Your first Boat

Hi from Australia !! My first boat was this orange 1970 fiberglass clinker. Being towed by my beloved 1967 Holden.



I then modified it slightly. Tower, bench to bucket seats, rear ski-locker, enclosed engine hatch, platform.




We then painted it some new colours for my brother - who had bought it by then





I now own this clinker (1974), which I'm slowly building up to sell to make way for a CC of some sort.

Justin,
What engines were (are) in the Clinkers?

I thought the Holden was from grand theft auto lol

That's a cool first boat. I like it now, but have to admit it would be really cool in its original condition, particularly if you still have the 67 Holden. That rudder sticks out a long way from the back of the boat. Only driven one boat with the external rudder, a Moomba. It backed up pretty well for an inboard. BKH

Found a couple of pics during their rebuilds.

The Phantom engine



The Spectre engine

One of my best buddies built a boat similar to that little hydroplane when we were in 8th or 9th grade. I think he used plans from Popular Mechanics. 10 horse Johnson. That was a lot of fun. BKH

Our '78 on its first day at the Ski Club dock on Sandusky Bay



The '78 on vacation in Tennessee



Sandusky Bay again..Patti with the rope..our nephew Brett who is now close to 30 sitting next to Mark Lastovka, who is driving.

Probably put these on before but..oh well.

Seems that you have had lots of boat driving experiance Adam. What color was the boat? How long was the season up there? Coupla weeks?

john

Thnks Brian..you gotta be the only guy paying attencion. Still I am always proud of my first and more proud of the young Patti pictures. Man I liked that long hair.

john

Thanks for the props Brian. But its easy...Patti does not like to shop, does not like a fancy house or furniture, does not like jewelry, will ride in the boat all day without complaint, is one of the better drivers in our club, especially for barefoot and can back a trailer or load the boat. Not much else to say about a girl like that.

I sure married way over my head I can tell ya.

john

Jbear,I recognize the lovely Patty,but who's that guy driving your boat?

The reason I asked he looks a youmger version of a co-worker.If I had been reading a little closer I would have seen he named in the post...duh!

Bruce just looking through all these threads there are two red ..c/c on the channel on lake ossipee maybe four houses apart. between broad bay and the main lake. they look the part you never know..

1st: Picked up this Gem for 500 bucks, best money I ever spent. Introduced me to water sports and I've never looked back.




2nd: After a season with the MFG I wanted a "real" boat so I started looking for a Correct Craft. I though I was onto something when I found this one in the "free" section of c.list.
Not only was it busted up on the driver side, but it was missing EVERY single piece. Instead of wasting time looking for parts I turned this lemon into lemonade and made some custom furniture.




3rd: With the floor & transom rotting out in the MFG I decided to strip the running gear and transplant it into this '66 MirroCraft Ski N' Troll. Although it's not a CC it technically was a "ski" boat.




4th: (Current) After years of searching I finally brought home a Correct Craft, actually 2 of them. Plan is to resto-mod the Tique using the good parts from the totaled Nautique. Then when all's said & done I'm going to make a few more bars from the Nautique carcass.

Good to see this old thread pop up once again.

BKH

I think I have the most unique Nautique. This paint Job was put on the boat by Thieves.
Boat was stolen around 1980 in Reno NV. Used by those that stole it for 2 years. Recovered and sold off by the insurance company in 1982 when I purchased it.
We had it for 8 years. Great Boat.   I was broke at the time so the paint job stayed. It was well applied and grew on me.   I liked it after a while. Caught a bunch of flack from many Nautique owners for not flying the flag.   We bought this boat in December of 82 after getting married in November of 82. Purchased for $5,000 and sold in 1990 for $7,500.
Everything was like new when I sold it. Not so much when we bought it.
We had a custom cover built to help store it outside shown as we were picking it up,