Are we all crazy??

[HS]

I admittedly haven't read all the responses, but this one is dead nuts on. So much so that I sent it to my dad and told him "sorry for all the bent/broken props but thank you for passing on the love of the water."

sounds like its time for another 'kids on the water' photo thread. . .the joy it brings me to see the kids out having a great time and learning new skills is worth everything put into being a boat owner. The memories are priceless. Had 10 peeps out a few weekends ago, the oldest boy was away at camp and it was the younger boy's time to shine as he schooled everyone on board, adults included, with what he can do.

[Ponger]

If your boat costs more than your house...you are crazy. If not, its all good!

So my couch and fridge sitting in the same storage unit as my boat is a bad thing? Naw. Houses are for normal people.

[cstiles]

I wish I could own a boat. I'm only 23, fresh out of college. For the past 5 years I've spent my summers teaching wakeboarding at a youth camp, driving sweet Nautiques, building relationships with teens, and teaching them about Christ. Now I have to move on to real work...and all I want to do is be able to buy a boat so I can keep taking kids out on the lake...kids who wouldn't normally get the chance to be on the water, or kids that just need a positive influence or to feel like they're good at something. I'm so jealous of you Nautique owners! Hopefully soon I'll join your ranks...


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[KTM525]

you can do this with cheaper boats, like Moomba, Axis and others... so i wish you good luck.

[ericchile]

i get crazy watching my boat sit all summer because all my friends are too busy. Getting out one day a week drives me crazy.

Amen.. Summer is short here. We don't have tons of friends, and most are to busy to go out. Therefor the wife is not really all that interested. My 230 still has very low hours. I am thinking I should sell it and get into kite boarding, I don't have to find people to do that.

[DanielC]

Cstiles,
I too worked many summer camps. My boat is a 1997 Ski Nautiuqe.
You do not need a big wake to teach somebody to ski or wakeboard. The smaller, the better. Teach youth to make a progressive cut, cutting hardest at the wake, and they (or you) will get enought air to do a lot of tricks.
One of the better wakeboarders at some of the camps I worked learned to wakeboard behind his dad's late 1960's Fiberform, with a 70 HP Johnson OB motor. He was doing inverts, and 360 spins behind that boat.

A Ski Nautique can be equipped with a extended pylon, with a bow strap. You can also get a barefoot boom, and use that as a training aid. A Ski Nautique will respond to weight pretty good, or just a full load of passengers.
My Ski Nautique is using a little over three gallons of gas per hour of operation.
You do not need a blinged out G-boat to be a positive influence on people.

[SilentSeven]

I want to thank everyone who is buying a new boat.

.....so I can buy it used in a few years.

Please take good care of it for me.

[swc5150]

Crazy is all relative. To me it would be crazy to buy a boat that throws a huge wake, regardless of the price. To the majority if PN members these days, I'm guessing $60k on a direct drive 200 seems pretty crazy too

There's crazy for every budget!

[cstiles]

Thanks DanielC.

I learned to clear the wakes on a direct drive MC Prostar 205 with no pole! It's way easier to pick up bad edging habits on a sacked v-drive than a little ski boat. A 20 year old direct drive is quite a bit closer to my budget. Thanks for putting it in perspective =]

[sodbuster88]

I'm guessing $60k on a direct drive 200 seems pretty crazy too

There's crazy for every budget!

Yup...we've always been crazy. This is not a new thing. My first new boat purchase was a '89 prostar 190. $17,889. Still remember the exact amount because of the shock. In the same year, I purchased a new '89 GMC Jimmy with the 4.3 to pull it. We were considered crazy then too!

[swc5150]

Yup...we've always been crazy. This is not a new thing. My first new boat purchase was a '89 prostar 190. $17,889. Still remember the exact amount because of the shock. In the same year, I purchased a new '89 GMC Jimmy with the 4.3 to pull it. We were considered crazy then too!

That's so funny! I remember our 88 Prostar out the door price as well... $19,820

[obd666]

i believe it was Ric Flair who said, "these shoes, cost more than your house!!!" ... so i guess it could be worse, lol

and 20 G's was a pile in 1988 !!!

[gdhall]

At the end of the day...it's a toy. It's all relative to your income I guess. I am forever grateful to my parents for teaching me the Dave Ramsey plan of paying cash for things before anyone knew who he was. I started with a 2000 Malibu sunsetter, then went to a 2003 SAN, and now have a 2004 SAN. All were my favorite boats in the world no matter what the industry came out with next, because my boat is PAID FOR!!! I will never make enough to own a G because I could not see myself saving up that kind of money to buy a toy. My boat more than fits my needs and I love the wake as is. Again, I am forever grateful to have been taught at an early age how to manage money. I worked since I was able and have never known the stress of a payment while living pay check to pay check.

amen to that! if you haven't read Total Money Makeover then you should! Its a great way to get out of debt and stay out of debt.