out I bought a stolen bought and gave it back to the owner. I paid $2,800. Put another 6-700 into it because it neede a dist and intake gasket. Got to run it about 28 days. Got 100% of my money back from the guy I bought it from. Good thing it went away, the last time I used it I almost took it over backwards in rough water and high winds. I was 19 and dumb!

17' TideCraft bass boat with about a 5' beam and a dead 150 Merc on it. Rebuilt it and ran the snot out of it for a couple years. That thing went about 60 with your hip joint level with the gunwhale. WFO all the time, no lanyard, no PFD, no brains, but survived anyway. Then one outing, my brother whipped me on a tube going about FT and tumbled me off. The wipeout was like the old skiing one they used to show on the Wide World of Sports opening. Every time I blinked for the next two hours I squirted lake water out from behind my eyeballs. Traded it off about a month later for a tri-hull so my wife would boat with me and I could leave my brother at the dock...

First: 1994 17' Marada open bow with 4.3L V6
Second: 1995 Wellcraft Nova open bow with 350mag
Third: 1997 Powerquest 237 Stryker 454
Current: 2002 Formula 292 Fastec twin 350 mags

Started out at about 10 with a little 8 footer with a 6hp evenrude. first two weeks we were given oars and told to row to our hearts content, one we proved we could get home from any place in the bay we were given the motor.
Used to get it plaining about 15 mph
Moved up to a 13 ft whaler with a 40 hp evenrude till we fried the motor, threw on a merc 40 hp, and the mighty merc was born. we thought we were the coolest thing on the bay

Many boats and 35 years later I am visiting the old haunting grounds on cape cod with my Nordic, and i still feel like the coolest thing on the bay.
I hope I never grow up

I made a boat out of Lego's and Scotch Tape in the bath tub when I was about 6 eyars old. The tape only last a few minutes before getting funky and floating off.....

1975 Invader !5' walk thru tri-hull
I'll have to get one of those crime artist that draw pictures from peoples descriptions to post a photo................ bacck before cameras .... ?? i'mworkinonit.

First;16 ft Aristocraft w/35 hp merc I was 26
Second ; 18 ft Starcraft CPS performance racing edition w/250hp Merc outboard-Crazy to control, sold it before I got killed.
third; 19 ft Checkmate with 150 merc outboard, road like crap.
Presently; Formula 223 LS w/454mag, love this boat, I own Creative landscapes/Ct. Snowpros and I'm 44

My aunt got these for me...

3mm of the North shore of LOTO.... 8th grade.... grandpa's 14' with a 40hp Chrysler....:cool-smiley-011:


Check out my older cousin's girlfriend with the early 80's hair...

14 years old and I had a 1985 Baja Scat Cat 12 footer. This was the biggest POS ever. With my 35 hp Merc, you had to lay on the bow to get it on plane. Once on plane, it went through waves instead of over them. Had to stop every few minutes to pump the water out.

First 1985 16ft Checkmate w 115Merc...fun..Back in 85 I thought that would be all the boat I'd ever need..Ha

18 donzi 2+3....automobile marketing

we had a 1973 or so 19' aristocraft for a few years when i was about 13 to 16 years old---then fast forward about 20 years and 3 kids and we now go out on our 17' checkmate diplomat and have a riot....one of the best family activities i've found for us----wonder whats next???

My first boat was a 27' Ultimate Warlock V bottom. It was a great boat and now a friend of mine own's it :)

35 Cigarettte Cafe Racer, 540's with #3's. Still can't figure out if I had big balls or small brains that week. I was 35.

First boat. :sport009: let's be honets.. DAD's boat, that I did drive a few times. 1968 woody, 11' with a 2" step. semi "V" and a 5HP straight shaft, home made motor.
My actual first. 1972 16' hustler speed boat. (damn that rocket, I miss it ) with a 1978. 115 HP Evinrude. I think I was around 16-17. (great times racing and speeding on the rivers and lakes near Chicago. Then 21' Renken CC with 260 HP merc.... In 1994... Infinity. (now the big times. lol )454 Merc. mag.
Next comes the twins. 272 Formula, and currently 33' Avanti. Now. I'm 50. Still got the bug for speed.
Self employed, consulting, GC. and I have the Infinity and the Formula for sale. Spread the word, I need to sell the older toys.
And I don't ever wanna grow up either.
:cool-smiley-027:

My first boat was a 24 Pantera with a single O/B, Then I had a 28 Pantera with Twin O/B's and then went cat with a 25 Motion with twin 2.5's and am now thinking about moving to the 30 Spectre with qtr canopies in the OSO classifieds.
I am 29 and a Regional Sales Manager.

First Boat was a 1978 Searay 19 ft open bow SRV 197. That was last year and bought it at an auction. Bought a Four Winns 210 Horizon this spring and Still have it (for sale 3700) then bought my current boat 24 ft Baja Islander and she does an impressive 64 mph full of gas and 5 adults by gps.

Occupation: I dr.

I have been bitten by the speed bug

My 1st boat was purchased used in 1975 -- it was a 1969 Carlson/Glastron Challenger with a Merc 115 hp ---in 1978 I saved enough money to buy a new Merc 1500xs

I think it was a 12' (approx) Sea Nymph aluminum with a 5.5 Johnson.

Year? I never will tell, but JFK was prez.

First boat was a 17 foot reinell, about 20 years back, parents dumped it on me. First offshore performer was also owned by my parents and kept at the coast, 38 fountain. It was sold years back when they retired. I recently sold my last performer (if you really wanna call it that, I guess it depends on what you like) was a chris craft stinger with a 502. Currently looking another project offshore boat, one day I will find it........but for the lake here I run a sea-doo challenger with the 240 mercury sport jet. Decent play toy for the lake, nothing to write home about, but a good overall family boat loaded up with options. Looking to do a scarab this winter or a 27 fountain fever, miss my power and top end, but I can still get around the docks.