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So, boats...what are your practical trailerable dreams?

Discussion in 'General' started by fastfreddie, Jul 10, 2018.

  1. ChemGuy

    ChemGuy Harden The F%@# Up!

    Hey. I said vintage wooden or sail boats dozens of posts ago.
     
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  2. chasek

    chasek Member

    Speaking of boats anyone here ever lived full time on a house boat? wife and I are considering selling the house and living on Lanier we’re out on the lake most weekends already and with real estate prices on the lake right now it’s seeming like a better and better option
     
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  3. gt#179

    gt#179 Dirt Dork

    @Alex_V I think looked into this on Lanier as well...
     
  4. motomadman217

    motomadman217 Well-Known Member

    Current ride is a 2017 Scarab. Unfortunately live on a very shallow but yet somehow very large surface area lake. Its either small jet boat or pontoon. Next spring will be upgrading to something a little bigger, really wanted to get a Hayday w 33354537_10160381927910456_243952239742287872_n.jpg ake boat but no way that is going to fly in my lake.

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  5. rk97

    rk97 Well-Known Member

    The problem with jet boats is that they don’t steer unless you’re on the throttle.

    I’m not a boat guy, but i live close to Lake Erie and i like to fish...

    Would split a 26’ bowrider with my brother-in-law though. So long as it has a canopy and seats 10 in a pinch. I burn easily, and we had 10 people on our friend’s 26’ cudy and were way stern-heavy. Like dangerously stern-heavy. Like, i had to get real drunk to avoid commenting about it and pissing off our friends who were taking us out...
     
  6. omatter34

    omatter34 Well-Known Member

    Not 100% true about the steering on the new jet boats as they have a keel...at least mine does.
     
  7. motomadman217

    motomadman217 Well-Known Member

    That would be correct, mine will go anywhere you want while idling, they have made them much more user friendly than earlier models.
     
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  8. ToofPic

    ToofPic Well-Known Member

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    I would buy on of these.Affordable,fun r -n hell to play with,and the most practical of boats,and you get an Isaac to make you dranks!
     
  9. zamboiv

    zamboiv Well-Known Member

    100%. I was pissed last year when I got to my parents lake house and bet my dad $20 his neighbor wouldn’t get on his lift on the first crack. Poor old guy would bounce off the poles all the time coming in. Dad took the bet, won and then said that’s a new boat poor bastard got so frustrated he traded his old one in.

    Apparently the guy is deathly afraid of the prop With his grandkids so is adamant he needs a jet boat.
     
  10. Sweatypants

    Sweatypants I am so smart! S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-T!

    PPRE built 4-rotor turbo sprint boat... 1300hp. Small enough draft for even the shallowest of lakes :D

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  11. Newsshooter

    Newsshooter Well-Known Member

    There's a couple pontoon boats on the delta I see that have two 400Hp motors. They haul ass...
     
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  12. Alex_V

    Alex_V Dump the diesel

    I am moving my new sailboat from Annapolis to Charleston, and then to Lanier. Actually flying out there today to start the trip.

    Technically you can't live full time on Lanier, but I am sure there are ways around that. I like my setup - roughly $300 a month for a slip fee. And you have a weekend vacation home. Probably wont do full time living on Lanier.
     
  13. rd49

    rd49 Well-Known Member

    Make sure you get that boat out of the crate before launching it. :D
     
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  14. NemesisR6

    NemesisR6 Gristle McThornbody

    Uncle Roman-approved.....

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  15. assjuice cyrus

    assjuice cyrus Well-Known Member

    Gimmie gimmie gimmie...:D
     

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  16. Sweatypants

    Sweatypants I am so smart! S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-T!


    you seen the videos of this thing? geezus fucking christ! in youtube thread.
     
  17. Jed

    Jed mellifluous

    But he had a picture!

    I'd settle for a Dark Harbor 17 myself.
     
  18. fastfreddie

    fastfreddie Midnight Oil Garage

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  19. Cam Morehead

    Cam Morehead Husband, Dad, Racer

    The guys all stare with confusion when SHE gets on it.... LMAO
     
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  20. dantheman

    dantheman Yeah, it hurt.....

    One of these days, possibly springtime...
     

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