What did your dad have??

[beerrun]

22ft searay and he made me go to a coast guard navigation class when I was 10

 

[J DUNN]

My Dad had many toys over the years. These three are in my garage today, thankfully.
I don't use them or work on them without thinking of him. In fact, I still call them his........

 

[Sleek-Jet]

1984 Concord with a 200hp BlackMax. Spent nearly every weekend at Powell growing up. My younger brother has it now. Purchased brand new from a dealer in Ft. Collins.

 

[CLdrinker]

18’ southwind
21’ Essex
24’ HTM
21’ shockwave

 

[rmarion]

72 Dodge Charger

told me for 5 years... Son this will be your Car...

before my 15th BD.. I come home and they have a 76 Chrysler Cordova ...

WTF Dad???.
Son you would of not been able to afford the insurance...
15 yo boys don't understand that information.... FUCK!!! LOL

 

[Gramps]

too long ago to remember.... thinking it was a mid to late 50's Glastron???? white hull with a light blue deck

 

[f12517]

growing up first boat I remember was some pos 16ft runabout with a Merc outboard that was unreliable as fuck. In 1981 we bought a brand new Searay 22 Sundancer cabin cruiser and ran the hell outta it. Dana point, Newport and HB for salt cruising, Lake Perris and Lake Smell some more on Sundays. I actually waterskied on Elsinore many times and lived tell about it. Long trips were to Nacimiento back when it actually had water in it....

 

[Nanu/Nanu]

My dad doesn't have a boat was never really into i suppose... Where i on the other hand am super into it and was one thing that my wife and i have in common.

 

[coolchange]

Well I guess technically it was his as we were kids.

Then built a glen l titan(?). And a pram chase boat.
Funny he didn’t swim.

 

[lbhsbz]

15 foot regatta with a 100hp (really an 85hp) Johnrude....used to tow it behind a VW bus from Manhattan Beach to the river, and one trip a year to Bass Lake

Later he picked up a 18' Nordic with a 200hp Merc on it from a guy who was a service writer at the chevy dealer in havasu....somewhere around 93 or so.

Dad's an engineer....fun boats were not his thing. lol

 

[jetboatperformance]

My Old Man was so cheap "he squeaked" , once or twice a year He'd rent a row boat at Santa Margarita Lake. My FIL took a 60's Dolphin Cathedral hull beast and installed a 440 Mopar (from a burned CHP car) and a Berkeley Pakajet , Hauled ass (or seemed like it) was my real introduction to boats , I was hooked (circa 75) In 76' Rhonda and I bought a new 19' Miller Jet 460 Berkeley , the rest is History for Jet Boat Performance

 

[Go-Fly]

My father started with a 35ft 1958 Owens Flag Ship. It had 4 bunks in the bow and the dinette folded down into a bed. Mom would hang me in my bassinet form the companionway and I would swing there while we went out over the bar. No life jackets on anyone. Grew up on open water and wanted to make my living from the sea. Had a scary crabbing trip at the age of 16 and that took care of that. Dad had a boat on the ocean until he died. My family also had all kinds of lake boats through out his life. Some for fishing and some for skiing. Good clean family fun. Except that mooning of the church picnic at the lake park but, no pictures, never happen.

 

[Crazyhippy]

1979 Ranger Tri Hull. With a Iron Duke 4cyl and a Volvo 270 out drive. Mom and Dad bought the boat, and had to wait for a few days to pick it up, the day they went to get it, they found out I was coming into the world.

 

[Lumpy]

 

[Lumpy]

If anyone knows were the Desperado is please let me know! My brothers and I have been searching for her for 20+ years. My Dad is 79...it would be cool if we could bring her home.

 

[stoker22405]

V.I.P Parking at the Horse Track/ Casino / Strip Club/ Local Bar...!

 

[Sharp Shooter]

My Dad grew up in Gardena. He was already into fast cars, but his friend Tom Wattenberg got him into boats. Tom was friends with Mac Stevens and sold my Dad Silhouette II . It was displayed in the Stevens catalogue and It's also the boat seen in this video. After a season or two, Dad installed a 427 Ford. Dad's tow vehicles were a hipo 390, 4spd Starliner and a 427 powered '57 T-bird sporting 4.56 gears and wrinkle walls. Imagine going from La Mirada to Kinders camp in Parker with no air, no power windows no heated seats no usb port and no audible stereo because he was usually uncorked.

In '72 he sold the Stevens and bought a bare hull from Dominator and put his 427 in that. This would be the boat I leaned to ski behind. Dad's favorite boating spots were Lake San Antonio and lake Mead where I learned to ski at age 5. We also took 3 week vacations around the western United States every year. Sometimes we took the boat and launched and skied at every lake along the way. My dad loved to ski especially on the ski he made himself.

 

[Deckin Around]

77 Century., bought used in 87’ish.

 

[DWC]

Grew up with my step dad. He had an old flat bottom. We launched it a few times in the Long Beach harbor. Don’t think it ever came back on its own power . Next and last boat was a 12’ish fiberglass fishing boat. Took it to silver wood quite a bit.
My dad had a 23’ Reinell cabin cruiser on Canyon Lake. He lived at the condos when i was a teen. We used to cruise it around the lake. The original wake surfer. . Like others have said. Can’t believe he just let us take it.

 

[Sawtooth]

A 60’s sumthin black walnut wood deck Hallett flatbottom with I think a 396ci, I’m getting ready to take her out for a rip in this picture . Learned to ski behind this boat with one of those floating belt type deals before there were life jackets. Grew up going to Parker, we hit a roller one afternoon at a weird angle and mom got pitched out.....that was it, boat was sold the next week. But dad built a 21’ Campbell from Bob & Billy to replace it, I had a great childhood growing up at the river.....thanks for the bug dad!!

 

[Wayn-o]

25' cabin cruiser in Oceanside harbor until Dana Point harbor was built.

 

[LakeMead Boater]

I don’t think I’ll ever have the cool boats my dad has or had.

24 SKV rigged by Hallett
270T Hallett
270S Hallett
300 Hallett
1990 Ski Nautique
270T Hallett
340 Hallett
400 Hallett

I have a lot of catching up to do with my boys to get in the same realm!

 

[Ultra...Good]

My dad has had 3 wives and seven kids. Beyond that, he just had jobs.

 

[Orange Juice]

Dad had a few Century’s. Two wooden boats, and a 1972 Century Arabian.

 

[mash on it]

Pops had a '74 Eliminator, 460/Berkeley.
Started boating at Puddingstone, then on to Silverwood, then later Havasu (Black Meadow Landing and Cattail Cove), and Parker once, ~'82?, Also out on Mead with a house boat in July '83. He sold it in early '84.
Then some Buick V6/OMC deep Vee (fishin' boat?) in 85 ish.
In late '87, a (new) 17' open bow Imperial, with that hot rod 3 liter four banger MerCruiser...45 mph all day long.

So many memories.
Thanks Dad.

Dan'l

 

[Kenboat]

Dad had small boats for fishing on Lake Erie. Go out after he came home from working midnights at Ford and fish until 1-2 pm.
Came home and he went to bed to be woke up at 10 pm.
Sister and I would clean the fish, bag and freeze.
15 Stury with 50 hp.
19 Searay with a 115 Merc
25 Century

 

[MOUZER]

64 16ft cat hull with twin white mercs with silver cowlings.......36 ft coronado sailboat (los alimitos bay)long beach and rode a harley electraglide he was a motor cop down town LA

 

[Eliminator21vdrive]

One of these.. I learned how to ski when I was just a little guy and made a knee board of sorts out of a disk of plywood and could stand on it.. Great times!!

 

[wzuber]

My parents were not into the boat seat. My parents were hardcore car fanatics.

My Dad had many toys over the years. These three are in my garage today, thankfully.
I don't use them or work on them without thinking of him. In fact, I still call them his........


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Nice...we need a pic of the flatty behind the shortbed......that would be nostalgic sweet..

 

[retaocleg]

1971 cheetah 17'. and a 1980 challenger 18' or 19', cant remember.......in the 70's and 80's

 

[wzuber]

My Dads 1st. Boat was a 17' Bluewater runabout w/a 120hp. Mercuiser I/O. Had the inline 4cyl if i recall correctly. (Circa late 60's) We learned to waterski behind that @ 5yrs old. Then a 16' glasspar (similar to the one posted above only smooth sided) w/a 65hp merc o.b. we ski'd the chit outa that thing, had a blast as kids. Taught many neighbors and friends how to ski w/that boat. Local lakes typically (Elsinore mostly) w/ vacation trips to the river, lake Berryesa, Tahoe once, Clear lake, long beach harbor etc. His last boat was a 1972 20' Winner deep V runabout. I recently donated it to the SCSC race club as a Patrol/tow boat. Has a 165hp merc I/O.
My buddies and I would bail from Upland high school @ 1pm and be in the water by 2pm. We ran the chit outa that thing on Silverwood many afternoons till dusk. 4-5 of us Drinkin beers and skiing continuosly until we could go no more. 18 gal. Fuel tank. We would burn at least 1 full fuel load. So many great times in these old tubs. Dads old pride and joy still serves and I know he would be proud as hell. I did most all the maintenance on that boat thru the years for him letting us use the ol girl. It originally had jump seats in back w/the doghouse eng. Cover. I built a rear bench/hatch combo for it and had the interior all re-upholstered at A1 Canvas in Upland when Eric Martin owned it. I was friends w/Eric. I also converted the single axle American brand trlr. To tandem axle w/brakes, side guides and walkway etc.
I had it completely sandblasted and I painted it blue to match the hull gel. These pix r from a test run just before donating it to the SCSC club. It hadn't been wet in a couple years and I wanted to make sure it was gtg before donating.

 

[rush1]

We have a 14' 1965 Glasspar with a 45 Evinrude motor !

I restomod one of those .

1965 Glasspar restomod

So I've been rebuilding a 1965 glasspar avalon for a customer, the first one of these I did was for my brother in law which was a 1960 glasspar citation So from doing that boat I got the referral to do this boat Pretty rough but all there.

www.riverdavesplace.com

 

[wzuber]

My parents were not into the boat seat. My parents were hardcore car fanatics.

One of these.. I learned how to ski when I was just a little guy and made a knee board of sorts out of a disk of plywood and could stand on it.. Great times!!


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Great old boats. Many great memories have been made in boats like these. Boating legacies right there.

 

[wzuber]

I restomod one of those .

1965 Glasspar restomod

So I've been rebuilding a 1965 glasspar avalon for a customer, the first one of these I did was for my brother in law which was a 1960 glasspar citation So from doing that boat I got the referral to do this boat Pretty rough but all there.

www.riverdavesplace.com

Great thread right there. Brought back sooo many great memories and 1bad 1..lol
Thx for doing/sharing that.

 

[skifaster]

Such a cool thread. Makes me think of so many great memories with my Dad.
My Dad started going to Lake Arrowhead in the 40's with family. He grew up around Chris Crafts, but he never owned one.
His first boat was a P14. He and my Grandpa each went and bought one in the late 50's. I hope to find one someday for myself.
With work and kids, he didn't get another boat until the 70's, and then hasn't been boatless since.
In order he has had...
50's P14 outboard
20' Fantasy Jet boat
1981 Hallett Super Sport
1984 Twin Turbo 21RC Schiada (still have it, but it is all apart)
1988 13' Boston Whaler
1989 Hallett Vector
1986 Hallett Vector
1977 21RC Schiada V-Drive
2005 Nordic 25' Rage
2000 Hallett 210 Twin Turbo with Merc 6 Drive
And a couple of pontoons.
He still has the 1984 Schiada, the Whaler, and a pontoon.

I was very lucky growing up around all these, and of course his love for his Porsche's over the years. 79 911 (stolen), 82 911SC, and 2010 Carrera 4S (still has).

My Dad's favorite has always been his 1984 21RC Schiada, his Porsche's, and that has carried through to my 9 year old whose 2 favorites are Porsche's and Schiada's too.

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

20" Cole Mini Cruiser with 175 Black Max

Still has it!!

 

[Clank123]

1968…Glen L with a 390 caddy.
At Buckskin before it was Buckskin and Echo across the river before they expanded.

1970…Retired Unblown Fuel all wood Litchfield with a 440 Chrysler out of a wrecked CHP car(my dad was a Highway Patrolman)
I started driving it in 71 as and 11 year old. Boat ran 75-80 and he let me run it out the back door!
So it’s all his fault I’ve spent all these years as a Vdrive guy!

Last three pictures of a typical Saturday at the Lagoon in Carlsbad. It was my second home. 5 minutes from our house.

1972…Litchfield Flatbottom. Litchfield boats were built here in Carlsbad, so most of the locals had them. I used to sweep and clean their shop on Saturdays in the winter and a day or two a week in the summer.

1974…Litchfield Runner bottom

Me getting a little air on the old Murdoch up river in 74 and making my first pass in it in 1975 at Bakersfield with the NDBA when I was 15 registered under my Dads name

My Dad drove boats at the Drags in Brackets, Ski Competition, Unblown Gas Flat and Unblown Fuel Flat as well as a little SK racing at the Circle Boat races.
He was killed in the line of duty in 1977 at 43, I was 17.
I miss him every day.
His influence on my life in terms of boating is immeasurable.
Thanks for the memories Dad!

 

[Carlos90041]

1995 Searay Sea Rayder

 

[Shlbyntro]

my dad was an engineer and disnt come from a bosting background. His first boat was our families 24ft 1987 Party Barge with a 115 Merc on it, then after that we got the 2001 Wellcraft 200SS that my mom still has. I on the other hand am a bit on the crazy side

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

My dad grew up racing SKs against the likes of Edlebrock Sr, Lou Brummet, Rudy Raymos and several other guys like Joe Pody and Gary Primm (of Primm Nevada).

He had a 60’s Aquacraft as well as a Mandela (IIRC). Engine was a Chrysler Hemi built and tuned by Kieth Black himself. He held the Long Beach Marine Stadium speed record for a bit. He always said the Aquacraft was a rocket down the straights but didn’t turn as well, his other boat wasn’t as fast but could carve the turns without getting out of the throttle as much.

When he went ski racing as a skier, he ran with the big dogs. Bob Maher, Chuck Sterns, Butch Peterson and a lot of others I don’t recall at the moment.

My uncle raced K Racing Runabouts back when they ran nitro and no one had heard of capsules. He lost part of his leg when the boat flipped and landed on him.

 

[Deeznutz2]

Dad had

18 eliminator bubbledeck jet
19 eliminator daytona jet
19 Carrera 5.7 jet crashed dragboat
19 Carrera 5.7 jet #2
205 Carrera elite jet
202 Carrera skier
20 eliminator scorpion jet
21 eliminator daytona outboard
205 eliminator sport classic jet
205 eliminator sport tunnel jet
205 eliminator skier

I'm missing some

 

[hman442]

Dad had a Mahogony '56 Century 16' Resorter with a 225 hp Merc Interceptor. The picture of remember of the engine, it looked like a 312 from a Tbird, had multiple carbs. He towed it with an Olds Convertible. I remember it out in the driveway in the 60s with a garden hose running on it and water coming through the bottom until the wood swelled. In '71 he traded it off on a Yellow 21' SeaRay. That boat had through transom exhaust, an OMC outlive, and a 307 Chev with the "Corvette" package. It had a (figured out later)350hp327 cam, the finned Corvette Valve Covers (painted metallic silver), and a quadrant. It was always fun going into and out of the marina, the idle was set pretty slow, so it was like pa-tay-ta-pa-tay-ta, and people were always looking around for "the hot rod boat". He pulled that boat with an Eldorado. I was 11 when he got it, after a couple years I was fully in charge of maintenance winterization, as Dad wasn't/didn't have time to wrench and I loved it. Well, when I was 18, damned if I didn't forget to winterize it. That spring, running it on the hose, it started gurgling an awfull mess out the valve cover breathers. The block was spilt inside along the pushrods. In pulled the 350 of of my Camaro & dropped in it, and built a better 350 for the Camaro. I kinda did all that without him knowing. The 350 helped that heavy Sea Ray to plane a lot quicker. My buddies and I would get it going about 25, turn the knob beneath the steering column to lock the steering straight, then all of us would get in the back of the boat and start rocking forward and back. That boat would start porpoising, and eventually it'd pretty much jump out of the water and slam back down, over and over. Great fun, but that big 'ol boat always kept us safe, saved us from ourselves!

 

[Backlash]

The first boat we had was something not familiar to folks in California. It was a Gheenoe which is a fiberglass canoe on steroids made on the East Coast of Florida. My Dad bought it in 1984 and we used that sucker all over the Southeast US. I grew up fishing, swimming and paddling that boat everywhere we went as a family. My Dad still has it to this day, and some day, I will "Aquire" it and rebuild it. It is a kick in the pants with a little 15hp outboard. Simpler times!!!

 

[74 spectra20 v-drive]

63' Spitfire w/ 401 Nail Head
69' Sanger w/ Boss 429

 

[dribble]

Nothing. We were a family of six kids. We had one car the entire time I was growing up. My parents came from New York to California with a couple hundred bucks in their pocket. All four of my grandparents were dead and they had no other family here. My dad worked a day job and worked in a hotel at night as a bellhop for the first 12 years of my life.

With nothing but a high school education, at age 36 he quit his second job and managed to get accepted to Mc George School of law and went to night school for four years. While still working and supporting a wife and six kids. He graduated and passed the BAR on his first try in 1972. I was 16. By the time he paid off his student loans I was 25. We went boating with friends and neighbors, camping with the scouts and spent all of our summers swimming the American River and taking an occasional trip to Folsom Lake to swim.

Most of my friends think I’m over the top OCD in the way I take care of my stuff. There is a reason for that.

 

[old rigger]

1960 Catalina Conquest flat bottom, 75 hp Evinrude Starflite. Built by a local fireman who along with his friends would race them in the Catalina ski race. Dad bought the last one built. Named it Thum-Purr a few years after the first pic was taken. My aunt's cousin was an animator at Disney and he drew up the rabbit skiing on his feet. Can't believe I don't have a clear pic of the name.
We had that until '71 or so and dad didn't own another boat for almost a decade, Schuster would just let him take what ever floor model Tahiti was handy to the strip.

I seemingly remember every detail about that flat bottom although there wasn't much to the thing. Pretty basic hull, seat, engine. lol.
Would kill to have it today.

1961 on the beach that would later become Laughlin. Across the river is Bullhead.

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[dezrtracer]

1968 Rayson Craft 16ft with a 1969 Merc 125 . My Dad willed it to me when he passed in 1994 and I still have it . So many good times with that boat probably will keep it forever .

 

[Maw]

Such a cool thread. Makes me think of so many great memories with my Dad.
My Dad started going to Lake Arrowhead in the 40's with family. He grew up around Chris Crafts, but he never owned one.
His first boat was a P14. He and my Grandpa each went and bought one in the late 50's. I hope to find one someday for myself.
With work and kids, he didn't get another boat until the 70's, and then hasn't been boatless since.
In order he has had...
50's P14 outboard
20' Fantasy Jet boat
1981 Hallett Super Sport
1984 Twin Turbo 21RC Schiada (still have it, but it is all apart)
1988 13' Boston Whaler
1989 Hallett Vector
1986 Hallett Vector
1977 21RC Schiada V-Drive
2005 Nordic 25' Rage
2000 Hallett 210 Twin Turbo with Merc 6 Drive
And a couple of pontoons.
He still has the 1984 Schiada, the Whaler, and a pontoon.

I was very lucky growing up around all these, and of course his love for his Porsche's over the years. 79 911 (stolen), 82 911SC, and 2010 Carrera 4S (still has).

My Dad's favorite has always been his 1984 21RC Schiada, his Porsche's, and that has carried through to my 9 year old whose 2 favorites are Porsche's and Schiada's too.

I remember talking to your Dad about Tachycardia (his boat not my health issues) one day in the office while other patients were waiting. This was probably 15 years or so ago. He had pics of his boats hanging in the office, not the typical boring floral arrangements you normally see.

 

[MK1MOD0]

I’m really digging all these old pics !!! So cool to see how the boating community has progressed. My Dad wasn’t into boats. Apparently, my parents had a boat before I Was borne, but he was into cars and motorcycles after. Luckily, friends had boats and I was able to experience some boating growing up. It really stuck with me.

 

[Ultra247]

Dad was a mechanic and into cars and figure 8 racing at Ascot. Not into boats and couldn't swim. A friend of the family had a late 60's 16' Glastron with an 85 on it. He also had two daughters. I spent a lot of time skiing in that boat. Ski'd the green water and dead fish in Elsinore all the time! The families would all camp in the campgrounds at the North end of the lake. The kids would be up early to "ski the glass". Couldn't have more than three people in the boat to ski so we would all discuss (argue!) about who got to go out each run. The runs would take "forever" when you were waiting on the beach for the next run!

Miss my dad and miss the ski runs! (Pic from the web for reference