Bigger Boats vs. Smaller Boats.

[dmontzsta]

I have noticed most of the people on the site own big boats. I would like to hear why everyone chose the boat they did.
I will start...
It fits on one side of the garage and I can still get my car in the other side.
Smaller boat is easier to maintain/clean.
To me, it is more fun to drive.

[Jbb]

Chicks dig jetboats.....:D

[Havasu Hangin']

Originally posted by JETBOAT BRIAN
Chicks dig jetboats.....:D
...and pink and teal.

[dmontzsta]

Originally posted by Havasu Hangin'
...and pink and teal.
Hey now.
:)
You can blame your friend for that one.

[Jbb]

we agree then....?

[Havasu Hangin']

Originally posted by JETBOAT BRIAN
we agree then....?
As usual...we are in complete agreement.

[Jbb]

Uncanny.....

[Havasu Hangin']

Originally posted by JETBOAT BRIAN
Uncanny.....
Yes...it's as if we share a brain...

[Jbb]

exactly what I was thinking.....!

[Mandelon]

Yah what we have here is two half brains.................:D

[Mohavekid]

First it had to be small enough fit in the garage.
Second, it had to be big enough to fit my family of 5 plus all of our gear for a week of camping out on Lake Mohave.
Third, it had to be quick enough to pull by 250 lb ass out of the water on a single slalom ski.
Fourth, it had be small enough that it did not throw a wake so huge that would scare the kids when they were learning to ski.
All of those requirements kind of dictated a 21' boat.

[dicudmore]

started at 18'...skied great, easy to drive, tow, wash, keep full of gas. rode like hell.....
wound up at 29'. no way would I try to ski behind it, hard to park, impossible to keep full, rides like a big ole cadillac :D :D

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

we have owned many many boats in our time.. we started out with a 66 stevens flat bottom and owned many in between our current 29' cat.. we just kept crawling up the latter where we are currently.. for our selves and the family.. ;)

[lovemyultra]

$$$ for us

[SoCalOffshore]

I needed a boat large enough for me to get a new tow vehicle, soley to tow it. Then it had to be too large for my garage, this way I can pay hundreds of dollars a month in storage fees. Filling it up would max my credit card out was another important consideration. Lasty, putting it on the tralier would be something like landing a 747 on an aircraft trailer. Finally, one gas sucking engine wasn't enough, so it had to have 2!! Almost forgot, it had to have a very conservative paint job. :D

[dicudmore]

Originally posted by SoCalOffshore
I needed a boat large enough for me to get a new tow vehicle, soley to tow it. Then it had to be too large for my garage, this way I can pay hundreds of dollars a month in storage fees. Filling it up would max my credit card out was another important consideration. Lasty, putting it on the tralier would be something like landing a 747 on an aircraft trailer. Finally, one gas sucking engine wasn't enough, so it had to have 2!! Almost forgot, it had to have a very conservative paint job. :D
sounds like he about hit it on the head to me

[Havasu Hangin']

Originally posted by SoCalOffshore
I needed a boat large enough for me to get a new tow vehicle, soley to tow it. Then it had to be too large for my garage, this way I can pay hundreds of dollars a month in storage fees. Filling it up would max my credit card out was another important consideration. Lasty, putting it on the tralier would be something like landing a 747 on an aircraft trailer. Finally, one gas sucking engine wasn't enough, so it had to have 2!! Almost forgot, it had to have a very conservative paint job. :D
Yep.

[phebus]

I figured the more I spent on a boat, the more the wife had to hang over my head for the rest of my life.....

[BarryMac]

I didn't want anything larger than 21', my main reason is becasue if it was much bigger I would feel obligated bring my leach of an asshole brother and his destructive little family. :mad:

[phebus]

I actually got tired of falling into the holes made by the bigger boats, so went bigger. Now I'm the hole'er not the hole'ee. :D

[dmontzsta]

Originally posted by gottajetboat
I didn't want anything larger than 21', my main reason is becasue if it was much bigger I would feel obligated bring my leach of an asshole brother and his destructive little family. :mad:
AHHAHAHAHA that is great. Your brother sounds like a great guy. :)

[Shark In The Pond]

When you were a kid we started with tricycle,then a bike with training wheels then a bike with no training wheels then a mini bike then a motor cycle . Same thing in boating as in life start out on first base running to third , then you get married and get a home and a boat ,next thing you know you want a bigger house and bigger boat... bottom line its never enough unless your pocket book says no more :eek:

[Kim Hanson]

My HST is 20' and my Hondo is 18'....thats as big as I want .........( . )( . )..........I don't have big lakes for there use here! :cool:

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

broke.. :D

[Debbolas]

Originally posted by phebus
I actually got tired of falling into the holes made by the bigger boats, so went bigger. Now I'm the hole'er not the hole'ee. :D
See, this is why I read this forum, so I can learn new words, like hole'er and hole'ee................LMAO!!!:D

[phebus]

Originally posted by Debbolas
See, this is why I read this forum, so I can learn new words, like hole'er and hole'ee................LMAO!!!:D
It's like ebonic's, only eboatic's :D

[Debbolas]

Originally posted by phebus
It's like ebonic's, only eboatic's :D
no, I think.........boat-on-icks, some words would be.........
hole'er
hole-ee
throwable
(what else)
((oh, new thread!)
:D

[Garrddogg]

I'm movin from a 16' to a 26' for me is big. Why? typical overcompensation thing:jawdrop:

[Krazy K]

Spending $300 a weekend on gas keeps me in a smaller boat that doesn't need a semi to pull. :D :D :D :D

[dicudmore]

Originally posted by Force 26
I'm movin from a 16' to a 26' for me is big. Why? typical overcompensation thing:jawdrop:
seriously 16'???
dude you're really gonna appreciate that new Kachina :D

[GlastronGuy]

It was free. (http://realjetboats.com/chrissmithnca/chrissmithnca.html)

[fourspeednup]

I'm a little boat guy but it's due to my being fiscally challenged;)
Hope to move up to a larger boat (around 23-25 ft) within the next few years:cool: