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Wayne.B

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Adding to the ranks

On Fri, 11 May 2018 20:45:19 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 11 May 2018 17:58:06 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 11 May 2018 16:57:31 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

In many ways those days with little boats and little outboards were just
as much fun and have just as fond memories in my mind as the big, diesel
powered boats that came later.

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I agree. For pure joy of boating and just being on the water it's
hard to beat a small boat. Frequently the high point of our boating
trips on the trawler is launching the inflatable dinghy and going
exploring with it - reminds me of being a kid again.

I really liked buzzing around in the river and the bay in my 12' Jon
boat. It was my first boat when I moved here. There just wasn't a way
to bring Judy along so I had to get a bigger boat.
I had an old office chair with missing wheels that I got for free and
it was tied to the stringers in the boat with a PVC pipe extending the
tiller of my 7.5 Merc. (50% over powered)
It ran out around 17-18 MPH according to the guys I ran with and that
is flying in a Jon boat.

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We've got a 20 horse Honda on our 12 ft inflatable. It's propped for
power not speed but it will still hit 20 kts if you're brave enough.
That's scary fast in a little rubber boat but 15 or 16 is comfortable
and stable in reasonably flat water.

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