If you want to go a 100 buy a flatbottom vdrive for 20 grand and tear it up because you are going to need the same Lake conditions to run your Offshore at a 100 as that little Flatbottom.

You speak with "fork tongue" my friend!

Now thats a good dad right there!

personally for me... its not even the money aspect.. at least for me, i have every dime ive ever saved and or made going into my boats. I am trying to start/grow a business with doing it. some agree some wont. But whats the point of making money if your not spending it? I am young, dont have a mortgage yet other than the shop im building. Ill probably live at home until im married, no kids, child support, etc. just a truck payment. I think you would be surprised the amount of young people in my area with performance boats. we have a crew around us that we actually all met on Facebook and Instagram who all boat together almost every weekend. lots of 20-25' baja and scarabs. but hey, any boats better than no boat!

everyone else is right though, you can go to a dealer, sign papers for a ski boat and hit the lake that weekend with 10 people! here i was working first month on the summer tirelessly to get the cafe on the water, and was always *****ing at people about dirty feet, shoes spilling beer etc... ive found that most people ive met with go fast boats, either just run the boats with a couple people, or have other boats and the go-fast is their personal toy... i guess the saying is true across the board... "you dont ever want to own a boat, all you want is a friend who owns a boat"

not to thread jack though... does anyone else see this... up near our cottage... theres some brandy spankin new nortec cats. very new sunsations with big power, imco drives, etc etc.. i see them on the boat lifts every weekend, and have never seen the nortec run... EVER. and the sunsation ive seen off the hoist, about half a dozen times... i dont get it... if you have the money for a boat thats 150g + why not run it every weekend?

Load that Donzi up and head north. We have a good group on the tennessee river out of Huntsville, and you can go as fast as your boat will go.

my life experiences up until now have been when you are in high school and college you have a million friends. likely because you see everyone everyday in classes, library, gym, lunch, etc...once you graduate from college you likely have a number of friends you stay in contact with via weekend outings after work activities etc. as time goes on the number of friends dwindles!!! and dwindles fast!!!! before you know it people are getting married, working 70 hours a week, having kids, and bam....your left with no one. hahaha.

i see all my co workers in there 50's and 60's....all they do is spend time with family and old relatives who are ready to pass...or doing yard work. sure there are people out there in there 50's and 60's partying. and kudos to those people. but the vast majority are not. just my 0.02.

the people with those 150k plus boats didnt get them because they sat on there @ss. many are business owners, etc...that dont have much time for boating. i.e. many of the yachts around the world sit un-occupied because CEO's or business owners own them. those jobs are 24/7.

I just hit 50. Had a step-father die of skin cancer at 45 about 20 yrs ago. was a big wake up. Enjoy life while you can.

"if you have the money for a boat that's $150K why not run it every weekend". A point I tried to make earlier. It cost hundred's of dollars to run it. In the beginning when it is new perhaps you would take it out for a quick blast, but the reality is they are a lot of work. It's the same work no matter what you do. So, I think you find yourself using it more for a particular purpose..........meaning poker run's or group fun run's. Does this answer make sense?

We go to Mississenawa over by Peru Indiana nearly every weekend.

it would Amaze you how many people own planes , and will put LESS than 5 hrs on them in a year ..But they will tell you the own a plane and are a pilot ..lol

My eight year old loves boats! Knows quite a bit about them too. Many members on this site would be jealous seeing the list of boats he's ridden on and the speeds he's went in those boats. He broke 100 in a V bottom at 4 years old. He started boating with me when he was 6 months old. I can tell you this kid would rather be boating, snowmobiling or riding his quad then doing most other things. He has the need for speed. Many of his boating experiences would not be possible without the job I have, so he as well as I are very lucky in that regard. I sold my personal boat about a year ago, and my son asks me once a week when I am going to buy another boat. We have never been stuck on the dock since I sold mine, Not one time.

In my honest opinion, its up to parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles etc, to get our youth into outdoor activities. I know sometimes the kiddos mom or wives put the brakes on. Its our jobs as Dads to push the limits with the gals and get these kids out enjoying our passions SAFELY when they are young. Old habits die hard so get them out when they are young!

AJ
Performance Boat Center