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10-11-2011, 02:34 PM
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Site Team
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Location: Virginia`s Eastern Shore
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All boat owners please report
Do you own any boats? If so let`s hear about `em weather they are an 8' dinghy, or a 1000 ft ocean liner!
I have a 2006 23' C-Hawk custom built for commercial fishing with a 115 HP 4 stroke Yamaha outboard motor, currently 3822 hrs on the clock. This is now my everyday work boat.
Also a 1980 Privateer 20' boat built for commercial fishing with a 90 HP Yamaha 2 stroke outboard motor with around 5000 hrs on the motor. I bought this one new right out of high school and used it hard for 25 yrs until I ordered the new one 5 yrs ago. Still use it for ferry duty and as a backup. Still solid as a rock.
Both boats were built in North Carolina.
A 10' Intex 4 inflatable boat with a Minnkota trolling motor, just got this one last Spring for exploring rivers and such while camping, I can deflate it and store it in the truck while traveling.
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2018 Ford F250 Super Duty 6.2l CCSB
2010 Jayflight 28BHS (sold)
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10-11-2011, 07:45 PM
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Location: SW Ontario
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Ahhh, boats......I've been on board boats of many descriptions since before I could walk, mostly on Lake Huron, one of the great lakes. During the 1980's my passion was an 18 foot catamaran sailboat. I have to say, I'm partial to sailboats. Something about harnessing the wind.....the stronger it blows, the more power you have to cut through the waves.....to a point. Nothing like trapezing over the side when it's blowing 30 knots! I have sailed that catamaran on all 5 of the great lakes, often times in a regatta (racing) which I've been known to bring home a trophy from time to time. Sadly, I'm down to just a 16 foot canoe right now, but it brings its' own pleasures.
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2013 Jayco Eagle 31.5RLDS
2018 Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
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10-11-2011, 09:21 PM
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Location: North Idaho/Arizona
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We have a 12ft Weld aluminum boat with a wide bottom and deep sides. Power by 8hp Honda and Minkota electric. Hopefully the little Honda will grow up next summer and become a 15 or 20 horse motor with forward controlls.
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2011 Eagle 330RLTS with just about every option.
2017 Silverado 1500 4x4 5.3 with tow package. (no, we don't tow the Jayco with it.)
2018 Surveyor 265RLDS well equipped.
Life in the slow lane is still life.
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10-11-2011, 09:47 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Calif.
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We have an 11' inflatable with a Tohatsu 6 hp 4 stroke & a Minn Kota trolling motor.
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Ernie
Cancer survivor, retired, living life to its fullest with my lovely wife Nancy and our dog Abbey.
2011 Eagle 330RLTS trailer
Reese straight line dual cam
17k wd hitch
2005 GMC diesel
Crew cab long bed
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10-16-2011, 05:55 PM
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Location: SW Ontario
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Here's a small taste of catamaran racing. Makes me want to buy another boat!
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2018 Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
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10-16-2011, 06:52 PM
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Location: North Idaho/Arizona
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BOAT= bring out another thousand. I'll just keep my little fishing boat.
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2011 Eagle 330RLTS with just about every option.
2017 Silverado 1500 4x4 5.3 with tow package. (no, we don't tow the Jayco with it.)
2018 Surveyor 265RLDS well equipped.
Life in the slow lane is still life.
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10-17-2011, 02:17 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sewanee, TN
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Wife says only one toy at a time. I sold my 21 foot cuddy cabin to get my fiver. I can only tow one or the other, Florida does not allow double towing like they do out West.
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Richard and Laura Ray
Amateur Radio W4RLR
"The Green Goblin" 2008 F-250 Lariat CC SB, 6.4 liter automatic, 4x4"Love Shack" 1995 Jayco Eagle 277 RBSS fifth-wheel
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10-17-2011, 09:16 AM
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Location: SW Ontario
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As much as I cherish the fun I had sailing the 18 foot catamaran, those days are likely over. I now only crew for a friend from time to time. Here is some background info, for those who are wondering. The catamaran purchase price was $6,500 new, never had to buy any gas for it, almost zero maintanace cost, and when I sold it twelve years later, easily got $4,800 for it. The least expensive fun I've ever had. For towing, if a person wanted to, the catamaran hulls easily come apart to carry roof-top like a canoe, and the mast would lay along side the hulls, or along the RV roof. I've seen it done, but not tried it myself. Sailing regattas are a combination of camping and sailing, a good social weekend. We are spoiled here, being so close to the great lakes.
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2013 Jayco Eagle 31.5RLDS
2018 Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
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10-17-2011, 04:26 PM
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Location: Coastal New Jersey
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My SIL and I share ownership of a 2003 25 ft Steigercraft Chesapeake Miami model.... 225 Mercury EFI 2 stroke, Lowrance LCX-20 GPS/Fishfinder, Icom VHF radio... We bought the boat new in 2003.... like to fish and crab Barnegat Bay and fish the ocean....
Joe
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2008 GreyHawk 31SS
2008 Ford Edge FWD Toad
BlueOx Aventa LX Tow Bar
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10-19-2011, 08:50 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Billings
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I have a 2007 Lund Pro Sport 1700 with a 115HP Merc 2-stoke and a 8HP Yamaha 4 stroke Kicker, and a 85 Lb electric troller on the front, dual fish finders, dual live wells. The ride of a Lund boat is hard to beat. The ITS hull design allows you to cut through the waves at a very fast clip. Great fishing boat and you can still ski with it.
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Guy
2011 Jayco Eagle Super Lite Ht 265RKS
Reese Revolution Hitch
2003 F250 Super Crew Power Stroke 4x4
2014 Lund 1800 Tyee 175 Merc Verado 9.9 Pro Kicker
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10-20-2011, 04:11 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Maplesville - Home Base
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I have a 1999 Sea Ray 190 that I bought new. It has a 5.0L EFI V8 and 240 hp. Runs great. I spent most of this past summer while hosting in Florida as captain of a 40 passenger shuttle boat. It was fun and not bad for retirement income. I will most likely do this again in 2012.
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Ed
KM4STL
2006 GMC 2500HD CCSB 4x4 Duramax/Allison, Titan 52 gallon fuel tank, Prodigy Controller, B&W Companion Hitch
2010 Jayco Designer 35RLTS, Cummins/Onan RV QG 5500 EVAP, Progressive Industries EMS-PT50X, TST Systems 507 TPMS, RV Flex Armor Roof
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10-24-2011, 06:31 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
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1990 4 Winns 20 ft Horizon Bow Rider with 260 HP Mercruiser. We use it for skiing, tubing, fishing, crabbing and anything else on the water. It was actually boating that drew us to the RV scene. I sincerly beleive my Grand Daughters would still talk to me if I got rid of the boat.
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