Point-Seven-five wrote: Born Again Eccentric wrote:
Is it really possible to have too many cars, bikes or boats?
I don't know about cars or bikes, but it seems to me you have never owned a boat, especially an old one.
Nothing is as it seems...I have been in and around boats of all shapes and sizes all my life - recreationally and career wise. Fishing boats, sailing dinghies, yachts, power boats, minesweepers, patrol boats, frigates, destroyers, aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines...and a couple of USN ones too (USS Freedom and USS Independence)!
I've owned a rowing boat (very cheap to run, but range quite limited), a rigid hull inflatable (5.5m with 80HP outboard - diving, fishing and waterskiing - fast & fun), a small water-jet rigid hull inflatable (doing 50knots is quite exhilarating in a small boat on flat calm water but is nothing compared to doing 50knots in a 3000 ton water-jet propelled Littoral Combat Ship) and, for a couple of years, a 55 foot Princess cabin cruiser (millionaire lifestyle on a paupers budget - however, a top speed of 20 knots and only getting ¾ mile to the gallon of marine diesel and high berthing fees were sobering but not as sobering as the cost of running a nuclear submarine...just glad the government foots the bill for those!).
Boats, like bikes, are a labour of love - you can pour lots of money into them, you can spend hours playing with the electric and fitting gadgets, you can spend hours cleaning them...but when you get to use them and the wind is in your hair and they are running sweetly, then there is no better feeling of freedom! Ownership can be pricey...but you only live once!
New guy in the High Desert!!! Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:23 pm
