The Official " 1st Boat Thread " and more......

[BBB725]

1977 13' Boston Whaler, it was in 1986, I had just turned 14.

I had a 13 Whaler with a 50hp Johnson, what a fun boat. To wash the inside I would pull the drain plug and let it fill with water, impossible to sink

 

[Tommy Gun]

1st boat: 19 foot 1978 Tahiti; Berkely Jet w/455 Olds...pulled by a 1974 Vette!

 

[THEJOKER]

1st boat: 19 foot 1978 Tahiti; Berkely Jet w/455 Olds...pulled by a 1974 Vette!

You had to be the coolest!

 

[OldSchool]

15' Mitchell with a 115 Merc outboard.

I split that beeotch from the bow to the sterm by jumping wakes from the Wilson Liner (a tour boat out of DC):biggrinjester::biggrinjester:

 

[cosmic12]

We lived onthe river all my life, The Seneca, Part of the erie canal and my dad always had Century's with the Grey Marine Flat Heads. But my first personl boat was a 8ft plywood flat bottom hydro as it was called. You could by the plans out of Wooden Boat mag and build it for about $25.00 from 2 sheets of 4x8 marine plywood with a little wedge between them and a 2x6 transom, round the nose glass the edge's and you had a little river rocket with a Merc 10hp Lightning. But watch out for any waves bigger than 6 inch's. It was great fun for a 10 yr old kid.

 

[Tony]

60's something 12' Aerocraft took a few years of mowing @ 11. At 12 I tunred into a houseboat waxing mo-fo when I was offered a 6hp Brittish Seagull in exchange for waxing a 63' houseboat. I still have the motor for motivational purposes.





......And it still runs everytime I pull the rope.

 

[Flatlander1200]

1969 Speedliner 17' closed bow with a 190 hp omc i/o.

Spent a hell of a lot more money keeping it running that it was worth, but I learned alot!

 

[Davidmnc]

I'd be shocked if anyone knows of this one but,

1977 Mark Twain with a 70hp Merc OB. :blush5:

I used to get a swift 35mph out in the L.I. Sound

I know a guy with a 79 (I think) Mark Twain. It's a tank!:rofl:

 

[PARADOX]

I know a guy with a 79 (I think) Mark Twain. It's a tank!:rofl:

My Dad bought a Mark Twain around mid 80's. The boat was late 60's early 70's?. In line 6 Merc. with two carbs. He got if from Noah himself. About 2" thick fiberglass hull. Going to Lotto with my 21' Renken and his 20' MT. Around St. Luis he ripped off the bumper and hitch. We held the thing together with the chain from the tounge. (I always carry extra chains ever since.) The MT was a small carrier. About 50,000 pounds.. Dry.. :03:

 

[Activeshack]

1971 15' Steury tri-hull w/a 70 hp Johnson.

 

[Phantom1]

1989 20" Arriva (yeah, I know.....made by Bayliner - Fuk Youuke

It was a great first boat

 

[Davidmnc]

:cheers2: I lived on the North East Cape Fear river from 16yo. We had a 1973 13ft Boston Whaler with a 40hp merc. That thing was a BLAST. It’s really funny that BBB would fill his with water to clean it out. I did that all the time just to screw with my buddies!! I loved that boat!

The first boat I bought was a 1979 15ft Glastron GT. James Bond Baby!. I bought it out of a barn with no motor or interior for $500. I half azz put a floor in it and some cheap swivel seats. I picked up a 1983 Merc 70hp for it. We put it all together and took it out on the river and busted the lower unit in about 15 minutes! I found a 1985 75hp Merc with power trim and tilt (up grade!!) for it the next spring. It was squarely and really fun to drive. It felt like it was going 80, but it was about 45. Aren’t boats great!!

 

[Bobcat]

1989 19' dynasty cuddy with v-6 175 hp , took it to loto, and was pissed off at my buds for letting me take it(water through the split windshield so hard it knocked down my GF,stuffed at 13 mph) too small for the lake after ten am, was a cool boat overall.

 

[macjazzy]

1986 16' Four Wins, 135hp merc/alpha drive. Ran the He!! out of that boat. went through 3 engines, let one freeze (waited too long to winterize) blew the second one up jumping the same tour boat Old School was referring to, and just flat wore the last one out!

Used to take that boat from Woodbridge to DC for the fireworks, Crazy, wouldn't do that in my 33' boat now. It's a circus in DC for the fireworks every year!!!

 

[RACESDAD]

69 aristocraft

 

[Perlmudder]

we had 1975 chris craft tri hull at one point. it was sweet! then we had a 1998 18 foot bayliner ss with a 3.0 130hp. did about 45 on gps. i loved that boat, ran this crap outa it and it still looked awesome until the day we sold it. i think it had the nicest lines of any boat bayliner ever made.

 

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

69 aristocraft

and still in a hard top.

 

[MOSCARAB]

first real boat was a 69 Chis Craft Commander. Still had it until a few years ago when we had a huge ice/snow storm down at LOTO collapsed a dock on her and took it down. Quite a shame.

 

[pullmytrigger]

87 201 Liberator, 350 K Cobra in front of my old house...taken in 95.....ish

keep clicking on it....it'll get bigger

 

[clayinaustin]

My first boat was used aluminum 13-foot Feathercraft with a 50hp Merc outboard. It was the "big time" for a college student.

Including the trailer, it cost me $600. That's a tank of gas now!