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Humor......I Think
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some of the funniest things are based in reality
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Sad but true to an extent. A lot of people that I introduced to boating didn't stay in it long. So many costs associated with it that they didn't factor in such as storage fees, property tax, maintenance, etc...wasn't just the payment, insurance and fuel costs that they thought it would be.
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Originally Posted by bajaman
(Post 4893163)
Sad but true to an extent. A lot of people that I introduced to boating didn't stay in it long. So many costs associated with it that they didn't factor in such as storage fees, property tax, maintenance, etc...wasn't just the payment, insurance and fuel costs that they thought it would be.
Yup. I've got a theory as to why it's the SECOND happiest day in someone's life when they sell their boat.... You invite them out on the boat. They show up at the ramp, with their crap under their arms, and climb in the boat. They have a wonderful day out on the water. At the end of the day, they get out of your boat, with their crap under their arms, and they head home. As they're driving home, they are thinking "Man.... That was really cool. I think I'll buy a boat." So, they do. Over the course of that first summer, some of the work that went into that wonderful day on the water dawns on them. And then winter comes, and they have to WiNtEriZe is (?!?). During that second season, the costs start to add up in the checkbook. And about this time is when they come to the conclusion it's better to have a friend with a boat than to actually own a boat. And so, they sell it. For me, it was almost fate. I was born into the lifestyle, literally. We have a pic of my mom, six months pregnant, on a set of skis on Cumberland. I've never not been "a boater". And it's weird... Of all the kids I grew up boating with, of the families that were part of the "Ohio Navy", Who grew up in it the same as me, literally NONE of them are boating today. This just simply doesn't compute with me. I can't imagine not having a boat. I got very lucky that I met a woman that absolutely fell in love with it. I took her to my dad's place on Cumberland ONE time, and the hook was set. It took us a while before we had our own boat, but I can't see us every not owning a boat until we age out and just can't do it anymore. Thanks. Brad. |
True & funny all baby boomers retiring and dropping close to a million on a boat? No equity gain or income they don't do the math ? 1 of my boats 17 years old and the other 27 year old just insurance a salary:eek: Then the up keep I guess Sad & humor thank god we love boating:ernaehrung004:
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Same here as Brad. I grew up on Lake St Clair. My dad had boats my whole life. Two of my uncles had boats that we would hang out with regularly. My 5th birthday party was on my dad's boat, at the marina. My wife and I love the boating lifestyle. Couldn't imagine not being part of it. What else would we do during the summer?!?!
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I’ll add a fun boat cartoon. Can’t recall where it came from, may have been OSO so apologies to the ‘owner’.
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Love it !!!!! ^^^
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Originally Posted by Hoodoo 2.0
(Post 4893220)
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Originally Posted by bajaman
(Post 4893234)
For many years, back in the late '70s/early '80s...jet boats were all the rage around our local lakes. Some truly fabulous examples abounded. The fun thing to do was to find the campsite of a rival boat, pull up close to shore, crank the place diverter up and hose down the campsite! And then run. Knowing of course that revenge was coming!
Grew up on a 21' Nordic daycruiser with a 482/6-71 V-drive that dad built, pretty much by himself, from the hull up. We never met that first "80MPH" jet boat we couldn't outrun without opening the secondaries. :D Thanks. Brad. |
Originally Posted by Brad Christy
(Post 4893238)
Bajaman,
Grew up on a 21' Nordic daycruiser with a 482/6-71 V-drive that dad built, pretty much by himself, from the hull up. We never met that first "80MPH" jet boat we couldn't outrun without opening the secondaries. :D Thanks. Brad. Yep...a lot, if not most, of the jet boats that I hung around made a lot of noise but were 60 mph boats tops. But one, 'Dream Weaver', was the shiiiite. Blown 454 making 600+ hp, little 19' hull with about 3" of freeboard...good Lord that was a fast one! Sitting in the rear seats, you had to lean way forward to keep from getting toasted by the headers! Man, I may have to go dig through some old photos now! Those were some very, very cool days back then...carefree and happy. |
Originally Posted by bajaman
(Post 4893243)
Gawd...what fun boat that must have been!
Yep...a lot, if not most, of the jet boats that I hung around made a lot of noise but were 60 mph boats tops. But one, 'Dream Weaver', was the shiiiite. Blown 454 making 600+ hp, little 19' hull with about 3" of freeboard...good Lord that was a fast one! Sitting in the rear seats, you had to lean way forward to keep from getting toasted by the headers! Man, I may have to go dig through some old photos now! Those were some very, very cool days back then...carefree and happy. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...91904912c.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...a2f9e2270.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...8043fce33.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...628f7888e.jpeg Custom gelcoat, bassboat sparkle flake brown and gold. I can remember my dad and step mom scrawling sketches of the “graphics” on paper at one point in time. It never officially had a name, but dad always referred to it as “Piece by Piece”. It all started with the purchase of the blower out of the Trading Post for $50, still rough cast, right out of a semi. Dad slowly assembled everything over the course of a year or so, parts here, parts there, built the interior in my grandmothers garage, had local engine guys build the engine, “Ohio” George Montgomery being one of them. Had a local machine shop make the prop shaft. Dad was an advertising salesman for the YellowPages, so he was very resourceful when it came to “having a guy”. That’s me, the little black headed kid in the front passenger seat in the bottom pic, age in the single digits. Dad built it in ‘76. 900HP initially, and about 85MPH. We pulled five slaloms out with it a couple times, just to do it. At the time, there were only a handful of boats on Cumberland that could keep up with us, one of them a friend of my dads with a 22’ Shiada with a twin turbo 482 V-drive and a 3sp Lenko transmission (:eek:). THAT….. was a beast. Thanks. Brad. |
Always hated the line “the two happiest days of boat ownership…”. If one can even come close to relating to the last part of that phrase then they did it all wrong or had no business being a boat owner from the get go. Whenever we’ve had a boat leaving our ownership it’s always been a somber process. Think my daughter even got emotional once.
if I do go broke from our water going vessels, it’ll be worth it, and I think I’m on track. Came home with this 2016 Allison Grand Sport on Friday. Currently our 4th side piece. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...4fde7b814.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...dbc6b0c45.jpeg |
Allison boats are incredible. Nice!
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Originally Posted by IGetWet
(Post 4893247)
Always hated the line “the two happiest days of boat ownership…”. If one can even come close to relating to the last part of that phrase then they did it all wrong or had no business being a boat owner from the get go. Whenever we’ve had a boat leaving our ownership it’s always been a somber process. Think my daughter even got emotional once.
if I do go broke from our water going vessels, it’ll be worth it, and I think I’m on track. Came home with this 2016 Allison Grand Sport on Friday. Currently our 4th side piece. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...4fde7b814.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...dbc6b0c45.jpeg |
Originally Posted by Brad Christy
(Post 4893244)
Bajaman,
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...91904912c.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...a2f9e2270.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...8043fce33.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...628f7888e.jpeg Custom gelcoat, bassboat sparkle flake brown and gold. I can remember my dad and step mom scrawling sketches of the “graphics” on paper at one point in time. It never officially had a name, but dad always referred to it as “Piece by Piece”. It all started with the purchase of the blower out of the Trading Post for $50, still rough cast, right out of a semi. Dad slowly assembled everything over the course of a year or so, parts here, parts there, built the interior in my grandmothers garage, had local engine guys build the engine, “Ohio” George Montgomery being one of them. Had a local machine shop make the prop shaft. Dad was an advertising salesman for the YellowPages, so he was very resourceful when it came to “having a guy”. That’s me, the little black headed kid in the front passenger seat in the bottom pic, age in the single digits. Dad built it in ‘76. 900HP initially, and about 85MPH. We pulled five slaloms out with it a couple times, just to do it. At the time, there were only a handful of boats on Cumberland that could keep up with us, one of them a friend of my dads with a 22’ Shiada with a twin turbo 482 V-drive and a 3sp Lenko transmission (:eek:). THAT….. was a beast. Thanks. Brad. |
Originally Posted by bajaman
(Post 4893251)
Brad, wow...so cool you have those photos! Definitely brings back memories for me, thanks for sharing. That boat had to be a back breaker in any sort of chop, I assume? But what a blast it must have been...
That's why we spent most of our time up the South Fork, rather than the bigger end of the lake. I didn't notice, being young and made of rubber and rebar, but yeah, the old fokkers didn't seem to like the chop too much. It was all but flat bottom. I can't imagine taking it out on the Main Lake on PokerRun weekend. Ain't no way. I think that top pic is actually after dad sold it and bought the SeaRay. He ain't even in the boat, and I can't ever recall that happening while we owned it. Man, did it ever give a tube ride, though. A little turn of the wheel and a little flick of the throttle foot, and GONE. https://attachment.outlook.live.net/...animation=true Talk about stretching out your arms. I would KILL to find a new Tub-N-It. Thanks. Brad. |
Originally Posted by bajaman
(Post 4893251)
Brad, wow...so cool you have those photos! Definitely brings back memories for me, thanks for sharing. That boat had to be a back breaker in any sort of chop, I assume? But what a blast it must have been...
Obviously, I have very fond memories of that boat. I paid homage to it with my first AR build. Thanks. Brad. |
I grew up in Northern Indiana in the 70’s. Back then jet boats and V-drives were all over the St Joe river.
Still remember in high school our metal shop teacher bought a mustang shaker hood scoop off me and my buddy. We took it to his house after school one day, when we rolled up he had a Superbird in the drive. We thought that was cool, till we seen the blown Hemi flat bottom behind it! That’s when we knew we had a cool teacher. Anyway still hooked on boats, this is our backyard this morning. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...74f1236c7.jpeg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...f953c24de.jpeg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...a4024e470.jpeg A tree on the way in yesterday, thought it looked cool. |
It`s all perspective
The jet boat is a dream to own. Change oil and 8 plugs in the spring and fall. All year it`s just Gas and go . $150 in gas gets you all a weekends worth of boating. The cig is A LOT , more work , $$ , sweat and pain. The facebook forums are full of guys complaining how much work and fuel cost a jet boat is .. I laugh. |
Those 25 gallon tanks will kill your budget.
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Originally Posted by Brad Christy
(Post 4893244)
Bajaman,
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...91904912c.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...a2f9e2270.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...8043fce33.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...628f7888e.jpeg Custom gelcoat, bassboat sparkle flake brown and gold. I can remember my dad and step mom scrawling sketches of the “graphics” on paper at one point in time. It never officially had a name, but dad always referred to it as “Piece by Piece”. It all started with the purchase of the blower out of the Trading Post for $50, still rough cast, right out of a semi. Dad slowly assembled everything over the course of a year or so, parts here, parts there, built the interior in my grandmothers garage, had local engine guys build the engine, “Ohio” George Montgomery being one of them. Had a local machine shop make the prop shaft. Dad was an advertising salesman for the YellowPages, so he was very resourceful when it came to “having a guy”. That’s me, the little black headed kid in the front passenger seat in the bottom pic, age in the single digits. Dad built it in ‘76. 900HP initially, and about 85MPH. We pulled five slaloms out with it a couple times, just to do it. At the time, there were only a handful of boats on Cumberland that could keep up with us, one of them a friend of my dads with a 22’ Shiada with a twin turbo 482 V-drive and a 3sp Lenko transmission (:eek:). THAT….. was a beast. Thanks. Brad. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...7c8b77ea4.jpeg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...51cc8336c.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...18f6ec3b9.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...f88016e40.jpeg |
Towing it with an Econoline. Love it!
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