How Did You Start Going to the Water?

[ChumpChange]

Look at all those short shorts!

[SBS933]

I still use this one and it works waay better than any of the newer coolers I have.

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Ha, Shooter that Yamaha cracked me up my sons no. was 933, hence the shortened Slow Boats Suck 933

[78Southwind]

Look at all those short shorts!

Hey that was the eighties the only students wearing long shorts in HS were Gang Bangers... at least they weren't dolphin shorts

If I remember right I think I had a couple pair of long short too, the trend was just coming in

[Wendi]

Hey 78SW WMC asked if you remember the "Chucky doll" at crazy horse?

[78Southwind]

Hey 78SW WMC asked if you remember the "Chucky doll" at crazy horse?

I don't know why it rings a bell but I will have to ask one of my friends to see if he remembers. I was usually the drunk one of the bunch.

[Wendi]

I don't know why it rings a bell but I will have to ask one of my friends to see if he remembers. I was usually the drunk one of the bunch.

He said if you were there for the Burning of the palm trees then you should remember Chucky. We were there. He was in his tan Toyota per-runner haha.

[Wheeler]

Parents drug me to Parker in '62, we stayed at River Lodge.

[wolfie]

I grew up on boats. My father loved the ocean and fishing. When he was discharged from the service, he and his friend spent most of their time fishing and skin diving. He decided he wanted a small fishing boat. It grew from there. He and his cousin bought old 42' converted landing crafts and built decks and cabins. By the time I was born, he had been running charter trips on Saturdays to pay for fuel and slip fees. He sold that one and bought a smaller boat (26'), then a 30'. My mother wanted to do more camping, so he also bought a 17' Glasspar. That was my first trip to Havasu in the early 70's. That's where I saw my first Campbell mini daycruiser. We spent time between weekends at Catalina and all the Central and Southern California lakes. My cousin's father-in-law owned Southwind and raced for them. That's where I really got hooked on lake boats.

My wife's and my first boat was a hand-me-down from my uncle, a 1960 26' Owens. When we sold that, we were boatless (except for my 8" Naples Sabot) for years. We looked at boats on and off throughout our marriage, at one time looking at my cousin's SWTD, a rag picker, and finally the Eliminator cruiser but that wasn't until a decade ago.

[rschap1]

Very little boating with the folks as a kid.
When I got my driver's license I bought ex-girlfriend's 1976 Kawasaki 440 jet ski.
Kept that for quite a few years.
A lot of my friends still talk about my drag racing my 79 Trand Am while towing that ski on it's trailer.
Donuts too.
Had to be extra careful.
Gosh, I hope my kids are smarter than their Dad.

[Sanger_Spectra]

I know nothing other than going to the River for Vacation, youngest of 7 all siblings are the same way. my Dad went with his Brother (Uncle Walt) to Lake Millerton in 1948 he was a Freshman at Excelsior high school and he took a buddy with him. If anyone knows Kenny Meyers from B&K boats in Bellflower, he was the buddy with my Dad. We have been going as a family ever since. This last August we celebrated my folks 60th wedding anniversay at the river with about 90 friends all from the river and we had 4 generations at the party on the water. The river is great for keeping families together, at least it has worked out for us, all 3 of my kids were in the boat at under a year old.