drewpster
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Just thought I'd drop a little story on you guys. My wife and I took our annual trip to Key West two weeks ago. We rented a house this time with the in laws and took a boating/ snorkeling trip. It was great. As I do every year, I took a wander down to the marina to walk the docks and look at all the beautiful boats. There were the usual sportfishes and sail boats mixed in with the occasional mega yacht, yanno all stuff I could never afford. Always being interested in the lifestyle, I struck up a conversation with one of the charter Captains at the dock. We talked fishing the area and he gave me his rates. Eventually the conversation worked around to me mentioning that I was restoring an old tri-hull and an even older sport fish built in 1969. Then the conversation really picked up. I was used to getting the usual tolerant chit-chat from those guys. I was surprised he seemed so interested. As the conversation continued I found out why.
He and his father have been restoring all kinds of boats since he was a child. He was currently working on his live-aboard, a coverted commercial fisher he bougth for $10K. He bought it out of a dry dock where it stayed for a year "trying to get it to hold out water". After a few minutes talking to the guy I felt like a resident. We really hit it off.
I wrote this to let all of you know why I think this board is so sucessful. We are an elite group of mental patients. All with the same illness. We can spot each other a mile off. We are the guys with the perfect looking Glastron on lake Wallaplooza and the career Captain skippering tourists to pay for boat parts. Either way no matter our differences we are willing to talk about it to a fellow nutcase. Thanks for being my friends, its nice to know I'm not the only boat owner with a tool fetish!
Here's one I can't afford.
Key west Marina
He and his father have been restoring all kinds of boats since he was a child. He was currently working on his live-aboard, a coverted commercial fisher he bougth for $10K. He bought it out of a dry dock where it stayed for a year "trying to get it to hold out water". After a few minutes talking to the guy I felt like a resident. We really hit it off.
I wrote this to let all of you know why I think this board is so sucessful. We are an elite group of mental patients. All with the same illness. We can spot each other a mile off. We are the guys with the perfect looking Glastron on lake Wallaplooza and the career Captain skippering tourists to pay for boat parts. Either way no matter our differences we are willing to talk about it to a fellow nutcase. Thanks for being my friends, its nice to know I'm not the only boat owner with a tool fetish!
Here's one I can't afford.
Key west Marina
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