Best Boat Moment

I have had some good moments but, if i had to choose a best one it would be driving the mustang with the new engine for the first time. The power of the new 350 made me not wanna get of that throttle. If I can remember correctly we got it up to 57 or 58 m.p.h. I wanna here some of your best boating moments.

I remember when I first tried skiing last summer. Kinda late but never really wanted to try it. But, the first time i tried it got up and wow was my dad happy!

Having my kid pull me skiing for the 1st time. Was a very cool feeling.

My best moment on a boat took me probably 28 years. After 3 or 4 previous boats then I stumbled upon my first own CC nearly identical to the one I grew up on that dad still owns. Funny thing is, that configuration was the last CC I wanted because I was so familiar with it but the condition was phenomenal.   On it's maiden Florida voyage we took the two Ski Nautiques on a lengthy St Johns River trip and running WOT for miles, neck and neck beside dad was pretty neat.

Lots of favorites. Here's my grandson last summer -- the evening of his first day of water skiing. (Age 9.)

Ditto, a beauty. Nice to see another Correct Craft/Century owner!

The Century Resorter is a 1981, although not "restored." My intention was to make it appear older than the era it was made.
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They're all best moments. Every one of them. Especially with the family. can't put my finger on just one!

Mike

Had a lot of Nautique times that are as good as it gets. No best one, all great.
I like at the end of the day anchored out in 10-15ft sitting on the toon and watching the Nautique just float in it's element as the day ends.

Never did like boat on trailer pictures.

No way I can pick just one! Too many good ones. But this is top of this list -- I bought a Ski Nautique two summers ago because I wanted in inboard to put a boom on to make it easier to teach my girls and their friends to ski. Every time I get a new skier up and doing this, it's the best thing ever!

Mine may have been yesterday, when I, too, brought home a '64 Dunphy X55, this after 5 Nautiques. First inboard I ever skied behind as a kid, always wanted one.

Been a lot of great times on the water.
The most memorable was the night my son proposed to his wife on our boat. Had just bought the boat. My son was getting ready to report to Quantico, Va for six months training in The Basic School for Officers, USMC. He came home as a surprise to his girlfriend. We took the boat out in the late afternoon. Stopped by a restaurant for dinner on the lake. After we finished our meal he asks if he could take the boat out with just him and Jesse at sunset. Proposed to her at sunset on Lake Lanier. She was so surprised....great evening!

Any day that you can teach someone how to ski and enjoy the water.

Family time on the boat is TOUGH to beat!

My dad purchased a 1977 Glastron SSV new and still owns the boat. He over-powered it and put the biggest engine you could buy at the time on it, a Mercury Black Max 175HP outboard engine. We had a 17" pitch prop for skiing and a 21" pitch one for cruising. We did EVERYTHING with that boat and it was very fast. The speedometer went a little above 50 and I pegged it multiple times. It would chine-walk, which was sort of freaky.

Anyhow, we were taking our boat camping up in the San Juan islands (north of Seattle next to Canada) in the mid-80's and after putting in we were cruising along in this bay and a new I/O with some teens (about my age at the time) cruised up next to us and clearly wanted to race. My dad scoffed and kept cruising along at 30 or so while they pestered us. My brothers, sister and I started pleading with my dad to beat them. I will never forget him getting a little bit of a grin and saying, "Sit down and hang on." Then he punched it. That boat had so much power that it would snap your head back when you did that. Needless to say, we left that other boat in the dust quickly while us kids cheered and waved good-bye to the I/O while the teens in that boat stared in wonder at the "old boat" pulling away from them with ease.

With close to 5 decades of this, there can be no one moment, but there are certainly some highlights through the years.

60s

A brand new Mustang followed by dad home.


Too cool, looked just like the one in the brochure


70s
My buddy TJ and I teaching ourselves to barefoot. Sadly, he is gone now.


80s
Houston....hitting the river at least once or twice a week. Some very regular ski buddies.


mid 90s to mid 2000s.
Focus no longer on getting out and tearing it up with buddies. Now it was family time.







2005 to present
Never really found regular ski buddies again, which I miss. So its quick runs with whoever is around. There are still good times with family though...

Father son father's day ski


Or the kids, now grown, taking a run together


But of course, there is the time with you knuckleheads
Whether its some good natured ribbing


A renewed interest in footing that led to my finally learning to go bacerds, with the help of Tim and Brad (admittedly, a career highlight)


Or a Berry Brothers/Hineline barefoot run (cumulative age = 190!!)


And hopefully many more to come.