Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:29:40 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

Now that i'm getting back into boating, i was wondering what it is
that the folks here (yes, moonbats and conservatives alike) like about
boating.

There - I fixed it for you. You can thank me later. :)

i like the atmosphere of just cruising along on the water, seeing the
world from a perspective people on land don't see....the ability to
control the boat and decide where i want to go.....putting in at the
dock in the evening and watching the sun go down and the sunrise over
the water the next morning...

your views?

It's an interesting question. I just enjoy getting out and doing
something - anything really. I'm not much of a "cruiser" as such
having a need for speed and Mrs. Wave is not much of a boater at all
with the exception of the pontoon boat which she seems to really enjoy
for some odd reason.

Sport is a big part of boating for me - in particular fishing which is
my avocation if you will, but I also enjoyed sail boat racing when I
was much younger. I also used to water ski quite a bit and even owned
a Ski Nautique when Mrs. Wave and I were first married.

Still, when you get right down to it, the most fun for me, besides
catching a respectable size fish, is blasting along the surface of the
water at high speed. With the exception of the pontoon boat, which
does well to make a full 15 knots with a 25 mph tail wind, the Grady
and Ranger will do 60/65 WOT and that's just fine with me. :)

As a side note, I did discover one thing about the pontoon that I
really like - it's a great platform for photography which is the other
avocation of mine.

Now if I could only figure out how to get it to go 60/65, I'd be in
seventh heaven.


Tow it behind your truck.