Is It Time to Leave the Sport? Honestly… I’m Starting to Wonder.

Ironic how a Rage-Quit post quickly morphed into a group love letter to motorcycling.

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Nicely done!
 
Shaman said:
The lack of interest is strange but I also found that. Maybe because I last had an 80mph boat (checkmate predictor, 150hp mariner magnum II with reeds and head port) and it's ... challenging to not be the throttle man on a boat like that, lol Guys like you and I are built different.

What average people really want is a houseboat that you can anchor and drink/swim all day on. Hate to say it, but that's my observation.

Regardless, the best days of your life are the day you buy your dream boat and later, the day you sell it.
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I had a 26 foot Chris Craft and enjoyed cruising canals, Trent, Rideau and Severn. It was like riding a slow twisty with scenery changing around every turn.
 
nobbie48 said:
I had a 26 foot Chris Craft and enjoyed cruising canals, Trent, Rideau and Severn. It was like riding a slow twisty with scenery changing around every turn.
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I too have done that, but as a child. Good times. Excellent fishing, too on the upper Rideau. That river is *deep*. 28' with flydeck, in my dad's case. Of course the upper controls never seemed to work right (it's a boat, remember).

Before I had the Predictor, I had a 1958 Century Runabout (Resorter, IIRC) with a 150hp Chrysler Marine straight-six in it. Top speed might have been 40mph but I think I ran it to top speed maybe ... twice. That wasn't what that was about. I sold it after Dad passed and I realised I was simply too busy in life to properly take care of it myself - it required stripping, sanding and varnish every spring, plus a two-day soak regimen to get the boards to swell enough to properly float. I wish I could have kept it, but being honest it would have likely just sat dry almost every year.
 
Shaman said:
I too have done that, but as a child. Good times. Excellent fishing, too on the upper Rideau. That river is *deep*. 28' with flydeck, in my dad's case. Of course the upper controls never seemed to work right (it's a boat, remember).

Before I had the Predictor, I had a 1958 Century Runabout (Resorter, IIRC) with a 150hp Chrysler Marine straight-six in it. Top speed might have been 40mph but I think I ran it to top speed maybe ... twice. That wasn't what that was about. I sold it after Dad passed and I realised I was simply too busy in life to properly take care of it myself - it required stripping, sanding and varnish every spring, plus a two-day soak regimen to get the boards to swell enough to properly float. I wish I could have kept it, but being honest it would have likely just sat dry almost every year.
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I like wooden boats but in smaller sizes, having owned several cedar strips. We aren't on the water, so the hassle of trailering took all the fun out of it.
 
Is skiing a sport? Activities can involve competition or not ...still sports.
 
Shaman said:
The lack of interest is strange but I also found that. Maybe because I last had an 80mph boat (checkmate predictor, 150hp mariner magnum II with reeds and head port) and it's ... challenging to not be the throttle man on a boat like that, lol Guys like you and I are built different.

What average people really want is a houseboat that you can anchor and drink/swim all day on. Hate to say it, but that's my observation.

Regardless, the best days of your life are the day you buy your dream boat and later, the day you sell it.
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I've owned a dozen boats over the years, each suited to the water I was frequenting. When I lived in LA, I kept a small offshore capable trawler with a VP 140hp, on Simcoe a 24' Well craft twin Merc 5.7s on Sharbot I had a Baja 24 with twin 150VROs, and my last on Lake ON was an aluminum Marinette 32 with twin 350hp Crusaders. And a dozen others of utilitarian design scattered in there.

With the exception of the trawler, they were all fast and thirsty!
Shaman said:
I too have done that, but as a child. Good times. Excellent fishing, too on the upper Rideau. That river is *deep*. 28' with flydeck, in my dad's case. Of course the upper controls never seemed to work right (it's a boat, remember).

Before I had the Predictor, I had a 1958 Century Runabout (Resorter, IIRC) with a 150hp Chrysler Marine straight-six in it. Top speed might have been 40mph but I think I ran it to top speed maybe ... twice. That wasn't what that was about. I sold it after Dad passed and I realised I was simply too busy in life to properly take care of it myself - it required stripping, sanding and varnish every spring, plus a two-day soak regimen to get the boards to swell enough to properly float. I wish I could have kept it, but being honest it would have likely just sat dry almost every year.
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Brings back memories. I got introduced to wood boats while teaching camping at a kids camp.

They had a fleet of wooden Norbergs and Lightnings, and a couple of Bonnie boats runabouts with 70hp Stingers.

Each spring I worked with an old fella who was built wood boats at Grew when they were in Jackson Point.

I learned a lot about wood boat building. That served me well as In the 80s and 90s there were tons of aging wood boats available for free. I used to re-ply old Owens ply cruisers as they were plentiful, free, and easy to fix.
 
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"I've owned a dozen boats over the years, each suited to the water I was frequenting. When I lived in LA, I kept a small offshore capable trawler with a VP 140hp, on Simcoe a 24' Well craft twin Merc 5.7s on Sharbot I had a Baja 24 with twin 150VROs, and my last on Lake ON was an aluminum Marinette 32 with twin 350hp Crusaders. And a dozen others of utilitarian design scattered in there."

I was up in Collingwood a few summers ago at a timeshare and went down to the docks. I couldn't believe the number of 'big water' boats with 3,4 or more 300+ HP outboards bolted to the transoms. Everything on them is fly-by-wire, not a cable to be seen. The guy at the gas pump was filling up one of these monsters and I asked him how long it takes. He said he'd be there at least 15 minutes. Crazy.
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