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bajadock
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$IZE MATTERS
As a first-time boat owner, I decided to glean as much experience from veterans as possibile and joined a boating forum.
Boating can be expensive and I am neither RICO nor POBRE. A strong sentiment in the boating community is that if you have to ask how to save money on
a boat, you are involved in the wrong leisure activity.
Who has similar reactions from snobs upon taking up a new activity(food, cars, fashion, sport, dating )?
EXAMPLE:
"If you need to consult Baja Nomad, then you really aren't cut out to endure the challenges of Baja!"
[Edited on 9-16-2007 by bajadock]
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bajabound2005
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Dude! Are you home already????
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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Iflyfish
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Sounds like pretty dumb thinking from my point of view. Testosterone poisoning?
Iflyfish
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Osprey
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I have 2 boats but in the states I always followed this rule: "it's better to have boat buddies than boats cause you don't have to make the payments
in the winter."
There's just one glaring difference between owning your own boat and going out with others. When you're at the helm/wheel/tiller of your very own
boat it is a high -- all us whimps become Captain Courageaous.
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Skipjack Joe
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The same is true of flyfishing. Most guys in california throw money around like crazy but that has very little to do with how good you really are. The
flyshops try to promote the spending also by carrying only the expensive brands. Many of our shop owners aren't very good fishermen either.
So, many years ago I was led to believe that flyfishing was expensive also and it has not been that way at all.
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4baja
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when you have your own boat you can go were and when you want. like osprey says it is a high everytime im at the wheel full speed heading out on a
adventure. i like being on my buddys boat too cause then i can drink all his beer!!
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Minnow
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Cool Pic of your boat Steve.. I noticed that if you rearrange the lettering on the side of it you could have OR BOLA. 
Proud husband of a legal immigrant.
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TMW
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I'm sure many have been in situations where going cheap or lets say less expensive did not work out well or as we intended. I've had such experiences
with auto alternators. The ones with a life time warranty at the local Kragen or Autozone stores will have you spending a life time replacing them.
Perhaps that is the attitude of the boaters on the boat forum. We will always run into people with very strong opinions about things and being at a
keyboard gives us the courage to say it.
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Cypress
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bajadock Don Jorge makes an excellent point. Those big fancy models "eat" a lot of
$$$$. Check with the local fisherman.
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Bob and Susan
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i love "boat talk"
boat owners never have a boat big enough or one that has enough power...
there's always a bigger fish...
get a boat you can tow from place to place
if you get one that needs to be docked at a marina your adventures are limited to your immediate area...boring
a trailer boat can go everywhere
get alot of walking around room....
you never "NEED" to walk around until you're on the water...
remember a BIG boat like 4baja's needs a BIG truck to pull it
more fun $$$...
if women are involved (or old guys) ... get a boat with a toilet
buy a BIG expensive boat and screw the money
you WON"T be taking it with you....
have fun NOW!!!
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DENNIS
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Talking like a man with no end of fun tickets but, you're right about the co-oeds on board unless they have no problem with sitting on the rail for a
drip-dry.
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Talking like a man with no end of fun tickets but, you're right about the co-oeds on board unless they have no problem with sitting on the rail for a
drip-dry. |
I think there was a thread about this very subject a long time ago. It's kind of hard to hang it over the rail when you're in the middle of the
parking lot. That's when the bailer comes in handy.
P<*)))><
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Sharksbaja
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The boat's too big to be an avatar. Think small.
btw, my shark likes the room.
[Edited on 9-16-2007 by Sharksbaja]
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Santiago
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
I think there was a thread about this very subject a long time ago. It's kind of hard to hang it over the rail when you're in the middle of the
parking lot. That's when the bailer comes in handy.
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http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=10317#pid7878...
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Minnow
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A 5 gallon bucket will usually work in a pinch.
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Paulina
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Santiago,
I knew you'd come up with the link. There's some classic stuff there.
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Roberto
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Folks, I resemble these remarks. I have a head on my boat, and let me tell you, I am happy that I don't have to "go over the side" in the middle of
the Pacific night, travelling at ten knots to get to "the spot" at grey light. Over the side, mateys. Heads have their place - and the parking lot at the ramp is one of them!
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Paulina
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So Roberto,
You've never checked the water temp. or the depth of your anchor?
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bajadock
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head and shower work. Today's idea was wine rack addition.
Love everyone's "bigger does not equal better" comments.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
So Roberto,
You've never checked the water temp. or the depth of your anchor?
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Nope.
P.S. Eeeeeeewwwww.
P.P.S. We're right on the edge of TMI here.
[Edited on 9-17-2007 by Roberto]
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