What was your first boat.

[bounder4465]

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A trip down memory lane. It was in 73, and the boat was a blue and white 1966, 14' "Swiss 6" with a 45 Chrysler. The Chrysler ran well for the 2 years I owned it. but it did not have a alternator. It would push the little boat 30mph, and we would ski with it all the time.

 

[snapperbait]

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Guess i was about 12... First boat was a 12' aluminum v that i found at a pawn shop.. If i remember right, i gave $100 bucks for it.. Mowed a bunch of grass that summer.. <br /><br />After fooling with an old 4hp rude that we could never get to run right, I took the rest of my grass mowing $$, and with my dear ol' Pop's help, got hold of a brand spankin new 5hp gamefisher... <br /><br />One Christmas, I scored a trailer, which I think my Pop wanted more than I... He was getting pretty sick of loading that boat on top of the van.. Hey, I helped!!<br /><br />Later on I saved up some more grass mowing $$ and bought a Shakespere trollin motor,a battery, a Uniden depth finder (flasher), and some camoflage seats to match the ultra high tech k-mart spray can camo paint job and the el-cheapo green outdoor carpet..... <br /><br />Few years later a friend wanted to buy the boat to fish some of the small ponds around here.. After some horse trading, I became the owner of a 14footer with a 10hp Johnson... Not long after the trade, I believe my friends son sold the motor and sunk the boat..

 

[DC698]

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First boat was a '74 15ft Seastar Tri-Hull with a 50HP Evinrude. Learned how to ski and fish on that boat and have been hooked on boating ever since.

 

[swist]

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My first boat was a 16' "Fabuglas Tempest" circa 1988. Although is looked like a million other bowriders...<br /><br />- I never saw another one<br /><br />- I never heard of anyone who had one<br /><br />- No one I talked to ever heard of it.<br /><br />I can't be the only person who bought one of these (used).

 

[BoatBuoy]

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First boat was a 1957 Feather Craft Vagabond. Still have it.

 

[BigPoppaG]

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Mine was a 2003 Ranger 175VS with a 115hp merc. I won it off of a local radio station. <br /><br />Too much traveling to get to freshwater here on the peninsula. Saltwater is 2min away. <br /><br />When I had my kid this year I sold it and bought the Sea Ray which is a good family boat, 51in big screen tv a new generator and still had about 2grand left over. The generator is for those hurricanes that hit here. <br /><br />Last hurricanes spawned Cassidy!<br /><br />My daughter.

 

[11 footer]

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When I was born my dad had a early 1980's 27' Formula with twin screws, my first few years of boating where on that boat, until he sold it. I enjoyed riding around in that boat as a little kid.<br /><br />The first boat I ever called my own was a 1975 Boston Whaler Sport-11. Bought it with a 1987 8hp Mercury on it and then repowered with a 15hp Merc. Still have it.

 

[JasonJ]

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My first "boat" was a 1977 Chevy Malibu Classic. Man that thing was a hog....My first real boat was the 63 17 foot Pacific Mariner I sold a few years ago. I still see it, it was sold again and it has a wakeboard tower on it. Sort of bizarre looking but I guess it works....

 

[cajun555]

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First boat was a 12' semi-v From 1 uncle, an old firestone 4 or 4.5 hp from another uncle.

 

[daveswaves]

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First boat was a 13.5 foot peterbourough wood strip boat with a 5 hp 1954 Johnson. First boat I built was a Mini Max hydroplane. Put a 1957 Merc Mark 20 on it wow was it fast. Both boats have since rotted away, the Merc was sold to a guy at work who promptly fried it cause he did not replace the impeller like I TOLD HIM TO!!!!

 

[ziggy]

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well, the first boat that had my name on the title was,,,, yikes, i hate to say it here on a boat site, but it was a 95 kawi sts jet ski. but i'm sure we all know that jet ski's are classified as class A inboards. as for what we all call boats here, it is the tri-sonic listed below. first boat i was introduced to was grandads 14' wood larson. with oars and tied to the dock so i wouldn't go to far as i was only about old enough to walk, lol. later i moved up to the same boat with what we in the family all affectionatly called the jonny popper, a 3.6 elgin. the larson made the flower pot scean in the end and jonny popper was traded off for a bigger outboard later on. i was on my way to a lifetime of loving boats of all kinds.

 

[RedRangerVIP]

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It was a 1966 15' Glasspar with a 35 HP Johnson on it. Great little boat til the wife ran it aground and tore the engine from the transom. The next day I went and bought a 1979 19' Hammond w/235 Evinrude. The poor old Glasspar still sits out in the backyard of the shop.

 

[rwidman]

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12.5' Porta Bote with 5HP Nissan 4 stroke. Still have it folded up under the deck. Hasn't seen water in three years. Anyone interested?

 

[Tom2697]

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I was introduced to boats in my dad's 1965 16' Searay with a 140cu in Mercruiser I/O. I learned about boating in a 1962 Boston Whaler 13' with a 25hp Evinrude. My dad sold that boat last year for more than he paid for it...23 years later!

 

[formulafisher]

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mine was a 15ft fiberglass contraption dad bought it froma friend for me and my little brother when i was 10 we had to rebuild the floors and transome caught alot of fish and crabs on that boat. it was named the short bus my uncle said we rode the short bus so it just made sense. needless to say we had lots of fun

 

[brother chris]

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First boat was when I was young. An aluminum boat with some kind of o/b.<br />The first boat I remember was a 12ft runabout with a 40hp Johnson o/b. <br />That thing could go real real real fast. I think the max HP was 20hp and I had a 40hp on it. <br />What can I say....I learned alot from that.

 

[WillyBWright]

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When I was about 10 I bought a home made hydroplane for not much money. No motor or trailer and I never put a motor on it. I put oarlocks on it and rowed it around. Being a wooden boat, it leaked. So I took it apart to seal all the joints before reassembling it again. Never got around to the reassembly part.

 

[Stumpys]

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First one was a 1984 Bomber with a 40HP Mercury that my wife saw at a garage sale. Older folks had it, and really took care of it. Had to sell it 15 years ago for a down payment on a new house. House was more important at that time!!!

 

[dd318]

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my first boat is a 12' 1960 Montgomery Wards Seaking with a 1956 Evinrude sportwin 10. Kinda rough but got it from a guy who had just lost his job so I got it at a decent price considdering it came ready to fish. boat motor trailer battery trolling motor paddles seats all the safty gear exta oil gear lube and 5 gallons of gas all for $650. Only thing it didnt come with is fish! Now that the weather has turned I got her stripped down so I can take care of the minor problems mostly cosmetic! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dd_mopowar/my_photosmore pics to be add as I go, dont hesitate to give me pointers or ideas!

 

[bassnva]

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my first boat was PG88...which was a patrol gunboat when I was 4...it has been de-commissioned now...the first one I owned was a 1975 ranger with a 115 merc on it.