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Old boat no longer have it...saying is true 2 happiest days of boat ownership...day I bought it and day i sold it. 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 . . .
Someday I hope to be the person my dogs think I am . . . The only true cost of having a dog is its death. Someone once said "a nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." Shiloh Sharps . . . there is no substitute. NRA Endowment Member
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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
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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
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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".
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1976 Lavro, but still floating.
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I dont have a picture of my boat!
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Old boat no longer have it...saying is true 2 happiest days of boat ownership...day I bought it and day i sold it 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
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How bout a fish caught out of my boat?
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1minute, what kind of driftboat is that? Beautiful setting! Looks like Idaho. John
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Glacier John, was that pic with the swan taken at Freezeout?
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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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.
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18' Crownline bowrider that i owned for a few years,..220 Mercruiser.
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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!
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Glacier John, was that pic with the swan taken at Freezeout? 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
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Descutes in north central Oregon. Great trout and summer steenhead fishery.
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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.
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16x8 Ronnies hull, 454 about to be swapped for a full roller 496 at 615 hp. Figured you would put that up. Too cool.
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Was wondering when you were gonna put that up.
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