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Old 10-18-2022 | 05:19 AM
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I had a 8ft hydroplane with a 10hp on the back that worked 25% of the time lol and it had tiller steering!!! I think I was around 12 when I bought it. Can't find pictures of it. When it ran it was a lot if fun. Unfortunately my father sold it because he got tired of towing it in.
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Old 10-18-2022 | 05:28 AM
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Gorgeous!

Always wanted a tin double cockpit runabout like that.

Had an old Crestliner w/twins but ran out of time before finishing it.

Originally Posted by sailtexas186548
bought and “restored” when I was 13 or 14, kept it under a cover in the garage for the last 20 years, finally pulled it out and shined her up last spring. Another round of polishing and a few missing lights to go



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Old 10-18-2022 | 05:29 AM
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Yes

Arrivas we’re Bayliners.

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It was on TR when I bought it, I know you hang out there, I think Bayliner built these ?
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Old 10-18-2022 | 05:37 AM
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Built a 8’ Tiny Titan 3 point hydro from Glen L plans when I was 13.

Had a couple of 10 hp motors on it.
Ran low 30’s but felt like a 100!

My parents had a cabin cruiser docked on Sandusky Bay in Lake Erie and I kept that hydro in the water tied to the swim platform w/a 5 gallon can of 2-stroke!

As long as I wore a life jacket the old man let me terrorize Sandusky Bay in that thing!

What a life for a 13 yr old!
It was Utopia 🤓
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Old 10-18-2022 | 06:30 AM
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1989 Rinker 236 Sport Cuddy, mildly warmed over 454/B1.

Flogged it like Molly for ten years, then sold it to some friends. We still tie up next to it all summer long.

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Old 10-18-2022 | 09:04 AM
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Mine was a 2000 Velocity 280 with a 540. Covered a lot of the Potomac River and Chesapeake bay in it.


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Old 10-18-2022 | 09:22 AM
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First powerboat was a impulsively bought 1981 Sea Sprite. For three years it drained endless money from me until I finally realized we owned a true lemon and sold it at a huge loss.
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Old 10-18-2022 | 09:24 AM
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2000 Hammer, 454. I thought I was the sh!t, I even had hair still. Life was a lot more simple back then!
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Originally Posted by Sydwayz


Juuuuuuusssst sit right back and you'll hear.....

Nevermind.

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