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	Name:	Maverick -
	Subject:	Do You Remember Your 1st Boat
	Date:	5/10/2007 6:50:56 PM

This ought to be fun.

My first boat was a 1965 16' Sea Ray Deep V Hull with a 1967 100 HP Mercury Outboard Mercury. On a good day it would top out at around 28 MPH. Purchased in 1981 for $750. Spent about $500 redoing the interior and putting in a new floor as the stringers were rotten. Owned by my college roommate and self. We were in our early 20's at the time and the girls really loved the boat, we were big dogs back then - LOL.

Had for about 10 years before the transom rotted. Had Mother and girlfriend (now wife) in boat when it sprang a leak about 20 minutes from home. Boat start running poorly so pulled up to dock and let passengers out, then checked out issue. Told college roommate to back the trailer in as the boat was taking on water. Drove the boat around off plane (LOL full of water could not have plane it if I wanted to) until he backed in the trailer (about 10 minutes to ramp by car) and we loaded the boat on the trailer to further investigate the problem. Transom was cracked half way down one side and about ready to come completely off the boat along with the motor.

Today the boat is at the bottom of Logan Martin (neighbor of ours took out the interior and then sunk the boat) Motor still runs today and is stored in the basement at a friends lake house on Logan Martin.

So do you remember your first boat?