What GA needs

"Newps" wrote

You can't afford a boat? What the hell is there to afford there? I
bought my brothers boat this spring. Ten year old Bayliner 20 foot
speedboat we use for skiing, cruising the Bighorn Canyon, etc. After the
initial outlay of $8000 it costs virtually nothing to own. 32 gallons of
gas lasts a weekend.

Wait until the outdrive craps out, or some other major engine problem
surfaces.

Boat stands for "break out another thousand."
--
Jim in NC

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:25:37 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Newps" wrote

You can't afford a boat? What the hell is there to afford there? I
bought my brothers boat this spring. Ten year old Bayliner 20 foot
speedboat we use for skiing, cruising the Bighorn Canyon, etc. After the
initial outlay of $8000 it costs virtually nothing to own. 32 gallons of
gas lasts a weekend.

Wait until the outdrive craps out, or some other major engine problem
surfaces.

Boat stands for "break out another thousand."

My last boat was a 23' Zobel. Had a 6cyl greymarine in it and
everytime we went out, spent $50 on gas. That was in 1967, before I
went to aviation. Again, I'm just not satisfied with floating around,
going fishing. I'd want to be back on the coast so I could run from
Seattle to San Diego - Bar Harbor to Ft. Lauderdale would be Ok too.

I am very close to retirement. End of the year. We plan to move back
east and live near a nice big lake. I might build a full sized model
of the African Queen, find a steam engine and just burn wood.
Zaroc

Zaroc Stone wrote:

I am very close to retirement. End of the year. We plan to move back
east and live near a nice big lake. I might build a full sized model
of the African Queen, find a steam engine and just burn wood.

Do it. By all means, do it.