Boataholic? boat addiction?

[JoLin]

Re: Boataholic? boat addiction?

JoLin....I think it's time for an intervention

It's been tried. The 'interveners' ended up in fetal positions on the floor, reduced to tears. I threw some drinks in the cooler and went for a cruise...

 

[coolbri70]

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as of last night i have been banned from using the b word, tried to joke about it when she asked what i was up to, replying looking at floaty things you ride on she gave me dirty look:facepalm:

 

[Tail_Gunner]

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as of last night i have been banned from using the b word, tried to joke about it when she asked what i was up to, replying looking at floaty things you ride on she gave me dirty look:facepalm:

You must learn to differentiate between a boat and a woman...Countless input love and affection is required with one big difference...Boat's do not talk back no matter what you do to them...Hmm and they dont remeber big thing there...

 

[soggy_feet]

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When two footitus IE the need for a bigger boat sets in, just go way bigger the first time it will save you a ton of money. The last stage is a houseboat so you can just live where you play. This is a very contagious disease. Thankfully my wife caught it to so we are still married, but she wants more boats than I do> Is this normal?

Hate to break it to ya, but I STARTED with a houseboat - 38ft. Live on it as many months a year as I can, rent a room somewhere in the months that I cant.

Two Footitus turns into Ten Footitus. I want to move up to a old tug or something and convert it to liveaboard.

 

[coolbri70]

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Ok so I admited I have a problem, have given self to higher power yet here I am iboating I should be sleeping for work. I think I need a sponsor or something

 

[coolbri70]

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hinting around that it would be nice to have a boat for more shallow places, something smaller and easy to manage, that i can take to these hp restricted local lakes. to my suprise the admiral replied "thats a good idea" so i will be getting a john type boat, over the winter sometime when the right deal comes along. have no experience with john boats, are they better with the square bow or v/semi v? i want to go shallow is a flat bottom better than a rounded one? how sturdy are the tin hulls compared to f/g or plastic/pvc?

 

[nwcove]

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One boat is ok. any more than that and you have serious problems

what about 1 boat and 21 motors?? ( most modern motor of the group is a 1982)

 

[catfish58]

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I don't have a problem. I just spend all my time at work surfing Iboats.

 

[slate1234]

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well guys i just come out of rehab, started a 12 step program got to step five, got a 3m sib 6hp johnson,4.5hp mercury,and a broken 7.5hp mercury that I will get running and aint had a drink in six months and never been so happy and this site just rocks ,,,,keep it up all of you
Paul

 

[DayCruiser]

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I have 2 boats. Ok, not high dollar boats but both run like a dream thanks to I boats and lots of cash and maintenance and more cash ... I still check out the boats for sale section in Craigs list every single day looking for a 3rd boat. I especially like the picture ads But I live under the threat of being Torpedoed by the Admiral if any more boats show up
So I too feel your pain. I just like riding, maintaining, polishing, staring at, sitting in and listening to the boats motors and looking at the water shimmering in the Sun light. I wouldn't mind living on a boat one day

 

[JB]

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Oops. My error. Sorry,guys. :redface:

 

[saumon]

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Does driving 3600kms in three day to pick up my last boat (a 17') a tad over 1100 miles from home make me part of the club?

 

[coolbri70]

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so i have the day off, the little woman is off to work, im sposed to go grocery shopping, the river has been calling me but i have no boat gas, however there is some grocery money an im not feelin too hungry:facepalm: how to control these urges i can hear it now she probably use my middle name on me

 

[coolbri70]

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well i managed to make it to the store and not go boating but i was close

 

[aspeck]

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Don't know why you didn't do both ... Find some deals shopping so you had cash left over to boat a little. :facepalm:

 

[bekosh]

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Let's see. Step one, you bought a boat. Step two, you repaired/rebuilt a boat, and now Step three, you are looking for a second boat. Only one more step to go.

You haven't lived until you've seen the look on your wife's face when you show up with a pile of glass cloth, resin and plywood and tell her that you are going to build your own boat. Priceless!:facepalm:

 

[coolbri70]

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Let's see. Step one, you bought a boat. Step two, you repaired/rebuilt a boat, and now Step three, you are looking for a second boat. Only one more step to go.

You haven't lived until you've seen the look on your wife's face when you show up with a pile of glass cloth, resin and plywood and tell her that you are going to build your own boat. Priceless!:facepalm:

i admit this has crossed my mind:facepalm:

 

[catfish58]

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Does driving 3600kms in three day to pick up my last boat (a 17') a tad over 1100 miles from home make me part of the club?

Yep.

 

[cgibbo308]

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its only an addiction if you are TRYING to, or want to stop

mmm i maybe in the club.. they are digging up my street for a new sewer line. it was time to give her a good run while i check all systems.
then kicked back sitting in the boat on my camping chair with some jimmy barnes and ac-dc up full blast on the stereo as i watched the workers work

 

[coolbri70]

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still having issues, allways on iboats or craiglist or ebay looking at boats, i got permission from the admiral to get a kicker and i have looked at couple small omc/jonny/rude but i'm holding out, till i find one attached to a john boat that i will have to take, i can say, but baby, it came with the motor