So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

One son, 17, who only gets in the boat if he's guaranteed to catch fish. I
reminded him last year that if he spent a few hours taking the ABSOLUTELY
FREE boat safety course, he could take his girlfriend out in the boat
without his father. The brilliance of this idea hasn't sunken in yet.

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:59:03 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

One son, 17, who only gets in the boat if he's guaranteed to catch fish. I
reminded him last year that if he spent a few hours taking the ABSOLUTELY
FREE boat safety course, he could take his girlfriend out in the boat
without his father. The brilliance of this idea hasn't sunken in yet.

Did you teach him about the "water in the gas line" trick yet?

Takes a couple of hours for it to work it's way out of the system.

In the mean time... :)

.....and only evaporation will work. :-)

Unfortunately, he has legitimate ways of getting stranded. This past summer,
he tossed a life jacket on top of the gas tank. OMC, in its infinite wisdom,
designed the tank so the hose's latch mechanism faces up. Click....the hose
popped out about 1/4". No leakage, and everything looks fine. The motor will
start, but only run for 2 seconds. He did this at Tupper Lake in a stiff
wind, which blew him into some mud. Now, the boat's stuck. Instead of using
the oar like a pole, he tried rowing out. Broke one oar.

Unfortunately, he was with two teenage guys who also couldn't come up with
an exit strategy. Not a girl.

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
.......kids?

We have 2, both of which are hard core boating addicts.

Our 21 year old is in her last year in college. She grew up on the water,
loves boating, fishing and generally being on the water. I got her hooked
on fishing when she was about 11 years old, spending the day taking perch
off her line and rebaiting it......I think she caught (before limits) 50
yellow perch that day (we ate all of them). She never had any interest in
operating our boats other than our inflatable. She continues to love the
outdoors and nature and is dating a guy sharing the same interests.

Our 18 year old in his first year in college. He also grew up on the
water (since he was an infant). He is a licensed boat operator, taking
(and passing) the Power Squadron classes last year. With my help he has
piloted our 32 footer and now our 20 footer. He will be taking our boat
out in his own next summer after some one on one training. He is a
health nut and runs 3 miles at least 6 times/week. He also grew up on the
water with us on our boats and has kept a high interest in boating.

So how about yours................................?


Based on the responses it looks like we have members here have families they
deserve to be proud of. Way to go guys!

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
.......kids?

We have 2, both of which are hard core boating addicts.

Our 21 year old is in her last year in college. She grew up on the
water, loves boating, fishing and generally being on the water. I got
her hooked on fishing when she was about 11 years old, spending the day
taking perch off her line and rebaiting it......I think she caught
(before limits) 50 yellow perch that day (we ate all of them). She never
had any interest in operating our boats other than our inflatable. She
continues to love the outdoors and nature and is dating a guy sharing the
same interests.

Our 18 year old in his first year in college. He also grew up on the
water (since he was an infant). He is a licensed boat operator, taking
(and passing) the Power Squadron classes last year. With my help he has
piloted our 32 footer and now our 20 footer. He will be taking our boat
out in his own next summer after some one on one training. He is a
health nut and runs 3 miles at least 6 times/week. He also grew up on
the water with us on our boats and has kept a high interest in boating.

So how about yours................................?


Based on the responses it looks like we have members here have families
they deserve to be proud of. Way to go guys!


I don't know how I could've gotten through this weekend without validation
by you. Seriously.

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
.......kids?

We have 2, both of which are hard core boating addicts.

Our 21 year old is in her last year in college. She grew up on the
water, loves boating, fishing and generally being on the water. I got
her hooked on fishing when she was about 11 years old, spending the day
taking perch off her line and rebaiting it......I think she caught
(before limits) 50 yellow perch that day (we ate all of them). She never
had any interest in operating our boats other than our inflatable. She
continues to love the outdoors and nature and is dating a guy sharing the
same interests.

Our 18 year old in his first year in college. He also grew up on the
water (since he was an infant). He is a licensed boat operator, taking
(and passing) the Power Squadron classes last year. With my help he has
piloted our 32 footer and now our 20 footer. He will be taking our boat
out in his own next summer after some one on one training. He is a
health nut and runs 3 miles at least 6 times/week. He also grew up on
the water with us on our boats and has kept a high interest in boating.

So how about yours................................?

Based on the responses it looks like we have members here have families
they deserve to be proud of. Way to go guys!


I don't know how I could've gotten through this weekend without validation
by you. Seriously.


I feel your pain. Seriously. ;)

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
. ..
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
.......kids?

We have 2, both of which are hard core boating addicts.

Our 21 year old is in her last year in college. She grew up on the
water, loves boating, fishing and generally being on the water. I got
her hooked on fishing when she was about 11 years old, spending the day
taking perch off her line and rebaiting it......I think she caught
(before limits) 50 yellow perch that day (we ate all of them). She
never had any interest in operating our boats other than our
inflatable. She continues to love the outdoors and nature and is
dating a guy sharing the same interests.

Our 18 year old in his first year in college. He also grew up on the
water (since he was an infant). He is a licensed boat operator,
taking (and passing) the Power Squadron classes last year. With my
help he has piloted our 32 footer and now our 20 footer. He will be
taking our boat out in his own next summer after some one on one
training. He is a health nut and runs 3 miles at least 6 times/week.
He also grew up on the water with us on our boats and has kept a high
interest in boating.

So how about yours................................?

Based on the responses it looks like we have members here have families
they deserve to be proud of. Way to go guys!


I don't know how I could've gotten through this weekend without
validation by you. Seriously.
I feel your pain. Seriously. ;)


Really...I already had the hangman's noose set up on the rafters in the
garage, and then, along came JimH.

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
. ..
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
.......kids?

We have 2, both of which are hard core boating addicts.

Our 21 year old is in her last year in college. She grew up on the
water, loves boating, fishing and generally being on the water. I got
her hooked on fishing when she was about 11 years old, spending the day
taking perch off her line and rebaiting it......I think she caught
(before limits) 50 yellow perch that day (we ate all of them). She
never had any interest in operating our boats other than our
inflatable. She continues to love the outdoors and nature and is
dating a guy sharing the same interests.

Our 18 year old in his first year in college. He also grew up on the
water (since he was an infant). He is a licensed boat operator,
taking (and passing) the Power Squadron classes last year. With my
help he has piloted our 32 footer and now our 20 footer. He will be
taking our boat out in his own next summer after some one on one
training. He is a health nut and runs 3 miles at least 6 times/week.
He also grew up on the water with us on our boats and has kept a high
interest in boating.

So how about yours................................?

Based on the responses it looks like we have members here have families
they deserve to be proud of. Way to go guys!

I don't know how I could've gotten through this weekend without
validation by you. Seriously.
I feel your pain. Seriously. ;)


Really...I already had the hangman's noose set up on the rafters in the
garage, and then, along came JimH.



Anytime you need your life validated, just let us know.

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
...
.......kids?

We have 2, both of which are hard core boating addicts.

Our 21 year old is in her last year in college. She grew up on the
water, loves boating, fishing and generally being on the water. I got
her hooked on fishing when she was about 11 years old, spending the day
taking perch off her line and rebaiting it......I think she caught
(before limits) 50 yellow perch that day (we ate all of them). She never
had any interest in operating our boats other than our inflatable. She
continues to love the outdoors and nature and is dating a guy sharing the
same interests.

Our 18 year old in his first year in college. He also grew up on the
water (since he was an infant). He is a licensed boat operator, taking
(and passing) the Power Squadron classes last year. With my help he has
piloted our 32 footer and now our 20 footer. He will be taking our boat
out in his own next summer after some one on one training. He is a
health nut and runs 3 miles at least 6 times/week. He also grew up on
the water with us on our boats and has kept a high interest in boating.

So how about yours................................?


Based on the responses it looks like we have members here have families
they deserve to be proud of. Way to go guys!


I don't know how I could've gotten through this weekend without validation
by you. Seriously.

That's exactly what I was thinking.....
My liife is now complete!!

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:28:38 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

I don't know how I could've gotten through this weekend without
validation by you. Seriously.

I feel your pain. Seriously. ;)

Really...I already had the hangman's noose set up on the rafters in the
garage

If you need somebody to kick the chair out from underneath you, just
give me a call.


Can I help? ;-)

So how many do you have and how old are your...............
 

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:48:11 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com penned the following well considered thoughts to the
readers of rec.boats:

.......kids?


We started w-a-a-a-a-a-y-y-y-y late and our one and only is a son aged
almost 22. He's a great boater and quite a competent captain. I
trusted him to act in a mature manner and put him at the helm when he
was about 4 years old. He has acted as was expected of him (with
supervision, where appropriate) and has always been a responsible
boater. If *anybody* is catching fish... *he* is.... its always has
been like that, even when he was just a little kid. (I'm jealous.)
When time permits, he now serves as mate on a local head boat.

He's going the way of Tom's kid and is majoring in Criminal
Justice.... he has some pretty good prospects on the horizon pending
graduation.

Judging from some of our peer's kids... we've been lucky!

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/

Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats

Like you I let my kids take the wheel while in my lap since they were young,
but when sitting on my lap. When they were older and wanted to I allowed
them to take the wheel but with me standing beside them and in only light
traffic areas. With our smaller boat my son has taken the wheel on his own
in light traffic areas, including in the river off the Lake and is growing
more and more confident with his boating skills.