urn8onpeta
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- May 13, 2006
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Hello Everyone,<br /><br />I have been lurking around here since the beginning of Jan. I love this site, the members offer alot of knowledge and alot of laughs.<br /><br />Up until the age of 14 I was always around boats, my mom and her husband always had them, and them memories are some of the fondest memories of my childhood, but I left my moms house at the age of 14 and havn't been near a boat since.<br /><br />From a very very young age, I remember taking the helm of some of my moms boats, but I had never launched or recovered any of there boats.<br /><br />Now that I have young children of my own ages 8 & 6 I really wanted my kids to experience boating and hopefully build memories similiar to mine, so in Jan. I went out and purched a starter boat for my family.<br /><br />Its a 2000 Glastron SX 175. The sellers let me nit pick the boat as well as lake test the boat.<br />After checking everything out and lake testing the boat, I paid for it in full (so that its more fun)<br /><br />Everyone that I know personally that has experience with the boat loves it and they all say that I got a great deal, some even say that I stole it from the seller. LOL<br /><br />Anyway I just wanted to thank all the posters here for there wealth of knowledge.<br /><br />I have learned alot, the most important thing that I have learned that I was totally unaware of is ramp etiquette.<br /><br />I cant thank you folks enough, after learning the importance of ramp etiquette I then began to research how others launch and recover on there own, from there I also learned alot.<br /><br />The 1st time out I took one of my best friends out who has alot of boating experience and he was immense help, he too taught me alot.<br /><br />Since then I have been solo.<br /><br />The 2nd time out was rough (for me) hilarious for others I'm sure.<br /><br />3rd time out was alot better.<br /><br />On my 5th time taking it out, my dad meet me at the lake after I had already been underway for awhile, when it was time to trailer the boat, I dropped him and the kids off at the dock, he took the kids to the restroom, by the time he came back from the restroom with the kids I was just latching the boat onto the trailer and he got to see me load it on my own.<br /><br />His Exact words were "you already have that down to a art dont ya"<br /><br />It made me feel good.<br /><br />And this is gonna sound crazy, but the last 2 times I have had the boat out, I have been able to launch and recover the boat on my own faster than alot of people I see who have help.<br /><br />Thanks iboats, I couldnt have done it without all of your hints and tips.<br /><br />(Sorry for the long winded post)
