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Old 03-31-2016, 10:42 AM   #1
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Where did you grow up?

Wifey B: My thread on your first boating experience generated this love child thread. First, I so love reading all of what you have written on that other thread and it makes me think that most here grew up near the coast and probably less populated areas. Just don't know without asking. So where?

For me, near Dallas. For hubby, Charlotte, NC. Both inland. Only water around us was lakes. Both where houses are packed close. I didn't know anyone who fished except in ponds. More hunters in my area hunted people down and shot them than animals. Hubby knew some who fished on the lake. His country cousins hunted and did other outdoor activities. The extent of my outdoor activities was pretty much just a walk to the park to get away. Hubby did play some sports outdoors and some in, and he boated outdoors, but no hunting or big game fishing or camping or hiking.

I'm guessing we're among a relative minority of those growing up in landlocked big cities to be here.
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I'm guessing we're among a relative minority of those growing up in landlocked big cities to be here.
Quite the opposite for me. Lived 4 miles from the swamps and 30 miles from the Gulf. Any free time was spent on the water. My Uncles had a house boat on the levee and my best friend's family had a camp on Vermilion Bay. Summertime was spent more on water than land! Couldn't go back and have a better up-bringing; besides most of what we did back then would not allowed by most protective parents today.
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I like to think that I haven't grown up and my wife, kids and friends tend to agree.

However, I spent my early years sailing and putting around on LI Sound and on Penobscot Bay, mostly the latter.
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Agree with Mr. dw. Haven't grown up yet. Been around though...

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Old 03-31-2016, 11:22 AM   #6
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Old 03-31-2016, 11:24 AM   #8
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Kansass. Never had really set foot on a boat -other than the art deco Admiral in St. Louis- until my wife and I and a couple of other friends (also from Kansass and with little to no boating experience) took a GB 32 from Puget Sound to SE Alaska and back in 1990. The rest is Herstory!
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Old 03-31-2016, 11:54 AM   #9
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Wifey B: Growing up was a bad choice of words. I never intend to grow up. It's vastly overrated.
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Old 03-31-2016, 12:05 PM   #10
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I grew up along the shores of Puget Sound in Washington State. Just a couple miles South of the Narrows Bridge.

My first boating experience was learning to sail a 9' rowing dinghy called a Minto. It was a very popular dinghy for folks to use with their large boats at the time. Rowed really well and sailed great. They would set up race courses to sail the Mintos around the fishing fleet in Gig Harbor.

Lived in this area almost all of my life sailing and boating. I've often felt that I would be uncomfortable living more than a few miles from salt water.
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Old 03-31-2016, 12:13 PM   #11
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I was reared (didn't grow up) in Lake Geneva WI and learned how to sail on X class. Moved to GA in late 70's. Wandered for a few years and ended up in Eastern NC mid 80's. Been here since while travelling for work until retiring one year ago today.
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Born & raised in the Kootenays, which is an area in southeastern British Columbia surrounding the largest lake in BC, and just west of the Rockies. Great fishing; (rainbow trout up to 40 pounds) and skiing (huge amounts of feather light powder).

I didn't see much salt water until I moved to Australia 35 years ago. I fell in love with the place (and a girl). It was a whole new world to explore.

I still love getting back to the Kootenays to rejuvenate every now & then. There's no place like home.
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New York, NY (Manhattan) opposite Pier 45 on the North River, then home of the Norwegian-American line. The Olsofjord was their flagship at that time.
Just south of Pier 45 was where the Christopher St. Ferry had been, torn down in the early 50's, it was therefore the only "open" area on the Hudson for a mile in either direction.

Talked to many tug crews and clamored over a few "Burn-it" barges.
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Kansass. Never had really set foot on a boat -other than the art deco Admiral in St. Louis- until my wife and I and a couple of other friends (also from Kansass and with little to no boating experience) took a GB 32 from Puget Sound to SE Alaska and back in 1990. The rest is Herstory!
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I grew up in Saginaw, MI and lived there for my first 19 years. We boated on Saginaw Bay, starting with a rowboat at age 5.
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First 7 or 8 years in Juneau Alaska. Mom painted (oil and water) the fish boats in Harris Harbor and I walked the docks. Never did fall in and don't remember a PFD. In those days PFD's were for sinking ships. Every other float finger had an outhouse (two holer) and I loved to look down in the water .. Sea Anenomes, crabs and hundreds of starfish. To me then it was like looking out of the deep sea divers helmet. Ever since being in Alaska on the docks (floats actually) with the fishboats makes me feel at home.

My mom always let me run free. We went to Seattle every summer to see grandma on the steamships and the other mothers were apalled at mom's letting me go anywhere but I never got into trouble. When the visability droped to zero I wondered how the captain knew where we were. Still wonder about that. Must have been like a never ending predicted log race.
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