Boating Verities

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El and Bill

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For a little fun during these waning days of winter, how about a thread that consists of one-line boating verities? Such as:

1. A Boater and his money are soon parted.

2. Owning a hundred boats is like having a hundred kids.

3. Boaters don't often wax their boats -- but they don't wax other's boats either.

4. On the subject of weather: A good weather-predicting Boater always carries a rain slicker.

Got some others to add??
 
6. A boat in your driveway, is worth two in your neighbor's.

7. The beauty of a boat is in the eye of the beer holder.

8. Boating takes its toll so please have exact change.

9. Its not hard to beat boating expenses; they're everywhere.

10. Chartplotters make very fast, very expensive mistakes.

(Sorry can't resist -- need a little lightening up during these dark hours of snowstorms)
 
IT's better to be on the dock wishing you were on the water than being on the water and wishing you were on the dock!
 
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin Franklin

Beware of big expenses - money spent on the boat but not discussed in advance with the wife will sink a great marriage.
Roger (2008)

Some other Ben Franklin quotes that are somewhat relevant to boating...

Beware the hobby that eats.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

(relevant to recent threads)
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
 
(paraphrased from one seen at BOC site)
"Sunday morning;
Better to be in my boat thinking about God, than in church thinking about my boat"

maybe the best I have seen:
"Most of my money I spent on boats and women. The rest I squandered"

:mrgreen:
 
ffheap":392nljds said:
Hi Folks,

"A boat is a hole in the water in which you poor money." (I believe this is a quote of J.P.Morgan.)

Fred
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I think it's POUR Fred. POOR is what you are soon after you get the boat! :roll:

Charlie
 
Charley and Sally.

You are right. I must have been thinking about what happens when one buys a boat. One does become poor.

Fred
 
Charley and Sally.

You are right. I must have been thinking about what happens when one buys a boat. One does become poor.

Fred
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Don't know if I agree with you totally Fred. When I'm out on Meander I tend to feel much richer! That is, unless I happen to drop anchor right next to a Nordic Tug.
Ron
 
Ron on Meander":1zk6f5ra said:
Don't know if I agree with you totally Fred. When I'm out on Meander I tend to feel much richer! That is, unless I happen to drop anchor right next to a Nordic Tug.
Ron
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Yeah, I kinda feel for those Nordic Tug guys... they'll never know the joy of being able to trailer to new adventures. 8)
 
Hi Folks,

"POOR" as in money. Face it, everything "Marine" is expensive.

As for spending time on board my "Yacht", you ALL are right.

I have another post on another topic describing how I felt when the Back of Winter broke, and I was able to spend time on my "Yacht", even if it never made the water. I shall spend some time today working on her. That will be three days of the last four days.

As for Jim's comment about the Joy's of being able to trailer the boat, something the NautiTugs can not do (unless you own one of the older 26' tugs.)

I have been also spending time on Cruise Planning on our proposed C-Dory Group trip on the Hudson River this June with Dun Smith and the boys. Very enjoyable.

Fred
 
---Sleepin' on the boat beats awake anywhere else, except being awake on the boat.

---Working on the boat beats workin for the boat.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
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