My first boat

Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Try not to laugh too much circa 1972. This was a kit boat. I was 13 and made it all by myself. The lake is 1st lake, near Old Forge, NY. Part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes. The boat was fast!
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  • Glassguy54Glassguy54 Member Posts: 588 ✭✭✭
    My dad & I built a little boat years ago, it may have been around 1970. Marine ply, hydrofoil sort of design, 20 hp merc out board. Fond memories.
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,763 mod
    Looks like a lot of motor for a boat that size.  What's the hull material?  
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1/4 marine plywood
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  • trip_ntrip_n Member Posts: 747 ✭✭✭
    wait wait====handy imperso ==some people shouldn't own a boat
    ROFLMAO
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good one!
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey man that was the look back then. NBA. Hahaha hahaha . I was hot
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2018
    Fun, fond, memories. Bet Handy had a blast, Al was starting his carrier early. 
    My first was a 14 ft ti hull  Thundercraft 65 merc. We used lawn chairs for seats, because the originals were rotten. Not actual boat picture but similar.
    Had second memory, I bought the boat for $650, used it one summer, the water pump went out, sold it for $650. If only I had quit then I would be a rich man now. LOL

    thunder craft 1600 obo - 1600 Coal center
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  • 69fastback69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭
    Handymans342 said:
    Try not to laugh too much circa 1972. This was a kit boat. I was 13 and made it all by myself. The lake is 1st lake, near Old Forge, NY. Part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes. The boat was fast!
    How many batteries did it have?
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    69fastback said:
    Handymans342 said:
    Try not to laugh too much circa 1972. This was a kit boat. I was 13 and made it all by myself. The lake is 1st lake, near Old Forge, NY. Part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes. The boat was fast!
    How many batteries did it have?
    ZERO lol
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    shawnmjr said:
    What don’t you want us laughing at? The boat, the hair, the shorts, or the socks? And you drove a gasser 
    Still wear shorts like too!
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,507 admin
    Handymans342 said:
    shawnmjr said:
    What don’t you want us laughing at? The boat, the hair, the shorts, or the socks? And you drove a gasser 
    Still wear shorts like too!
    Your a regular fashion plate..........NOT!!!!!!!!!! lol
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,763 mod
    My boating experiences before 1998 were a disaster.  They always involved poorly maintained boats, breakdowns, clueless captains and other tragedies. 

    Example:  On my friend's crappy sailboat, the tiller broke off.  I spent an hour hanging off the stern, holding the rudder with both hands while the captain yelled commands to his "human tiller."  

    Example:  On another friend's Hobie cat, my sling seat broke off, sending me overboard and capsizing the boat.  By the time we righted the boat, the wind had pushed us under a narrow bridge.  With the wind, the captain could not get the boat back under the bridge.  After trying over and over for an hour, we finally made it -- but a guy fell overboard.  In the ensuing chaos, we drifted back under the bridge.  We had to hitchhike back to the marina and get the captain's trailer.  

    When I finally did get my own first boat (Maxum 2400 SCR, fantastic boat!), I vowed never to be "that guy," and that's why I'm so particular about maintenance!
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  • MarkBMarkB Member Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How fast did it go?

    Boat Name: King Kong

    "Boat + Water = Fun"

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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MarkB said:
    How fast did it go?
    Mine went about 20 until it plowed a wave LOL
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