RiverDave
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I've seen it before a couple of times.. And yes it was stupid.Anyone who has had the unfortunate opportunity to witness a boating accident including prop vs person knows its not pretty and usually doesn’t end well. Your story just makes my skin crawl. I'm sure parents just want their kids to have fun but....comon, lets play safe people!
And yet the physics and dangers never have changedFunny how so many of the old days boating advertisements were riding in places we'd get a ticket for today.
YesIs this another one of those “back in the good ol’ days” threads? You know the ones where the guys that chastize those who have a drink on their bote who now drive 54 MPH while towing their jet ski with their F550. They proceed tell us how good it was when they could pack their boat full of drunk people (captain included) with people hanging out of the boat and head home at night with no lights, then tow their bote home at 80 MPH across Rice Road with a Country Squire wagon that had no seat belts while consuming a few road sodas?
Asking for a friend.
Dont forget about lying across the rear lid of your father’s 1976 Buick le sabre.Is this another one of those “back in the good ol’ days” threads? You know the ones where the guys that chastize those who have a drink on their bote who now drive 54 MPH while towing their jet ski with their F550. They proceed tell us how good it was when they could pack their boat full of drunk people (captain included) with people hanging out of the boat and head home at night with no lights, then tow their bote home at 80 MPH across Rice Road with a Country Squire wagon that had no seat belts while consuming a few road sodas?
Asking for a friend.
You seem...Is this another one of those “back in the good ol’ days” threads? You know the ones where the guys that chastize those who have a drink on their bote who now drive 54 MPH while towing their jet ski with their F550. They proceed tell us how good it was when they could pack their boat full of drunk people (captain included) with people hanging out of the boat and head home at night with no lights, then tow their bote home at 80 MPH across Rice Road with a Country Squire wagon that had no seat belts while consuming a few road sodas?
Asking for a friend.
No not at all, I just want to set the proper expectations.You seem...
Agitated.
I don't think anybody ever owned a Chris Craft and didn't sit up on the top of the seat back and yeah, sunbathing on the engine hatch might have happened too.And yet the physics and dangers never have changed![]()
I’m all for all of the above. It’s just funny how things change. If you don’t have your kid in a car seat you are a child endangering savage that should have your children taken away. Yet as @The Prisoner pointed out, we all grew up rolling around in the back seat.I don't think anybody ever owned a Chris Craft and didn't sit up on the top of the seat back and yeah, sunbathing on the engine hatch might have happened too.
Nothing wrong in this picture, Chris Craft did like using pretty girls for advertising. Don't Fall overboard
Dad had one just like this one, with the clam shell for the down draft carbs.
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Here's Chris Craft obviously encouraging carrying guns onboard![]()
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yes! Get back at those pesky super soakers!!!I don't think anybody ever owned a Chris Craft and didn't sit up on the top of the seat back and yeah, sunbathing on the engine hatch might have happened too.
Nothing wrong in this picture, Chris Craft did like using pretty girls for advertising. Don't Fall overboard
Dad had one just like this one, with the clam shell for the down draft carbs.
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Here's Chris Craft obviously encouraging carrying guns onboard![]()
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Drop the ramp, "CHARGE" take this you soaker prickyes! Get back at those pesky super soakers!!!
I forget the exact details, but once Higgins began making their standard LCVP landing craft in New Orleans, the US gave all of the Chris-Craft landing craft to the British. They held fewer soldiers and were underpowered compared to the Higgins boats.I don't think anybody ever owned a Chris Craft and didn't sit up on the top of the seat back and yeah, sunbathing on the engine hatch might have happened too.
Nothing wrong in this picture, Chris Craft did like using pretty girls for advertising. Don't Fall overboard
Dad had one just like this one, with the clam shell for the down draft carbs.
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Here's Chris Craft obviously encouraging carrying guns onboard![]()
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maybe?Is this another one of those “back in the good ol’ days” threads? You know the ones where the guys that chastize those who have a drink on their bote who now drive 54 MPH while towing their jet ski with their F550. They proceed tell us how good it was when they could pack their boat full of drunk people (captain included) half of them hanging out of the boat, not in a seat and head home at night with no lights, then tow their bote home at 80 MPH across Rice Road with a Country Squire wagon that had no seat belts while consuming a few road sodas?
Asking for a friend.
Can we make this a sticky?Is this another one of those “back in the good ol’ days” threads? You know the ones where the guys that chastize those who have a drink on their bote who now drive 54 MPH while towing their jet ski with their F550. They proceed tell us how good it was when they could pack their boat full of drunk people (captain included) half of them hanging out of the boat, not in a seat and head home at night with no lights, then tow their bote home at 80 MPH across Rice Road with a Country Squire wagon that had no seat belts while consuming a few road sodas?
Asking for a friend.
Some genius on the Strip last weekend had a kid sitting outside the front gate of the ‘toon - on the bow while under way. Wasn’t wicked winds like today but breezy. One good bump or surf wake & he’s in the drink. Just plain stupid.One of the worse is seeing kids dangle their feet in the water from the front of an underway houseboat. One little slip and they’re immediately in the water, passing between the pontoons and right into the props. Real ugly deal.
I saw a woman holding a baby with no life jacket like this in the Channel last year dangling her feet. Almost shoved off to chase her down, but... Well you know.Some genius on the Strip last weekend had a kid sitting outside the front gate of the ‘toon - on the bow while under way.