Is it over????
01-24-2010, 09:36 AM
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Growing up and living in Louisiana boating is a part of life. I bought my first speed boat when I was 18, a Switzer shooting star. From there I was a total Miami Vice fanatic. I owmed a Stryker, a Scarab and a Sonic among many other unmentionables.
I`m 44 years old and I just dont find the the passion I lived with all my life for boats and boating.
Is it just me? Boating has changed so much. My friends and I were such an elite club and I was always so proud of my boat because it was so unique. Now days, everybody and their brother has a boat that we would have givin our eye teeth for. Most of these boat owners are young folks that got into the "club" just by financial circumstance and dont have the appreciation for both the life style and love of the machinery.
Anyway, I just thought that someone would have something clever to say that re spark my interest.
I`m 44 years old and I just dont find the the passion I lived with all my life for boats and boating.
Is it just me? Boating has changed so much. My friends and I were such an elite club and I was always so proud of my boat because it was so unique. Now days, everybody and their brother has a boat that we would have givin our eye teeth for. Most of these boat owners are young folks that got into the "club" just by financial circumstance and dont have the appreciation for both the life style and love of the machinery.
Anyway, I just thought that someone would have something clever to say that re spark my interest.
Seriously though, I wonder if there is something else going in your life to make you ponder your desire to be on the water. I too grew up on the water and have a desire to be ON it, that I'm pretty darn sure will never leave me. What may change will be my desire to enjoy THIS sport of high dollar, high performance boating. That thought has crossed my mind. But, there will always be another boat in my future...until I'm 6 feet under!
But why do look down on younger folks who have the same passion for being on the water? Our boat club is loaded with them. Most are hard working folk like mentioned above. The others, well, there are plenty other places to hang out. And we know they can rarely keep up.
01-24-2010, 09:55 AM
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Will it start with a S or a M
01-24-2010, 09:59 AM
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i agree Pete PM me some info on your lot
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01-24-2010, 09:59 AM
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I couldn't agree more, I grew up on the river we had a camp at the mouth Blind River and Maurepas, we would put in at Vals god that was the early 70's, I have ran everything on the river from a 14' aluminum boat, which I had to JB weld the rivits before each outing so I didn't sink. I am just as happy on the river in a 14' or a 50', yes there are always bigger and badder on the water, but I go out there for me, not to impress all the little trust funds roid heads, they just thik its about getting drunk and showing off for the hot little pieces of river azz out there, I just hope they don't ruin it for all the true boaters, I actually prefer to go out during the week or in the winter months, hardly anyone out there and you can just enjoy the beauty of our lakes and rivers...
01-24-2010, 10:01 AM
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Well let's face it, most of these new high dollor rig's are gotten by people that have far more than what the average guy can afford. That is nothing new.
Performance boaters on a budget probably have always looked at the older boats because that is all they could afford. As such you had to put your sweat and blood into getting it back into shape and making it your own.
I may not be as old as some others, but I have been around these types of boats almost all my life. There has always been the group that had the new boat and about the only thing they knew how to do was turn the key and push the throttle. The boat was more of a status symbol to show how much money they had. Alot of them were total ass hats but not all, some of them were pretty cool people.
Then there was your people that would roll up in the old cig half torn apart pulled by an old ford. Those guys were mostly down to earth just happy to be out boating. They knew that someday they would get that old back into shape. But you still had your guys that would act like they were god or something because they had a big boat.
Performance boaters on a budget probably have always looked at the older boats because that is all they could afford. As such you had to put your sweat and blood into getting it back into shape and making it your own.
I may not be as old as some others, but I have been around these types of boats almost all my life. There has always been the group that had the new boat and about the only thing they knew how to do was turn the key and push the throttle. The boat was more of a status symbol to show how much money they had. Alot of them were total ass hats but not all, some of them were pretty cool people.
Then there was your people that would roll up in the old cig half torn apart pulled by an old ford. Those guys were mostly down to earth just happy to be out boating. They knew that someday they would get that old back into shape. But you still had your guys that would act like they were god or something because they had a big boat.
01-24-2010, 11:00 AM
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