Your First boat

[mobldj]

Heres my first boat.in 1989 i had my 16ft tahiti with a 4 banger and pulled it with my 89 camero.no freeboard at all so in todays world of wake boats she would be under water.lol

 

[Tpltrbl303]

...and 10+ different boats later this one is still in the garage.


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[HocusPocus]

1985 Bayliner Capri with a 140 Evinrude outboard, I paid $700 for it. I ran it for 2 years without any problems and redid the interior myself and sold it $3500.

 

[BlowMe]

78 southwind with a BFF

 

[ka0tyk]

18' tahiti

 

[AZBrummett21]

First and only 1988 Brummett 21

This is the earliest pic I have. 1989 Temple Bar

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[fmo24]

We used to camp on the beach in telephone cove Early morning ski runs were awesome

 

[Wheeler]

I bought an old grey skiff, the year was 1969 and I was in 7th grade. Me and a buddy fixed it up and coated it with a fresh coat of Navy Gray paint. I found an engine got it running and somehow conned someone to haul it down to King Harbor. I bet we weren't in the water more than an hour and the Harbor Patrol busted us for no registration, boat was too long. So I pulled the engine and we headed home with a citation and an engine I no longer had any use for.

 

[73mandella]

First and only 1988 Brummett 21

This is the earliest pic I have. 1989 Temple Bar
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That is one hell of a first boat! Congrats!

 

[74 spectra20 v-drive]

81' 19' Sanger Family Ski Boat has slight V and was great running boat. We bought this winter 94' I was 24... holy crap time flies.... Gutted the boat, stripped the fadded red anno off everything. Only ran on 7 cylinders when we bought it and the son of a B was freaking loud. Ended up having a bent valve and broken spark plug in one of the holes where it had sucked the screws from the 660 center squirters into a cylinder and pounded them into the top of the freaking 13:1 piston. Sold the tunnel ram and headers went to Nicson logs and thru transom with a single 4 and new 10:1 pistons... she is still running today in my Blue Sanger This was a blast to build with my Dad, we rebuilt the trailer as well.

I loved this boat but guttered her like a pig three years later when I bought my 77 18'6" Sanger which I eventually named "Stupid Move" I still have that 77' and I call her that name (behind her back) until I drive it My Sister owns the Yellow Sanger, I traded my BIL the yellow hull to plaster my Garage.

 

[goshen82]

caliber 1 mod vp

 

[GRADS]

My first one, I was 11 on Cape Cod. How many of you can say you boated on the Ocean by yourself at 11?

 

[lbhsbz]

Mine was a ‘71 hondo flat with a 400” SBC when I was 18. Guy said it ran 80 which I felt was reasonable because nobody would lie about a flat that went that slow. It barely ran once it was in the water. Once I figured out the total timing was around 5 degrees AFTER TDC, and put it where it goes, it ran about 40mph. On my second test run at the river the prop shaft pulled outta the coupler, tore up the prop and bent the rudder. I put it on the trailer, towed it home and traded it to a buddy for a carton of smokes.

 

[HBCraig]

1992 Eliminator Edge 243
Loved that boat

 

[LazyLavey]

Yes..... the Witchcraft that felt like it was gonna flip when you turn sharp

 

[Riverbound]

Mine is still rocking the Parker strip most weekends.

 

[RitcheyRch]

My first real boat was a 1987 Stoker 20.1

Before that had Sea Doo's.

 

[jeteater1]

Nice one too

 

[707dog]

no pics on the phone or computer but it was a 80's 20ft tahiti day cruiser 455 jet rootbeer brown/ cream brown biskuit interior towed it with a 71 elco, i was 19-20 yrs old

 

[2droppedchevs]

Everybody said buy a Baja or Mirage for your first boat. Fuckem. RPM!

 

[hallett21]

1990 vector


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[BigRedBryan]

The bahner....

 

[Dkahnjob]

I built my first boat when I was 14 years old (with help from my Dad), in 1961. It was an 8' hydro with a 10 HP Johnson outboard.

 

[rrrr]

My first boat was a 26' Sleekcraft Executive with a Harman 440, purchased new in 1979. I was 22. Sleekcraft didn't have a dealer in Texas, I called up Bruce Nescher and he agreed to sell it to me for $750 over dealer cost.

I drove from Houston to Santa Fe Springs, handed him a cashier's check for $16K, and came home with the coolest boat I thought existed.

 

[Sleek Chode]

1983 Bahner... with a drug locker in the floor......

 

[25Elmn8r]

'79 20' Kachina with a BBF. Friends that I sold it to in 91 are still rockin it.

 

[SoCalDave]

I built my first boat when I was 14 years old (with help from my Dad), in 1961. It was an 8' hydro with a 10 HP Johnson outboard.
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I hope your a good story teller as I would like to now more detail of the build.

 

[Dkahnjob]

I hope your a good story teller as I would like to now more detail of the build.

Yes, there is a story to it. I saw an article in Science & Mechanics magazine that you could build your own boat for $20.00 and a week's spare time.
So I sent in my $5.00 to buy the plans. Summer vacation had just started so that was going to be my project for the summer. It took all summer, not a week as advertised
and it cost $100.00 which doesn't sound like a lot today, but for a 14 year old kid who's only income was a paper route that made me about $20.00 a month it was a very lot of money. It was a great experience and as you can see in one of the pictures there is two boats. I eventually sold my boat to a good friend (he painted it black) and I bought a nicer one that an adult neighbor had built (he was a professional carpenter). The two of us used to go to Hansen Dam and race our boats with each other. Fun times.
I later bought an old beat up DeSilva 10' Class D racing hydro and restored it and put a Mercury MK55 outboard with a Quick Silver racing lower unit on it. That boat ran about 55 MPH.

 

[Wheeler]

@old rigger

My first one, I was 11 on Cape Cod. How many of you can say you boated on the Ocean by yourself at 11?

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I had use of the family Glaspar at age 11. We boated Cabrillo Beach a couple weekends a month and I took that sucka all over the LA Harbor and out past the Angels Gate and down to Belmont Shore on a couple of occasions. It was usually friends my age with me or my sisters, no adults.

Found a photo of the Glaspar running it hard at Ski Land.

 

[throttle]

Dad had a stoker and I had a kawi 650 jet ski.

My first boat was a 1990 Mastercraft.


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[Cdog]

It’s a 76 though.

 

[spectras only]

My first boat was a 1972 24' Reinell cabin cruiser, bought used in 1974. My only brand new boat purchase was my 1976 20' Spectra that I've owned for 26 yrs. >

 

[Shane Skolil]

1976 Hawaiian Jet daycruiser with BBF and Berkeley jet. Did about 110mph.

 

[Tank0088]

1998 22’ Howard Offshore

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Took 4 months for them to build it for me, and 2 months to have some crazy lady show up to the beach and say she was buying it, she did not care that it wasn’t for sale...... and she paid cash lol.

 

[Bajastu]

1988 Hallett Vector

 

[Duck'ed_Up]

First and only 1988 Brummett 21

This is the earliest pic I have. 1989 Temple Bar
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That’s badass


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[Duck'ed_Up]

1994 Hallett 210. Miss this boat all the time and knowing what I know now I should have kept it.


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[Eliminator21vdrive]

75 Rogers, wish i still had it.

 

[Joe mama]

75 Rogers, wish i still had it. View attachment 930126

Where is that photo taken?

 

[69hondo]

1969 Hondo true flat, straight deck. Bought it when I was 20 and still have it today. Ran it for 15 years before I took it apart due to delam in the floor. Its covered up waiting for a restore.

 

[farmo83]

When I graduated college Dad gave me the family jet boat as my graduation present to make room for his Hallett. I fixed it up and rocked it a few years.

The first boat I bought myself is my current Schiada

 

[LAVEYNICK]

1983 Targa 115 tower of power

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[troostr]

97 20.2 Commander “Crazy Like That” I bought brand new from Sy. Owned it for 13 years, never had to do anything but service it. Great boat, and tough as a battle axe!


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[LowRiver2]

84’ Eliminator 19’ Liberty hull

 

[If Looks Could Kill]

1986 Advantage 18 bubble deck, bought brand new in 1986 from LA boat show, was our family ski boat until 2007
sold it, found it in 2015 in Albuquerqe NM went and got it back, completely restored it and made it a 2018 NJBA 10.0 champion
stepped it up for the 2019 season to 9.0 class

 

[Rajobigguy]

First boat at 14 yrs old.

I dont have a pic of my first power boat but this is pretty close, 16' Tahiti with 90 hp Merc. O/B.

 

[dryhoze1]

1966 Sanger Wooddeck
I purchased it on my 18th birthday in 1986 from the original owner. (Airline pilot in Orange . CA)
I recently got the boat back and doing a complete restoration.

This pic is me taking possession 1986

 

[Jay Dub]

Around 1980. Family boat, but I used it the most. 19 foot Trisonic. Converted to jet with a 460 Olds engine. Not an easy boat for a young driver. I don't have a pic but it was similar to the one here. Same brown vinyl interior.

 

[76 Hondo]

My first boat 76’ Hondo, new in 1978!

I still have it 42 years later!