First boat
 

I was going through some old photo's and ran across a couple pics of my first boat......1997 2252 ARRIVA...454 B-1


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2000 Checkmate 259 Convincor w/ Tyler Crockett 454 MAG upgrade kit, great boat!

I always loved Arriva boats...and that one is particularly good looking!
God...you don't see those around much...if any. The local Baja dealer sold them for a while...

My first boat was before cameras where made. I think it was a 12 or14' Hardy Boys boat with a 35 Evinrude that worked 1/2 the time. And there's probably 2 people here who even know what the Hardy Boys are.

1993 206 Rinker with a fire breathing 4.3LX/Alpha. Back in the days when the wife actually would drive our boats.
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22' Scarab w/454.

Not mine, but looked just like this after removing the old worn decals.


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It was on TR when I bought it, I know you hang out there, I think Bayliner built these ?

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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My first boat was a 12' aluminum V bottom with a 3 hp Johnson. To go in reverse, you had to spin the motor around!

Welcome to my world!
10’6” fiberglass with a 5.5 Hanimex. No neutral, same 360 degree pivot for reverse. 🙂


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RR

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.

Gorgeous!

Always wanted a tin double cockpit runabout like that.

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

Yes

Arrivas we’re Bayliners.

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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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.

Thanks. Brad.
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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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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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2000 Hammer, 454. I thought I was the sh!t, I even had hair still. Life was a lot more simple back then!

:D

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

Nevermind.

Thanks. Brad.
(937)545-8991

I still have your Velocity 280 down here in Bradenton Beach!

70's Thunderhawk with a 25HP Envinrude longshaft. My dad bought it second hand in the early 80's for putting around Passamaquoddy Bay mid coast Maine. I was in my early teens and was in heaven for having access to a powerboat!



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My 1989 10 meter started out as a red icbm and this is what I did to it

I remember at least at the dealer I went to frequently that all the 'Brunswick' boats they had were kind of ranked in order of - Bayliner, Maxum, Arriva.
My very first boat was a Baylliner 2050 Capri that I bought from that dealer in 1989 for $14,500. Kept it three years, traded on my first Baja (a 208 Islander) and they gave me...$14,500 trade in, lol!

Tri-hull...love it!!!

Had a 70's era16' Browning Mustang with a 70 Rude very similar to this one. Family loved it! Sold it and the new owner promptly destroyed it.

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I remember someone on here did the math on that boat.

Knew the design, cruising speed, divided by a 2 hr tour and came up with them driving it on the beach 15 mls from its home port!!

Hilarious.

Guessing alcohol was involved in figuring out the equation!

Classic Trip & Stuff. Way too much trim for conditions.

My first boat was a 17' Hydrostream Vassarette YT with a 2.4 200 on it.

My wife called it the "Death Rocket" lol.

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Many moons ago, I had an Australian Bullet with a 2.4 and my brothers named it the “Death Boat”.


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RR

That looks like the boat I had!!! Guy i bought it from built it stronger than the plans. I forgot how big of an engine he said it could hold but I think it was double what the manufacturer stated lol Luckily I didn't have the money for anything larger than the 10hp or I might not be here today!!