Boating memories with Dad

jbear, Youth is wasted on the young.......
       Wisdom is wasted on the old........



Would I change anything in my life,,,,,,,
     
       "NO FRIGGIN" WAY"

     Would not have enjoyed the ride;
       I Had To Steer!!!!!!!!

     Thanx for sharing John....boat dr

JCole, thanx for the time to share with us about you and yours. If you think time with your kids on the water is great , just wait...
Let me tell you story of absolute joy;
3 Weekends ago 10 year old granddaughter graduated from the tube to the kneeboard,just lieing down and being pulled,great time with her and her Dad, My Son.
Last weekend she learned to sit up . steer and do some cutting up.The old man now has 2 generations of water rats.
I still Ski pretty well to boot, Ain't God Great???????????boat dr

Well, Dad's 80 today, just tried calling to say hello but he's not home from WORK yet. He could probably still work me under the table any day, always could.

Mom's trying to find some of our old fishing pics, I'll post when they turn up and tell a few fish stories.

tjlake wrote: Wonder who was pointing me to this thread??

I don't believe in coincidiences; especially with this forum--too much good has come from it.

Nice thoughts TJ; I like your definition of success. And, it's never to late (sometimes in spite of what has been) to use this moment to make a memory.

Chuck

I don't have many memories of my father because he died when I was 6. However, he is certainly resonsible for my life long love of inboard boats.

We always vacationed in Maine. We had a small outboard, but he had a friend who bought a new Century every couple of years that owned a place on the lake where we rented. The last summer he was alive, his friend came over to visit us with his son in their new 1963 Resorter 17. I remember very well sitting in his son's lap driving their Resorter that day.

My brothers and I always wanted an inboard after that, and in 1966 or 1967 we saw a new Barracuda at the Boston boat show. That became our dream boat.

In 1970, our outboard was on its last legs. I was at the marina trying to crank it over by hand. When I had gotten to the marina, I had spotted a CC Barracuda in the yard. The marina owner told me it was for sale and I told him that my brothers would be interested in it. After a half hour of trying to start our outboard, this party boat came in to the gas dock and the marina owner told me it was the father of the owner of the Barracuda. The guy in the party boat turned out to be my father's friend, and the owner of the Barracuda was his son, whose lap I sat on when I drove the Century.

His son brought the Barracuda over to our rental cottage that day, and my brothers bought it. We had that boat for 10 years. Funny how things work out.

quinner wrote: You know guy's I think the PLBC boy's are trying to re launch that particular look! All this Dad talk is great, I particularly enjoy skiing & footin and being challenged by some of these punk kids like Hollywood, Johnny, PLBC, etal as I am old enough to be their Dad, Bring It Boy's!!

CQ, you won't be the oldest. Hope you can make it out and have some fun.

PS. HW is half my age but the math doesn't work, I have to ski twice as hard to be half as good.

You know guy's I think the PLBC boy's are trying to re launch that particular look! All this Dad talk is great, I particularly enjoy skiing & footin and being challenged by some of these punk kids like Hollywood, Johnny, PLBC, etal as I am old enough to be their Dad, Bring It Boy's!!

75 Tique wrote: I told my story in the second post of this thread so I won't retell it. After my Dad died and we were cleaning up the house I found this photo from about 1963ish, around the year he taught me to ski. Not too many pictures of us boating together, but at least I have this one of us hangin' out on the dock. It now resides on my dresser, a constant reminder of the great years on the lake.

You have got to love the era of white socks and black loafers!!

I told my story in the second post of this thread so I won't retell it. After my Dad died and we were cleaning up the house I found this photo from about 1963ish, around the year he taught me to ski. Not too many pictures of us boating together, but at least I have this one of us hangin' out on the dock. It now resides on my dresser, a constant reminder of the great years on the lake.

Thanks for all the thoughtful stories. They are great.

Shortly before my granddad died (auto accident, not bad health), he went skiing with us at the age of about 70 (behind my '76SN). He had a tough time getting up, but did for a short while. He was plenty strong, but just did not have the "feel / coordination" for it anymore. My dad, 68, got up on two a couple of weeks ago (behind the '94SN) and dropped one. Stayed up, but got tired pretty quickly. It was a tangible sign that he was getting older. It seems like only yesterday that he taught me to slalom on a boat paddle and this little 18" ski called a Ski Skat (the spray was incredible), but it was 35 years ago.

The water has provided my family with our best memories. Now my kids are skiing and wakeboarding. I still have the Ski Skat and can't wait to teach them all about it. Hopefully, my dad will see it with me.

OBXski
'76SN
'94SN

Brian, I'm sorry your mom's no longer here with you and I'm sure you miss her, esp with her nautical influence on you. Ironically today is my mom's 76th birthday. Laurie and I called and wished her a happy one this morning.

And Guys, I met Jane Cole before any of you did, and she's cool. So there! (Mature, huh?)
Jane, like John said it's good to see and hear you join in. I'm sure you won't be as fanatical as many of us here, but we like to know you're out there. I want to come see you guys on Tillery before too long also. Tell your brother and mom and all that came to visit us, that I said hi, and I hope the ski pole is working OK.      

now that's a newbie with class way to start off?


yea kiss me ass the rest of you sob's,


they know how to make an interduction, better than brownies standup last year reguardless. sh*t where's the spell check

I don't remember meeting her. I remember you, Mrs. Jbear, Eddie, and MM, but I don't remember getting to meet Blondiegirl. I have seen her on the site, but I don't think I got the opportunity to meet her. Hopefully at the next reunion I will get the pleasure. We are going to try and go out this weekend and enjoy the water here in NC. Maybe since I am learning how to do this photobucket thing, I can post more pictures later.

Thanks again guys for your stories and compliments. Jbear, you are right. There are great people on here who have great stories and friendships to talk about. The reunion was great. When Mr. Meloon started his business years ago, I am sure he never dreamed of having a "Family" like this who would be so devoted to his product. He is the one who started all these memories for the rest of us. We are all truly blessed. Keep these stories coming. They are all such an inspiration.

87
That would be way cool. Can't wait for the pics.
I don't know if my two sons get the same rush as I do, but this year, I footed side by side with both of them in a six man barefoot line. I was very proud of them, especially the fact that they ran at 42mph.
Hopefully we are creating stories that they will be posting years from now, when they own their classic 2007 Air Nautiques.
Lefty