Re: Boats my dad has ruined
In my world, for many years, Dads buy and maintain boats, seldom use them, and the children who do alwys do damage ranging from the cosmetic to the spectacular*. Just like cars.
I learned boating originally from my dad, who was not a natural boater** but tried, and my mother, who had salt water for blood. I learned more boating by sailing, and from my friends and their fathers. dad wasn't the best boater but he was committed to always having a motor boat for us and a row boat for Mom.
So boatdaughter you don't say how old you are or what your boating skills are, but give him a break. Or show us you earned the right to poke fun, or that it is all in fun.
*Guy showing off pulls away from the gas dock at WOT. The bow on the 15' tri hull rises, and when it falls, he sees the side hull of an anchored 40' trimeran. He drilled into it solid. Friends with a 135 HP, the biggest motor made at the time, couldn't pull it out. The best part was calling his dad at work about it.
**He grew up in East Tennessee before they had motor boats and then in a city. He first did some boating and beach time on Iwo Jima. Being the typically smart-aleck son I always gave him a hard time about his "Tennessee yacht knots." I miss him.
