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Old 02-07-2021, 07:53 PM   #61
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I thought it would be interesting to see the progression from youth to... lets call it Knowledge in the boats people have owned.

My first boat of my own was a 1968 Starfire 18' flat bottom jet boat. This is the boat that scared the heck out of the wife, powered by a 383 chevy and a Berkley pump it would do a solid 50mph. What scared her was we took it from Washington Park to Friday Harbor..


1981 16' Hewscraft River Runner, 45hp Johnson

2000 18' Moomba Ski boat 351/v drive


1986 26' Searay Weekender 350/I/o We really had a good time on this one, trailered it all over Washington/Oregon/Idaho.


1974 18' California Performance jet boat 460/jet

1970's Sunfish

1960's El Toro


1971 33' Egg Harbor

We always look at whats on the water and what could/would be our next boat. I love the DeFever/Grand Banks Europa, Wife likes the Grand Banks East Bay's
Let’s add a 1978 Egg Harbor 48’
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Old 02-13-2021, 12:51 AM   #62
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Too many to list on here.

At one time I was a Mercury Marine and boat dealer.
But as a dealer, did you ever get to boat for pleasure?
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Old 02-13-2021, 12:16 PM   #63
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Started with our:
--24' Campion 1979/80

--28' Chris Craft 1981

--32' Palmer, 1985 to now
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Old 02-26-2021, 12:14 PM   #64
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Boats I have owned

18’ hobie cat project
17’ flat bottom aluminum - 70 hp
24’ flat bottom aluminum - 85hp
21’ pro glass - 85hp
21’ Kenner- 150 hp
17’ flats cat- - 60hp
17’ flounder boat- 90 hp
24’ Bay boat - 200 hp
21’ Shallowcraft-200 hp
27’ Worlcat TE twin honda 150’s?
25’ Transport XLR8 2480 - 300 hp
35’ Contender 35t trip 250’s
Currently boatless and looking to change that and slowwww down
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Old 02-26-2021, 12:39 PM   #65
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18’ hobie cat project
17’ flat bottom aluminum - 70 hp
24’ flat bottom aluminum - 85hp
21’ pro glass - 85hp
21’ Kenner- 150 hp
17’ flats cat- - 60hp
17’ flounder boat- 90 hp
24’ Bay boat - 200 hp
21’ Shallowcraft-200 hp
27’ Worlcat TE twin honda 150’s?
25’ Transport XLR8 2480 - 300 hp
35’ Contender 35t trip 250’s
Currently boatless and looking to change that and slowwww down
Jb - Judging from your list o' boats, and the last sentence... Seems you'd like next boat to have capability to act like a full displacement hull whenever traveling at 6 to 8 knot slowwww cruise might please you. But... also be able to at least pick up and go at some speed - say, 16 to 20 + knots, whenever you desire.

I recommend hard chine planing hull or possibly a semi displacement hull [whose design leans toward the planing hull side]. Also, I believe in twin inboards! Great slow speed handling, redundancy, plenty o' power to go faster!

Happy Boat-Search Daze! Art
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Old 02-26-2021, 01:00 PM   #66
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Yes— I am leaning towards a Catamaran or possible something like a Mikelson Nomad or one of the others like her —Offshore etc. I love to fish and dive, and ultimately I want to spend time in the South Pacific — but I am going to need to work up to that— Plan at this point is to cruise Caribbean for a year or 2 —Spending 3-5 months on the boat and then see where i go from there- It may be that I need to buy a starter boat and try it out and then if the ditch and Marquesas pear in the scope— sell and upgrade or just ship what I have over there. Wife says— lets just charter and let someone else deal with it. But, since we bought the ranch — I havent had a boat— its the first time in 30 years I have not owned at least 1 boat, and it does not feel right at all.
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Old 02-26-2021, 01:21 PM   #67
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1970s
Sunfish
Boston Whaler 13'

1990s
Pastinaca 4m (daysailer)
Apreamare 9m

2000s
Boston Whaler 13' (again)
Hobie Cat Wave 15'
Hobie Cat Mirage 2-person kayak
Optimist
Grand Banks 42 Cl
Walker Bay 8'
Avon Seasport Jet 3.5m

2010s
Laser Stratos 4.9m daysailer
Grand Banks 50
Laser
Zodiac 3m

I've loved them all (I still have almost half of these)!
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