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True statement . . .

Still have this one . . . '76 18' Mark Twain bow rider, I/O inline 6 and 165 hp Mercruiser. All original except the battery.

Anyone wanna buy it? . . . Seriously . . .

This is the boat that got me started on boats. She's a 90' Alden Schooner that I crewed on in my summers 1965 and 66. The Salee was built in Boothbay Maine in 1927.


Then I owned Kahili from 1976 to 1993. She is a Lapworth designed 1971 Cal 33, hull #3. I sailed her down the west coast of Baja, into the Sea of Cortez then mainland Mexico 76-spring 77, then across to Hawaii from Mazatlan. I ran her as a charter boat on week long interislan cruises from 77 to 81, then took a year off to sail her down to Tahiti and all around the Society Islands and Tuamotos, then day chartered her from 82 till I sold her in 93.

Here she is in her home slip in Manele Bay, Lanai, Hawaii...



This is the Devlin designs "Cackler" duck boat I built from Devlin's plans, Okume plywood, fiberglass and epoxy resin...


I also have a Slide-Rite driftboat and 18' Kevlar Winona Canoe.

Here's the Slide-Rite...


I love boats!

john

The only one Katrina didn't get was my 21 foot Wahoo, and I sold that last year. I am boat free except for a couple of pirogues. And couldn't be happier.

because I still have lots of friends with boats

My Daughter & I, she's a big reader! I always wanted some sort of center console sport/fishing boat. Being thrifty I bought a $39 16' trihull/trailer Ebay doner hull. Replaced transome, stringer, deck wood. Also enhanced gunnels and other structural areas w/wood and fiberglass. Built center console and helm seat, etc, impregnated all wood with CPES and thinned epoxy. Added a Merc. 50 and away I went. I have an Auto Pilot Minnkota bow mount that goes on this spring.
I call her "The Lauren James" after my kids. But she is also known as the "Skanky Beast".

1976 Lavro, but still floating.

I dont have a picture of my boat!

I never understood that old saying. Yeah, boats are work, they require a lot of maintenance to keep them in shape, but I loved every minute I spent aboard any of my boats. If I won the lottery I would track down, buy and restore both the Kahili and Salee, just because... I practically cried the day I sold Kahili after moving to Montana the year before and realized I couldn't take care of her long distance.

John

How bout a fish caught out of my boat?

1minute, what kind of driftboat is that? Beautiful setting! Looks like Idaho.

John

Glacier John, was that pic with the swan taken at Freezeout?

I almost bought a bigtime boat last year, a 40' Fountain.....I chickened out and am glad I did though one day I will own one but figured it would be wiser to build a nicer house first.

I own 2 boats and they are both paid off.

18' Crownline bowrider that i owned for a few years,..220 Mercruiser.

A couple of plastic 12 foot recreational kayaks is all anymore.

Sold the San Juan 24' sailboat when I left Washington State and have no desire to own a boat I don't put on a trailer or put on the truck again!

Yep, good eye. I see you live in Choteau. I would love to have a place over there. What a great town and part of Montana. We stay in the Big Sky Motel when we hunt Freeze out once or twice a year.

John

Descutes in north central Oregon. Great trout and summer steenhead fishery.

The first really big trout I caught in my life was on the Deschutes back in summer of 69. It was a really fat 24" rainbow on a streamer and 7wt Silaflex fiberglass flyrod. Come to think of it, that fish could still be my personal record trout.

Figured you would put that up. Too cool.

Was wondering when you were gonna put that up.