Your History of Boats Owned

Started out with 2 ft and a heartbeat, then went to a bike and then a belly boat. Went to an old 12ft Thornes aluminum when I bought my first truck. Traded dad for another 12 ft unnamed aluminum cause the thornes was super light. Used dads 175 Malibu for a few years till I bought my current 24ft thunderjet Alexis.
 
Canoe for the interior / Northern lakes and rivers growing up, then another when first settled on the Island. Tried our hand at renting the boats from Pedder Bay, that convinced us to join the club. Found a great 17' K&C that served well for 7 years, then took a bit of a break. Last year leaped back in with the 25' Raider. Canoe is still here, not getting much use though.
 
1970s era 15 ft Canaventure
185 malibu
2470 Pursuit WA
12 foot lake fisher
 

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not in order
12' lund ssv
12' mirrocraft resort
12' v12 yamaha
9' zodiac air floor
9.5' zodiac rib
9.5' seamax aluminum floor
15' marlin 105hp chrysler
15' seadoo speedster
2750 bayliner cierra
17' glasply 150hp yamaha
24' glasply 4BT cummins
17' amf slickcraft 1969 351W 70 mph on gps with a 27 pitch ballistic prop
2550 pursuit 8.1 chev
15' jolly rodger
18' bayliner
16' seaswirl trihull
20' wellcraft 302
20' wellcraft podded 225 verado
22' aluminum jetboat bbc
21' miller aluminum jetboat 351w
17' sidewinder 75 mercury

there are a few more that i am not able to remember the details
 
12ft harbourcraft
16ft Mirrocraft
20ft unnamed riverJet boat, teflon bottom and 427 bb chev
14ft Mirrocraft (sleezy bass boat)
17ft Bass tracker bass boat
17ft Misty River
18ft Hewescraft (current)

bought the kid a no name 12ft aluminum this winter. he wants me to drop him off at the lake when I'm busy.
 
2007 Maxum 1800 sr3 4.3L MPI with all the bells and whistles. Not a wakeboarding boat but i could still do a backflip off it. First boat I ever operated outside of a daily rental. Bought it new after I sold my first house and thought I won the lottery.
2006 Bayliner 245 cruiser 5.0L. **** boat but got me into the cruising life.
1992 Commander 30. I'll refrain from talking about the power. Future power TBD.
Didn't grow up on boats or the ocean. Self taught fisherman and captain. Lot's of mistakes along the way.
 
2007 Maxum 1800 sr3 4.3L MPI with all the bells and whistles. Not a wakeboarding boat but i could still do a backflip off it. First boat I ever operated outside of a daily rental. Bought it new after I sold my first house and thought I won the lottery.
2006 Bayliner 245 cruiser 5.0L. **** boat but got me into the cruising life.
1992 Commander 30. I'll refrain from talking about the power. Future power TBD.
Didn't grow up on boats or the ocean. Self taught fisherman and captain. Lot's of mistakes along the way.
Very rare to see people get older boats as they upgrade.
 
An 8' pram built by my father when I was 12 years old....... Lasted 2 seasons then the bottom of it was bombed with rocks by the
neighbour kids.

A 12' stitch and glue Kayak build from Popular Mechanics plans and made of door skins. Tough to fish out of. lasted 1 year.

And now a set of plans for a 14' stitch and glue runabout waiting for a location to build it.

P.S. Forgot one... probably the most traumatic of all my boats.

A late 1950's to early 1960's 16' Skagit with an old 35 Merc. I had the boat stored in an old barn in Sannich and was restoring it.
The barn was broken into and all of my tools and the motor were stolen along with all of the new fittings that I had for the refit.

Sold what was left of it and haven't had a boat since

other than that fishing from the shore
 
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2 seater Phantom sailboat. Pulled behind my 1973 primer grey Toyota Corolla Lots of good times as a teen on elk lake.
14 ft Sangster
16 ft Double Eagle
17.5 ft Double Eagle *currently
12 ft zodiac *currently
14ft tinny. *currently.
 
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