how long have you owned your current boat?

Sea Wolf · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject:

B~C wrote:

"The curiosity lies in how long a person has hung on to the same old boat. I've always had a certain kind of awe and respect for folks that hang on to rigs, cuz, I always got that trading itch......"

Well, after somehow surviving a couple of bouts of the initial onset of "two-foot-itis" without succuming to the lure of the devil's delights, I fell victum last year and bought a Sea Ray, mostly to have a floating condominium on which to entertain myself and search for an escape to the boredom of old age.

I didn't really need a new boat, but I did need a source of new projects to have fun with, as the C-Dory was just about finished out.

At the same time, I kept the C-Dory 22 Cruiser because I knew I couldn't really replace it with anything more universal, and still had an agenda for exploring the world with my special boat and second love.

This all goes to remind me that-

"There is nothing- Absolutely Nothing- half so much worth doing as Simply Messing Around in Boats"
Ratty- The Wind in the Willows

B~C · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject:

Joe- I understand what you mean about needing more projects and getting an additional boat helps ease the boat project withdrawals....But, under Martial Maritime Law, how many boats can one have?

Larry Q · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject:

B~C
I only claim the two larger ones and hope the spousal unit forgets about the smaller ones.
She got caught up in the vortex at the boat show and we ordered a 7' 10" Alaskan inflatable. On the way home Sunday she mentioned a couple other water craft stored around the place and I very skillfully changed the subject to grandkids ect.

Sea Wolf · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

B~C -

Somewhere in this Sea of Discourse about 4 months ago I figured out I had about 108 feet of boats, all with my wife's approval!

So I guess it depends on how much you can push the limits of Marital Maritime Law until Martial Partners Mutiny and Sue for Divorce on Grounds of Monetary Misappropriation and Mismanagement as well as Funny Financal Funding.

The general perscription for avoiding the dire outcome above is to buy THE ADMIRAL something of equal value every time you buy a new boat. Unfortunately, this doubles the cost of one's boating budget, but that's why they wrote the bankruptcy laws for, right?

Joe. Peace

DaveS · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:41 am Post subject:

rogerbum · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:07 am Post subject:

As long as this thread has wandered a bit from the original topic...

Joyce and I were wandering the Seattle boat show last Saturday and (as always) took the opportunity to visit the C-Dory display. About 15-20mins after viewing the TomCat, Joyce started talking about how if we combined our mortgage and a home equity loan (that we took for a massive remodel) back into a single mortgage, the difference in the monthly payments would allow us to buy a TomCat. She then mentioned that she really liked that boat and could see spending more time on a boat that large, etc...

My first thought was "Who are you and what have you done to my wife?", but fortunately, I resisted that. Anyway, a larger boat may be in future but I don't think anytime in the immediate future. I want to get the boy through college first. But who knows what could happen at the next boat show.....

Jazzmanic · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject:

Roger, when the Admiral gives the go-ahead, why wait for the next boat show?

starcrafttom · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:48 pm Post subject:

While we are at it how about the most boats. lets see.

15ft jon boat
12ft delhi
16ft starcraft
19ft starcraft
18 drift boat lavro
16 ft drift boat of unnamed orgin
15 ft canoe
9ft kayak
22 c-dory

I still own three of these now.

Sea Wolf · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject:

Tom-

Accepting the challenge:

General Marine 14 ft Speedliner Runabout mid-50's
Homemade hydroplane 1958, age 16
1960 Nylox Runabout
12 ft Jon Boat
12 ft Gregor Fishing Boat
El Toro sailboat 8907 (these numbers are class numbers)
El Toro sailboat 9406
El Toro sailboat 10850
FJ sailboat 2486
FJ sailboat 3166
FJ sailboat 4225
Lido sailboat 4875
Balboa 20 retractable keelboat 607
C-Dory 22 Cruiser hull 286, 1987
Four Winns 14 ft Jet Boat
24 ft Fisher Liberty Pontoon Boat
Sea Ray 265 Sedan Bridge 1988
two 13 ft kayacks "Rhumba'

Still have the last five

Nice, but no record, here comes Bob Austin (Thataway)!

Joe.

starcrafttom · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

I dont have enough years to have a record in this crowd thatswhy I went first. dusty, if your out there command does not equel ownership. That should shorten his list a little. maybe down to two pages.

Discovery · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject:

I checked the 15 to 20 year box. That's true for total C-Dory ownership.

15 years with a 22 Angler, 1983
1 1/2 years with a TC24, 2003
over 1 year with the present TC255, 2006

Rock-C · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject:

22' C-Dory
16' Kauffler drift boat
13' Canoe
3-8' sailing dinghys, ya thats right, 3 dinghys
8' Bombard inflatable dinghy.
8' Sevalor pool toy, former dinghy.

Thats just what I currently own. If you want to talk about boats of the past, pull up a chair and get comfortable.

ps: anyone interested in an 8' sailing dink?

Byrdman · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:33 am Post subject:

Man does not live on one boat alone... Mr. Green

3 C-Dory boats...which aint all bad for a short guy down in the southeast corners.

NOW... WHY I BOUGHT A C-DORY IS NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE NEW...BUT BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WERE OLD...AND JUST AS STRONG, STURDY, SEAWORTHY, AND SAFE AS A NEW ONE....

I truly hope the folks at the factory do not loose that fact.

I bought a new Bayliner, which was a great boat and not a single thing broke on it in the entire 18 months I owned it. Notice the 18 months. Not sure I would buy a 1984 Bayliner, Maximum, Sea Ray...or other blow-n-go boats. Why did I buy it??? Well.. my wife said...."why don't you just buy that blue water version trophy boat and shut up about not having a boat.??"""" Well... I always try to make her happy when I can.

Now... LOOKING BACK A FEW POST.... If wife had the funds figured out... and she was telling me to buy a new TC255.... I bet she could also teach a son to find his own way to pay for college Mr. Green

The National Guard worked for me...! Sorry... could not pass that one up.

Wayne McCown · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject: Boats Currently Owned

Since we are talking about boats owned, I'll add my list! I currently own eight (most are small, and all but the last purchased used!)...

2 kayaks
1 12' Porta-bote (almost 20 years old)
2 Sunfish sailboats (plus spare parts)
1 13' Peep Hen sailboat
1 22' C-Dory (the biggest and best!)
1 inflatable kayak (which I gave my wife for Christmas!)

Most of these boats, including the C-Dory, we keep at our cottage on L. Ontario. The Peep Hen is a nice sailboat, but since I got the C-Dory I have not used it enough to justify continued ownership.