Boataholic? boat addiction?

[MH Hawker]

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Raises my hand, yep I have been addicted for many years and have no intentions of stopping.

And as you can see just because its winterized dost mean I cant visit every now and then.

 

[foodfisher]

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History repeats itself! We're just prepped for the next big flood.

 

[coolbri70]

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hard to get anything done looking at boats on the computer all day, got a motor for xmas and looking for a jon boat to put it onmaybe a little hydroplane, they look like fun, footitis,boats starting at 27' then 18' now looking for 14' maybe 10'. is this the normal def of footitis

 

[tazrig]

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Yep...you have been bitten :facepalm: Iboats is the AAA of what you have [/QUOTE]

go ahead and say it with me you'll feel better... "Hi, my names (your name) and I'm a Boataholic." See that wasn't so bad was it?? :laugh:

And remember relapsing is just part of the "recovery process"!

 

[coolbri70]

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so im passed denial, acceptance, turn self over to a higher power, and i think it's telling me to get another boat:facepalm:

 

[coolbri70]

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hi, my name is Brian and i'm a boataholic. at work yesterday i was stareing into my smartphone as usual, the guys insinuated that i was looking at naked women, i replied looking at boats, sure they say, so i showed them this mohawk tinnie i was drooling over, they didn't get it

 

[LippCJ7]

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Yeah I am an addict, I have the sound of my 454 as my phones ringtone, gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling....

 

[coolbri70]

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i was supposed to go to the store, been looking at boats, it is allmost 1 am, nothing for breakfast, going to wallyworld, to get food, hope i don't get lost in the boaty stuff

 

[tazrig]

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so im passed denial, acceptance, turn self over to a higher power, and i think it's telling me to get another boat:facepalm:

Always listen to the higher power. If (the higher power) it didn't want you looking at boats to buy it wouldn't have given your cell phone reception... never forget that!

 

[tazrig]

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i was supposed to go to the store, been looking at boats, it is allmost 1 am, nothing for breakfast, going to wallyworld, to get food, hope i don't get lost in the boaty stuff

Just remember it's all part of your recovery.

 

[coolbri70]

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so i bought thisView attachment 179355 she complained but let me live, then now i see this beautiful 2 hp evinrude, kinda matches my 85hp:blue: i must resist, i dare not even bring it up, she would not be amused, and i can hear me now "but baby, this ones different" i need help

 

[MH Hawker]

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Some thing I do that helps get me through the winter is to go for a drive on a rural road and set the cruz control as low as it will go, put some nice tunes on and just cruz out for awhile. its sort of like boating

 

[chriscraft254]

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This thread cracks me up! lol Its really not an addiction until you have moved out the furniture and started to bring parts into your home to restore over winter so they will be ready for spring. Don't ask how I know. The fiberglass fumes can get pretty bad. also the dust.:facepalm:

 

[evinice66]

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i currently have 2 boats and my girl said she would be ok with a 3rd, i need a medium sized boat, each boat has a different application, in order to save the most gas, i would actually recommend having 3 boats. if you only have one big boat, over the course of a couple years you could literally spend thousands and thousands on gas... meaning that a medium sized boat would be basically free! then if you have a smaller boat, that will save more gas than the medium boat, being the boat you can take anywhere on longer trips and such.

so if people are telling you that you only need one boat, and that you have an addiction to your boat, then really all they are saying is that THEY ARE NOT PITCHING IN FOR GAS,.... only take them on the little boat

 

[64osby]

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CoolBri - Great thread and I'm right there with you.

I have 2 nice Tinny boats, a 14' fishing boat and a 21' CC family boat, also have 7 or 8 outboards. Less than 3K invested all totaled, but a bit of sweat equity.

Everyday I'm checking CL for another great deal. My wife has learned to just give me that look any time I show her another boat. Love boats and working on them, I have many small projects lined up on the boats when it warms up a little, can't wait to get on the water in April or May. Until then I'll keep looking around for another great deal and posting here. Yes, I stay up too late looking at threads.

Just today I sold my trailer and some hardware off a FG boat that was no longer water safe. Used that boat for 8 years and have made more money parting it out than what I paid for it. I was hoping to keep the trailer for my next project but he paid top dollar for a nice Gator trailer. So now I'll be looking for a boat with a trailer.

You know there are much worse addictions.

 

[coolbri70]

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i am allmost allways looking at or thinking about boats, except lately also looking at trucks too, but thats just for towing boats, so even thats boat related:facepalm: and the wife give me some look earlier this week as we were on the way to my bro in law's funeral in Ohio and i kept pointing out all these great places to build dams for boating lakes, then i saw the Ohio river

 

[DayCruiser]

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I am starting to get boating fever. Usually go boating in March around here. We haven't been able to go boating since September because of low water levels. Waters back up some, so March is looking good if warm weather is on time. Been a relatively mild winter so far.

 

[coolbri70]

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Wish i had some money for all these deals i been seeing, and a huge barn with rafters from which i could hang boats, a large rack for outboards and a nice testing tank waterfront even better:joyous: a man can dream can't he:facepalm:

 

[coolbri70]

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was thinking of calling in sick to go boating tomorrow, but i have no gas money, then i thought i get paid tomorrow,:facepalm: doh, not if i call in :doh: talk about a hole in my plan :rain: on my parade

 

[coolbri70]

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so i spent the day boating, it was nice, i just checked the weather for tomorrow, supposed to be nicer, mid 60s i have no gas left and short money i need to hustle up some boating money:watermelon: pleeze send donations to:violin:, "help coolbri go boating" accepting cash and gas cards, :help: