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retro-scoot
Buccaneer
USA
37 Posts |
 Posted - 12/15/2009 : 21:21:07
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We all started some where! Mine was a free 16' lapstrake, was never sure of the make, but all the laps were through-bolted with machine screws. Had a 45hp Sears(Scott-Atwater) outboard. What a piece of junk(the boat not the engine), but we went all over Narragansett Bay in that thing. The things we did while the parents were at work!  |
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miss nancy
OLD SALT
USA
376 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 05:02:18
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| My very first boat was a 12 foot row boat with a lot of dry rot! |
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drrishi1
OLD SALT
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 08:46:50
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| First boat....1968 40 ft Pacemaker ..got it in 1988...still have it |
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Rich P
Administrator
USA
276 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 10:02:24
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8' Achilles with a 9.8 Merc.
Side note, since then:
10' inflateable with 15 yamaha
Sunfish *
13' Boston Whaler 40 Yamaha
9' inflateable 15 Johnson *
15' Boston Whaler 70 Johnson (switched to Yamaha when warranty expired) *
36' Pacemaker *
Kawasaki JS550
Yamaha GP760 *
25' Catalina *
17' Wellcraft CC 120 Johnson
19' Baja 120 Johnson *
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36' Sportfish
Eastern Long Island, NY |
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Pole Position
OLD SALT
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 14:07:34
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12 ft. Grants aluminum.7.5 Elgin or 1947 3.6 Merc. I will always remember going to get it, I saved paper route money and my father took me to buy.This was how I learned about sales tax;I didn't have enough for the tax. My father gave me the rest to buy the boat and to this day I think about the lesson he taught me: Don't forget about the tax! |
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retro-scoot
Buccaneer
USA
37 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2009 : 20:22:52
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OK Rich, let's list them.
8' racing hydro(never hit the water)I was 7 or 8 and paid $3 for it.
16' plywood runabout w/1964Johnson 28hp.(paid for w/paper route booty)
12' hydro that did hit the water w/same 28hp Johnson. Sank same day.
16' ply wood work skiff used to comm. harvest little neck clams.
14' MFG Niagra fiberglass runabout w/1985 Johnson 28 hp
16' Century Riviera ski boat w/Merc 470 I/O.
25' Alglas Express (finally my first cruiser)
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joebobb
Forum Admin
USA
442 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2009 : 16:37:03
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16' Indian River canoe. Eventually equipped with a trolling motor and deep-cycle battery. Used it for everything from canoe/camping trips to flats fishing.
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cap mike
OLD SALT
USA
809 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2009 : 11:33:42
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16' Al with 30 Johnson 1965
8' with a motor I made out of a pollen chain saw
12' two man speed boat 1967
18' 1987 fishing boat
30 Chris Craft 1954
28' pontoon 1884
42' Trojan 1966
62' Pacemaker 1970 |
http://www.lostpearl.net/
http://www.mikeweaks.com
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French5835
Sailor
USA
14 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2009 : 13:54:30
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| Mine was a 12`cat boat,which was a sailboat. Never sailed it though, used a couple of 1x4`s as paddles. I`ve had numerous boats over the years, and now have a 32` sedan bridge, THE LADY J. |
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Ken Mitchell-Eby
OLD SALT
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2009 : 21:41:33
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My first boat and bicycle were about the same time, I like to think I had a boat first. Over the years there have been a lot of boats that I have had extended use of (I ran a small boat yard)as well as ones I owned directly. The list is:
8' pram with my Dad's British SeaGull (not a babe magnet)
8' flat bottom I built from Popular Science plans with a 7.5 Elgin (Sears & Rowback)
15' plywood runabout with 1954 25 Evinrude
13' Whaler w/ 40 Evinrude
16' '72 Whaler w/ 70 Johnson, then new 100 Johnson every year, remember the boat yard. My brother owns the boat yard now and this boat is still there with a new motor every year.
15' Lyman w/40 Johnson. This is one boat I wish I kept. I restored and used it, then sold it to buy a snowmobile, wrecked the snowmobile and broke my back.
23' Robalo center console w/ 135 Johnson, the boat yard again.
19' KenCraft w/ 85 Johnson, the boat yard again
15' Whaler w/ 50 Yamaha
17' Whaler Newport w/ 90 Johnson, still have this one
13' Whaler w/ 25 Johnson, still have this one
32' '69 Luhrs
32' '72 Pacemaker Sedan Bridge, sold her last September
38' '79 Chris Craft Corinthian new to me last September
The Chris is the current "Sugar Shack", the 13 Whaler is "Sap Bucket" and the 17 Whaler is "Sap Bucket II". I know them as the Bucket and Big Bucket.
Ken
"You don't have to think fast is you move slow" Red Green
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rickforth
OLD SALT
USA
122 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2009 : 08:44:34
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Here is the list
8' plywood pram dinghy with oars
8' fiberglass dinghy w4HP Sears air cooled motor
14'fiberglass cartop fisherman w/Johnson 18HP
17'Larson 1975 runabout w/ 80HP Johnson
19'Glasspar 1979 runabout w/ 90HP Johnson
12 foot home made rowing shell 1988
18 foot rotomolded single sea kayak(currently using)
15 foot rotomolded double kayak (currently using)
26 foot Pacemaker flybridge cruiser(currently using) |
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Morning Wood
OLD SALT
USA
429 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2009 : 15:18:03
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Here we go...
10' Powers Sailor 1969
19' Wood Grady White 1964
19' Whirlwind 1961
31' Trojan 1966
23' Sabre 1979
37' Egg Harbor 1964
Currently Own
43 Egg Harbor 1969 Restored
22 North American 1971 Restored
20 Shamrock 1986 Restored Given to my son
25 Bertram 1968 Under Restoration
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gidget28
Buccaneer
38 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2010 : 17:30:11
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| 8 ft rowboat, 12foot boston whaler, 28 ft regal, 38 ft criscraft connie, 41 ft hatteras, 1967, 40 ft 1967 pacemaker, now |
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What was your first boat?
