Your first boat?

[WoundUpMarine]

This was the first boat i ever ran, it was my family's. A 10ft jetboat, i think i was 5 or so when i was running it. In the picture im sitting on a phonebook so i can see and there is a block of wood on the foot pedal throttle so i could give it gas!! that tuft of brown hair sitting next to me is my little brother. I know it isnt a downeast but i grew up on a lake in florida.

 

[Stinkpot]

The first boat I could call my own was an 8' plywood pram with mismatched oars which was built God knows how long before I acquired it; leaked like a seive. When it was stolen, and presumably used for kindling on Horseneck Beach, I got my first powered boat, this 17' skiff - I was king of the harbor! But, the first boat I ever grabbed the wheel of was Dad's Chris Craft below.

 

[Eastporter]

My dad had a Feathercraft aluminum boat and we waterskied and fished from it on a lake. Good times!

 

[El Mar]

Nice guys!!

First boat that I called mine was a 1969 Chrysler Conqueror that my Dad and I rebuilt when I was in middle school, re-glassed all the holes, fixed cracks and repainted it then hung a 115 Evinrude on it, thing would hit 60 + mph on nice flat days.

Here is an add from 69, I rebuilt her mid 80's.

 

[Badlatitude]

A no name duck boat green skiff with an old evinrude that had a red plastic prop.

 

[jerseysportfisher]

Boat i learned to walk on

I did a little write up here

Throwback NE Clinkers

My first purchase and restore

 

[Hooper]

I bought an 18' Privateer center console with a 115hp Mercury for my first boat, $4K. Had a blast in that little boat. Taught my now-wife to fish on it... Lots of fun.