Page 47 of 53 FirstFirst ... 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 ... LastLast
Results 1,151 to 1,175 of 1317

Thread: Boat Porn!

  1. #1151
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Posts
    7,915
    If a boat name isn't awkwardly sexual in context, is it even worth it to own the boat?
    Live Free or Die

  2. #1152
    Join Date
    Jun 2020
    Location
    in a freezer in Italy
    Posts
    7,178
    I'm not really sure I want to stick my tongue in Life's mouth.

    Some nice boats there, though

  3. #1153
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Too far East, far too often.
    Posts
    800
    Quote Originally Posted by AdironRider View Post
    If a boat name isn't awkwardly sexual in context, is it even worth it to own the boat?
    Nope!

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	123.jpg 
Views:	74 
Size:	816.6 KB 
ID:	458674

    Ugh, jealous of everyone already in the water. I'm still sanding, unwrapping, etc. Bottom paint tomorrow hopefully

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMG_3933.jpg 
Views:	80 
Size:	1.56 MB 
ID:	458672

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMG_3934.jpg 
Views:	78 
Size:	1.11 MB 
ID:	458673
    Quote Originally Posted by tromano View Post
    Apathy is harder for me to understand than passion.

  4. #1154
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Location
    truckee
    Posts
    1,974
    I thought that PPE was what you wore when boarding the Tinder Lovin....

  5. #1155
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Watching over the valley
    Posts
    4,996
    Some Mormon dude should name his boat "soaking life"
    sigless.

  6. #1156
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    DownEast
    Posts
    3,236
    I had a 19’ Mako named “Wookin’ pa Nub”. I got shown a lot of tits! Some nice, some not so much.

  7. #1157
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    DownEast
    Posts
    3,236
    I picked up a small work boat yesterday. She shows the scars of some major amateur surgery over the years, but seems rugged enough. “Putty and paint make her what she ain’t”.

    Pricing out a new 60-90hp outboard is going to be even uglier.

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMG_8663.jpg 
Views:	78 
Size:	888.6 KB 
ID:	460014

  8. #1158
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Vacationland
    Posts
    5,911
    Quote Originally Posted by singlecross View Post
    I picked up a small work boat yesterday. She shows the scars of some major amateur surgery over the years, but seems rugged enough. “Putty and paint make her what she ain’t”.

    Pricing out a new 60-90hp outboard is going to be even uglier.

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMG_8663.jpg 
Views:	78 
Size:	888.6 KB 
ID:	460014
    #overwatering


    Sent from the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

  9. #1159
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    San Juan Islands, WA.
    Posts
    1,188
    Quote Originally Posted by singlecross View Post
    I picked up a small work boat yesterday. She shows the scars of some major amateur surgery over the years, but seems rugged enough. “Putty and paint make her what she ain’t”.

    Pricing out a new 60-90hp outboard is going to be even uglier.

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMG_8663.jpg 
Views:	78 
Size:	888.6 KB 
ID:	460014
    Looks nice, is that an older Sisu (I think they're named Eastporters now)? I had a 22' Bass boat before the 24' Grady they made great fishing boats, lots of deck space.

  10. #1160
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    DownEast
    Posts
    3,236
    Quote Originally Posted by ticketchecker View Post
    #overwatering


    Sent from the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
    LOL… A hauling davit is the new bumper winch. The trailer fenders were probably sacrificed as traction boards.

  11. #1161
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    DownEast
    Posts
    3,236
    Quote Originally Posted by refried View Post
    Looks nice, is that an older Sisu (I think they're named Eastporters now)? I had a 22' Bass boat before the 24' Grady they made great fishing boats, lots of deck space.
    I was told it’s an Ellis 20 built here in Southwest Harbor, Maine. I’ll never really know with how the transom was replaced and glassed over. Very similar to any of the small DownEast SiSu/Eastporter/Webber’s Cove boats.

    She’s going to be a tool not a jewel… running work crews out to island projects.

  12. #1162
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Big Sky/Moonlight Basin
    Posts
    14,412
    Quote Originally Posted by singlecross View Post
    running work crews out to island projects.
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Image1685114253.264934.jpg 
Views:	86 
Size:	2.10 MB 
ID:	460030


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
    "Zee damn fat skis are ruining zee piste !" -Oscar Schevlin

    "Hike up your skirt and grow a dick you fucking crybaby" -what Bunion said to Harry at the top of The Headwaters

  13. #1163
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    DownEast
    Posts
    3,236
    Quote Originally Posted by Harry View Post
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Image1685114253.264934.jpg 
Views:	86 
Size:	2.10 MB 
ID:	460030


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
    Hell ya, Harry! That’s a good platform for hauling. Hope you’re enjoying your island empire!

  14. #1164
    Join Date
    Jun 2020
    Location
    in a freezer in Italy
    Posts
    7,178
    Got mine in Thursday, little shakedown cruise later on today.

    Sisu's are originally a Lowell design and Lowell Brothers still makes them but Eastern makes them too: https://www.easternboats.com/22-sisu

    But that ain't one I don't believe.

  15. #1165
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Posts
    11,735

    Boat Porn!

    Need some advice. I live on an island right next to a great harbor with a boat launch. Figured the family would like to putz around the harbor, drop some pots, low impact stuff. I know dick-all about purchasing a boat or what to look out for. Any tips would be appreciated.

    What I’m looking for:

    As low maintenance as possible (I know, I know)

    Not huge so it’s easy to manage (budget may negate this regardless)

    Something I don’t need to keep moored.

    Holds 5 people

    No real need to tow anyone but could be nice. Just want to get on water.

    Don’t really want to spend more than 20k



    What should I keep in mind and how do people vet these purchases out if the boat is out of the water and you can’t just jump in and take for a spin? Like a car and get a mechanic to take a look? Questions to ask seller?

    Any Seattle area listings always appreciated or hell, maybe someone has a boat in the area they want to sell to the next poor sap.


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

  16. #1166
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Big Sky/Moonlight Basin
    Posts
    14,412
    Quote Originally Posted by Art Shirk View Post
    Need some advice. I live on an island….
    You have come to the right place.
    "Zee damn fat skis are ruining zee piste !" -Oscar Schevlin

    "Hike up your skirt and grow a dick you fucking crybaby" -what Bunion said to Harry at the top of The Headwaters

  17. #1167
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    DownEast
    Posts
    3,236
    Quote Originally Posted by Art Shirk View Post
    Need some advice. I live on an island right next to a great harbor with a boat launch. Figured the family would like to putz around the harbor, drop some pots, low impact stuff. I know dick-all about purchasing a boat or what to look out for. Any tips would be appreciated.

    What I’m looking for:

    As low maintenance as possible (I know, I know)

    Not huge so it’s easy to manage (budget may negate this regardless)

    Something I don’t need to keep moored.

    Holds 5 people

    No real need to tow anyone but could be nice. Just want to get on water.

    Don’t really want to spend more than 20k



    What should I keep in mind and how do people vet these purchases out if the boat is out of the water and you can’t just jump in and take for a spin? Like a car and get a mechanic to take a look? Questions to ask seller?

    Any Seattle area listings always appreciated or hell, maybe someone has a boat in the area they want to sell to the next poor sap.


    Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
    Not sure of the market and availability in Seattle area as I am on the other Coast, but…

    I think you want something under 20’ (smaller is easier to handle and learn in)

    Outboard motor (easier to deal with if needs work or replacement)

    Center Console (good access to the perimeter of the boat for learning launching/docking/moving around the boat)

    Hard to go wrong with something like a 17’ Boston Whaler as a first boat. Small and simple is almost always better with boats.

    Go to a boatyard and ask one of the workers if anyone is available for a quick informal survey of boats that interest you. $100 to have someone knowledgeable look over a potential purchase will be money well spent.

    Good luck! Boating is a great way to spend time with the family.

  18. #1168
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    San Juan Islands, WA.
    Posts
    1,188
    Quote Originally Posted by Art Shirk View Post
    Need some advice. I live on an island right next to a great harbor with a boat launch. Figured the family would like to putz around the harbor, drop some pots, low impact stuff. I know dick-all about purchasing a boat or what to look out for. Any tips would be appreciated.
    I'd look for something in the 21' range if your going to have 5 full size people on it, Boats always seem to feel a lot smaller when there's more than 3 or 4 people on it with a trap or two. A simple center console is easy to handle and clean (shrimping and crabbing really make a mess of a boat}. No need for high horsepower if your just running around the bay. Most importantly , when you find something you like get a survey and check the hull with a moisture meter it's amazing how many great looking boats I check that are saturated with water (Boston Whalers especially). I think the perfect boat for me right now would be a 18' like Singlecross posted with a 70hp outboard. Easy to trailer, don't have to spend hours keeping it clean, and big enough to run home from Friday Harbor if the weather turns shitty while I'm over there.

  19. #1169
    Join Date
    Dec 2020
    Location
    Idaho
    Posts
    1,724
    Just to add to refried's points, I would stick w a deep v aluminum in the 20-22' range. It's great to be able to run up on a beach w/out worrying about fiberglass.

  20. #1170
    Join Date
    Dec 2018
    Location
    DownEast
    Posts
    3,236
    Quote Originally Posted by Hopeless Sinner View Post
    Just to add to refried's points, I would stick w a deep v aluminum in the 20-22' range. It's great to be able to run up on a beach w/out worrying about fiberglass.
    Truth. If you don’t mind an outboard boat with a tiller instead of a steering wheel, a good aluminum boat is about as simple and rugged as they come. In my volunteer work with the Maine Island Trail Association, we’ve used 18’ Lunds with 40hp Hondas for decades to shuttle work crews and haul garbage. Not sexy but reliable.

    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMG_5735.jpg 
Views:	72 
Size:	528.0 KB 
ID:	461825

  21. #1171
    Join Date
    Jun 2020
    Location
    in a freezer in Italy
    Posts
    7,178
    Quote Originally Posted by singlecross View Post
    Hard to go wrong with something like a 17’ Boston Whaler as a first boat. Small and simple is almost always better with boats.
    This. They're indestructible. They're too expensive but they hold their value like nothing else. Uncomfortable in chop but whatever. Buy one, abuse it for 10 years, spiff it up a little and sell it for more than you paid for it. continuouswave.com is a good forum for info.

  22. #1172
    Join Date
    Dec 2020
    Location
    Idaho
    Posts
    1,724
    I disagree w the BW17. It's heavy, there is no freeboard so you'll get soaked, and beat to shit. What more can you ask for in a first boat?

  23. #1173
    Join Date
    Jun 2020
    Location
    in a freezer in Italy
    Posts
    7,178
    All of that is true and yet all of what I wrote is true. They're incredibly popular and people love them and they can be a lot of fun in calm water. And they have drawbacks.

  24. #1174
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    Posts
    11,698
    If I was going to get a boat for family cruising I'd want to make sure it had sun protection and wasn't terrifying in rough water. I've seen little kids totally gripped when the waves get big and it sort of ruins the experience for them for a long time.

  25. #1175
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Location
    truckee
    Posts
    1,974
    sun protection?
    He's looking to boat in the PNW.
    ;-)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •