Great Boat Debate
05-01-2019 | 11:43 AM
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Blow boats are fun when the wind is blowing 
Kids are expensive and time consuming, average cost is $200K before college. If you have kids and don't miss a beat boating, then good for you, but chances are your not doing a very good job being a father. Nice boats are a commitment unless you have deep pockets, you either neglect the boat or you neglect the kid and that's why people sell.
Kids are expensive and time consuming, average cost is $200K before college. If you have kids and don't miss a beat boating, then good for you, but chances are your not doing a very good job being a father. Nice boats are a commitment unless you have deep pockets, you either neglect the boat or you neglect the kid and that's why people sell.
05-01-2019 | 11:47 AM
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On the topic at hand it’s what you want. People buy boats for a variety of reasons. I love sound and speed. My 35 fits perfectly for what I do. It’s loud and reasonably quick. Some like cruisers. Some like CCs. If you’re on the water having fun that’s what matters most.
05-01-2019 | 12:04 PM
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Some people drive SUV's while others enjoy sports cars. There are all kinds of boats for all kinds of people.
Has your buddy ever gone for an 80 MPH ride in your boat? That might change his mind!
One conclusion I came to after a week at Desert Storm: Boats are like tits. They come in different shapes and sizes but they are all fun to play with!
Has your buddy ever gone for an 80 MPH ride in your boat? That might change his mind!
One conclusion I came to after a week at Desert Storm: Boats are like tits. They come in different shapes and sizes but they are all fun to play with!
05-01-2019 | 12:58 PM
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A family that plays together = a family that stays together.
My kids were boating with us at 1 & 3 and now are 16 & 18....guess what, they are still on the boat with us every chance they can get because they love it....just now they want to bring along 20 of their "closest" friends. And my boat isn't big enough for that
We've always boated, traveled with, snow ski with and.....gulp, would even bring our kids to the winery with us! Luckily, they still enjoy being around us.
My kids were boating with us at 1 & 3 and now are 16 & 18....guess what, they are still on the boat with us every chance they can get because they love it....just now they want to bring along 20 of their "closest" friends. And my boat isn't big enough for that
We've always boated, traveled with, snow ski with and.....gulp, would even bring our kids to the winery with us! Luckily, they still enjoy being around us.
05-01-2019 | 01:07 PM
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Buck from your reply to my post earlier. I take you to be a stand up guy and a great father no doubt. I like your cash for toys mentality, myself and a lot of others might be better off if we did the same. I do live a lifestyle more like that now a days. I also agree that you don't have to let parenthood stop you from doing what you like, whatever that is. The fact that I had a boat loan and decided to sell it for a couple years vs. other options was just my choice. But most would agree kids do add to your personnel expense and they are more work than not having kids. Because of that many people also make a lifestyle change to deal with the responsibilities. I have two daughters also and they are 10 and14. So I am a few years behind you in that respect. While I did sell a boat, a Camaro, and a Harley(among other things) and even left the Country to work(brought the family) for a few years. They have both been boating since they can pretty much remember and love it. So in the end, for me I would be missing a lot of before kid boating memories that I have had I waited till I could financially afford to pay cash for a nice boat. The trade off was not owning a boat for a couple years when we initially had the kids. Keep on keepin' on my man!
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05-01-2019 | 01:37 PM
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Boating is something that everyone can do and enjoy. I have had a great time on the water in all kinds of boats. When I was a kid in the late 60’s, I learned to drive a 14’ fiberglass boat with a 75 Evinrude in a small man-made lake . Since then, I have owned aluminum flat bottom outboards to a twin engine houseboat, a outboard pontoon to a twin turbo low profile jet boat, and small outboard sport boats to a restored 29 Fountain with a strong NA 540.
I have had had as much fun in the $2000.00 flat bottom as any of the higher performance or much bigger boats. If you want to boat, you can. Very few people have an almost unlimited checkbooks so almost everyone that owns a boat has to make some compromises on which boat they own. You can take care of your children without quitting boating.
I have had had as much fun in the $2000.00 flat bottom as any of the higher performance or much bigger boats. If you want to boat, you can. Very few people have an almost unlimited checkbooks so almost everyone that owns a boat has to make some compromises on which boat they own. You can take care of your children without quitting boating.
05-01-2019 | 01:38 PM
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I like that one! It just needed a little tweak!
Buck from your reply to my post earlier. I take you to be a stand up guy and a great father no doubt. I like your cash for toys mentality, myself and a lot of others might be better off if we did the same. I do live a lifestyle more like that now a days. I also agree that you don't have to let parenthood stop you from doing what you like, whatever that is. The fact that I had a boat loan and decided to sell it for a couple years vs. other options was just my choice. But most would agree kids do add to your personnel expense and they are more work than not having kids. Because of that many people also make a lifestyle change to deal with the responsibilities. I have two daughters also and they are 10 and14. So I am a few years behind you in that respect. While I did sell a boat, a Camaro, and a Harley(among other things) and even left the Country to work(brought the family) for a few years. They have both been boating since they can pretty much remember and love it. So in the end, for me I would be missing a lot of before kid boating memories that I have had I waited till I could financially afford to pay cash for a nice boat. The trade off was not owning a boat for a couple years when we initially had the kids. Keep on keepin' on my man!
John
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Buck from your reply to my post earlier. I take you to be a stand up guy and a great father no doubt. I like your cash for toys mentality, myself and a lot of others might be better off if we did the same. I do live a lifestyle more like that now a days. I also agree that you don't have to let parenthood stop you from doing what you like, whatever that is. The fact that I had a boat loan and decided to sell it for a couple years vs. other options was just my choice. But most would agree kids do add to your personnel expense and they are more work than not having kids. Because of that many people also make a lifestyle change to deal with the responsibilities. I have two daughters also and they are 10 and14. So I am a few years behind you in that respect. While I did sell a boat, a Camaro, and a Harley(among other things) and even left the Country to work(brought the family) for a few years. They have both been boating since they can pretty much remember and love it. So in the end, for me I would be missing a lot of before kid boating memories that I have had I waited till I could financially afford to pay cash for a nice boat. The trade off was not owning a boat for a couple years when we initially had the kids. Keep on keepin' on my man!
John
John
To clarify the reply that I made, I was referencing that "some" people have the rule in their house that you can only pay cash for toys. That doesn't apply to us at all. I was using that as a segway to say what our house rule was in reference to owning toys.
Godspeed...
Buck
05-01-2019 | 01:51 PM
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i completely disagree with this statement. While I don’t have kids I was a kid. I had a great dad who spent time with me and a lot of that time was boating. We were by no means rich but had boats my whole life. I remember turning wrenches on them with him at a very young age. I still played sports and did all that was required but the boat was a big of our life and likely why it’s such a passion for me today.
05-01-2019 | 02:21 PM
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My parents had never been without a boat, even if it was just a 16’ Glaspar cuddly cabin and I was on a boat from nearly day one. Did I grow up a degenerate azzhole? Yes. But it has nothing to do with the boats. Only great memories on the sandbars as kids.
