View Poll Results: what type of boat would you want if you could have any
sailboat
5
6.76%
speed boat
15
20.27%
Jet ski
1
1.35%
house boat
4
5.41%
paddle boat
1
1.35%
crusier
10
13.51%
yaught
6
8.11%
other
18
24.32%
don't want a boat would rather spend time/money on truck
14
18.92%
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Thoughts on boats
Junior User
Joined: May 2006
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From: Borensberg, Sweden
I voted speedboat but could have gone the other way too I guess. I am into classic boats from the wooden boat era. Stuff like Chris Craft, Hackercraft, Century, etc. But I also like the early type fiberglass boats like Glastron. I work on my free time on a boat museum for motorboats here in Sweden. Some day I will go to the show for classic boats at Lake Tahoe.
This summer I will try to get an aluminum race boat built in 1938 ready for some action. Built here in Sweden and did a couple of runs in 1938 at speeds around 44 knots. I will put a Chrysler Marine 6-cyl engine in it and see if I can make go any faster. / Hans
This summer I will try to get an aluminum race boat built in 1938 ready for some action. Built here in Sweden and did a couple of runs in 1938 at speeds around 44 knots. I will put a Chrysler Marine 6-cyl engine in it and see if I can make go any faster. / Hans
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Post Fiend
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: "Islander"
There are a lot of Folk Boats sailing in San Francisco bay, Svendsen's Boat Works (Alameda) built "phoney Folk Boats" out of fiberglass in the early 70's.
Bob Johnson the fiberglass genius made a mold from a wooden hull to reproduce them, faster than wood hulls.
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Bob Johnson the fiberglass genius made a mold from a wooden hull to reproduce them, faster than wood hulls.
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Postmaster
Joined: Jun 2006
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Originally Posted by jake00
no hull warrenty?
What did the epa charge ya for that?
What did the epa charge ya for that?
Beemer Nut had one and so did I. Just so long ago I can hardly remember it.
Senior User
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 115
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From: Independence, MO
I chose "other" because I too would just want a fishing boat -- just something small and simple like a 16' aluminum V-hull. I like being able to get in shallow or beach it almost anywhere. With something like a 40 horse engine you can ski behind it too.
Of course if I could just HAVE any boat I'd take the yacht, and then sell it.
Of course if I could just HAVE any boat I'd take the yacht, and then sell it.
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