i will start with mine...1990 20' Grady White Overnighter...me and my dad have put a lot of work into this boat..started with a '89 evinrude 150 and it died on us while we were in the keys last year so now we have a 150 yamaha HPDI and love it

in the florida keys..


in mount pleasant, sc

i'll probably have a sailboat in 2 years.

ooooh, yea I'll get some more pics up manana when I get a new memory card.


Harris man sick boat. Way to go with yamaha, they're hard to beat.


Our newest:



My dad's old Scopinich, now has the Scout 350:



My Contender before I bought it. Got it repainted since and added all kinds of goodies:




My brother's Contender, now gone (sold)



My brother's and I got this a few years ago. Yamaha SX230 w/ Twin Jets. Sick Boat.



Boats are where it's at man!

The only full shot i have of my baby (this picture is several years old and she is quite different now ) don't pay any attention to the missing windshield i've got a nicer stereo in the boat than i do the tahoe

That thing throw up a big wake?

Actually my uncle just traded this one (42' MTI) on a new Nor-Tech 4400 Supercat Roadster, but no pics yet.

sweeeet

not until i fill the sacks with about 1500lbs of ballast

Nice boats everyone.


Canadian_Z71 - Love that MTI..... That new Nor-Tech should be hot too.

Here's my brother and I last summer.... We're on the left ( 30' Skater) , and our are buddies on the right.
http://photos.torquephotographic.com/p/ropa_2008/img_521429

Another one....
http://photos.torquephotographic.com/p/ropa_2008/img_545959

[attachmentid=9248]my four winn. 5.7 volvo penta. bottom half of that engine is the same one in the obs.. also my truck

With all those boats you think you could spare me one! Center console is fine with me! I don't want to be greedy! lol

they all look sweet

yea we're all big boaters in my family. There are a few more that I don't have pics of right now, but hey man, my Contender is for sale if you want it! I really want to sell it asap.


SC, that Four Winns is sick, those are great boats.

and damn Andrew, 1500lbs?? The hull looks pretty shallow, I guess it doesn't draw much.

Any updated pics with the new paint and goodies?

Yea, as soon as it comes back from the dealer (I'm having them do their "Winter Maintenance Special" on it. Still looks the same, just got the black rub rail replaced with a white ones so it's all white, and added the nav/radar and lights all around. And bigger outboards, those were the 250's in those pics.

well, i wouldn't wanna take her off shore, but as long as u stay alert it isn't much of a problem...... i just put on a new prop and it is a HOSS! i'm gonna have to print off a "not responsible for whiplash" waiver for all passengers to sign

Bringing some rastas to the beach





The newest member

brian, u were very close to being pirated!

YARRRRR- THE band is awesome there on itunes - search "Scholars word " I had to take them from my house to fire island (AND no its not gay island which everyone thinks it is but it isnt) to play a show.

why are there so many full beers??????

and gumby im jealous of that stand up, never had the chance to ride one but i know it has to be a blast

up at my lake house we have a pos pontoon boat and my uncle has a chapparal. oh and a huge water tricycle

rest of the fleet -

1986 1990 vintage skis and then the couch

Anyone wanna buy mine?

hahaha, well there was 4 of us that day. We started headin offshore at 7:00 AM with 2 cases of bud light, that picture was at the dock at around 6:00 PM, we did pretty well. But dont worry, those beers went back in the cooler with a bunch of dead fish and were enjoyed the following day.

Note all the dried blood. Once we were all several beers deep, we "all of a sudden" had an "urge" to gaff every freakin fish fish we got to the boat, I mean every fish, and we did damn well that day haha.


oh, and Chapparal are AWESOME. Especially the newer years. And, gumby, that standup... I love those.

yeah i love the stand ups - I learned on a 1990 650 which had tons of aftermarket parts on it - still have it - decided to look for a sxr if there was a good deal i would buy one- So pretty much got a 2004 sxr with maybe 10 hrs on if that only fresh water use for stupid cheap.


in the flats that we ride this was 2 weeks ago

Sick.

Are those the E-Techs on the Triton? I test drove a Cape Horn 36 with the E-Techs and I must say, although I'm a huge Yamaha fan, those engines were AWESOME.

nope right before they came out with the etechs - etechs have some serious power tho!

Boat does about 50 mph with those 2 200s on it

yea that's not bad at all. Throw some Yam F350's on there with better props and she will fly.

Verados! haha

pops wants to trade her in for something with a cabin - like a northcoast or an albin. My mom doesnt care for the center console that much.

eww, mercs?

Well then here's the boat for you. Cabin and a badass fishing boat in one. And it comes with Mercs.

http://www.yellowfinyachts.com/42_yellowfin.htm

http://www.northcoastboats.com/boat-28ft-express.html

something like this

Nice, that's a lot of boat in 28'.

OBX - MERCS RULE!
We run twin Merc Racing OptiMax 300's on a 30' Skater = 105+ MPH!!!!
(Admittedly, it's not too good for fishing though ) Ha-ha-ha.

Alright, I'll give you that. I know some of the APBA team drivers and in those boats, Mercs do what they need em to. Our neighbor in Sarasota has an Outerlimits 39, he's a Merc fanatic.

But for Outboards, I hate em

Outer limits boats are nasty - i always used to see them testing them up in RI - what a factory that is. I actually know a buddy who works there he loves it! Never went for a ride on them tho cuz he started working for them after I graduated.

Yea they are insane. The Owner of the Tommy Bahama team has an Outerlimits 51. I passed him in my boat heading out inthe Gulf back in April. Holy Crap. That thing is HUGE, and scary fast.

They would pass my dorm all the time - ROOOAAAAARRRRRR and a huge rooster tail. Pretty cool stuff - never realized how many awesome boats were made in ri

Hinkley
NorthCoast
Outer Limits
the list goes on

Yea they're are a lot of em up in that area, especially if you include Maine.

2004 Beneteau 37' sailboat...

Back while we still lived in California...






More recent pics...





Has the California deep keel and sails like a DREAM. Interior has 2 berths, full head and a full galley. 20" flat screen and DVD player along with stereo system for inside. My dad and I made a run to Mexico in it and had a blast. Here on the Gulf, the keel is an issue, but we never grounded her. WOOT!

Sold her off just before Gustav came in to a guy in NJ. Miss her, but we didn't sail her enough to justify the expense. When my wife and I get closer to retiring, we'll get another and probably end up living on the boat and sailing where we want to go. But we have some time before then to decide. We learned a LOT about what we want and don't want on our next boat from this one. This one was ideal for 98% of what we wanted, but a few small things we'd do differently. I know I want enough room for a fresh air compressor to fill scuba tanks.

erickpl, that is hands down, my favorite so far!

Pretty blowboat, no doubt! I've also toyed with the idea of living on a boat in the marina.

Nice, Beneteaus are really popular around here, there's probably over 30 of them at Norfolk Yacht.

They're made down in SC, so just a stone's throw from ya... kinda.

We lived on it for vacations and such. We kept it in Orange Beach along the ICW and really enjoyed the camaraderie while we were there. Learned a lot from other cruisers and liveaboards. I know I'm not ready to do it permanently, cuz I love my Jeep and Avalanche too much to part with em!

But when we buy another, for the wife, me, and a couple of dogs (Shih Tzu's), we'll likely go up a bit in size to a 42 for additional storage.

The amenities (electronics, furling main in the mast, furling headsail, etc) are all things we'll look for - basically ways to make the act of sailing easier to do solo if necessary.

When we sold her, I took a BUNCH of stuff off that we'll use again. Radios, PFD's, lifelines, harnesses, binoculars, compasses, plotting tools, etc. We also learned that that bimini covers are pretty much required on sailboats in humid areas. We didn't need it in Marina Del Rey, but sure did on the Gulf! May have sailed it more if we had gotten that sooner. Oh well. I have more I can post if you want to see the interior. I just didn't want to be a post hog.

I too enjoy too many of life's conveniences which would make it difficult for me to step over and live permanently on a boat. Right now that is. I'm going to be living on a boat for a year come June so I'd better get used to it quick!

Yarrrrr - I lived on a boat for 2 years - Didnt have a tv so I couldnt watch my pirate movies which were rated YAAAARRRRRRRR


im utterly sorry please pm me if you want the 4 seconds you spent reading this post

Pirates only speak in the present tense. POSER

AVAST YE - PREPARE TO WALK THE PLANK !!!

YAR

jk i would never make a fellow member walk the plank - its just not right - Its probably dangerous depending on water depth, the height of the plank, and the structural integrity of the plank.

Walking the plank is pure myth...Pirates didn't make people walk the plank..it took too long...they just pitched them over board.

With the sudden rash of Pirate movies of late, how long is it going to take me to not think of a pirate when I see a person walking around town w/ an eye patch? I feel horrible when I see an elderly lady with an eye patch on now!

haha, same

Yeah - the other day we were interviewing keith richards and the interviewer had an eyepatch on cuz he hurt his eye - he looked like a pirate- the patch was black and huge.