How Many Boats Have You Owned

[skiyaker]

my current OBV is the first boat I've owned myself- prior to that I freeloaded off my dad and so now it's my time to repay him for all the time and money he put into boating for me.

I'm going to see if I can find pictures of the boats he's owned. He started off with a wooden boat that his buddies and he purchased in college and used to ski on the Ohio River in the 60s; My uncle was in school for chemistry so he put together a concoction to try to strip the boat so they could refinish it. The story goes that it did nothing to strip the boat but completely destroyed the driveway where they were working on it.

The first boat we had when I was a kid was a yellow 16.5' arrowglass with a 70 hp Johnson. It had black vinyl interior that would roast your rump in the summer. I can remember it being a big deal when the motor burned out a piston and we upgraded to an 88 hp johnson. After that he upgraded to an 18.5' aluminum sylvan fish and ski, then a 20' sylvan fish and ski, then a bass tracker party deck 21 deck boat and then I got my moomba.

[skiyaker]

sweet I found some pics; included is the 1988 yamaha wave jammer we used to have. In the boat launching pic that's my dad pouring perfectly good bourbon on the boat before the maiden voyage.

[rc5695]

sweet I found some pics; included is the 1988 yamaha wave jammer we used to have. In the boat launching pic that's my dad pouring perfectly good bourbon on the boat before the maiden voyage.

Cool old pics. Thanks for sharing!