Boaty McBoat Face: Airboater Turns Salty Seaman

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I present my plight to the court of DFD: Sailing and Boats

I have been harboring the dream of taking up sailing lately. I have experience with small crafts as a teen and did a 1.5 week excursion to the Keys circa 2002 iirc. 50' twin mast (Cutter? iirc) would have to review photos. Sailed there on wind, motored back to FL due to time. I'm not a pro but am half way dangerous on smaller crafts. I've been listening to a ton of vlogs and reading about larger boats the past few weeks. Its like picking at a scab and now its festered in to me thinking often about sailing. I've come across a few deals on smaller pleasure power boats but never could commit to that life. A sail boat would stay in a marina ideally.

This idea of leaving it all grows stronger. This idea of adventure weather by road or sea has a solid rooting in me know. Mix all these different van life, tiny house, and boat life: Each has a strong appeal to me.

I am equally torn in that I love doing car shit. Any of the above life styles isn't conducive to car shit.

I can't say Im ever going to act on it but I'd love to have a sub 30' sailboat to tinker around on and quasi fix up. I like the idea better than a van to travel on road. The other appeal to boat life is leaving the US shore all together. At this stage in life, I'd prefer to take the head in sand approach to watching this country become more polarizing. Ideally, I could find a way to take about 1 month off work and head west and roadtrip some things Ive yet to see, before committing any more thought to #boatlife

Im taking a weekend trip to AL/FL gulf area Friday. Will go look around at boats and talk to a few boat people. Will also ponder my ideas more with my ass in the sand.

Until then, I leave you DFD folks with the stereotype of stereotypes of us airboaters:

https://batonrouge.craigslist.org/boa/d ... 25955.html

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This is all on hold until after our UK/italy trip in october. That will be costly.
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You should sail the Salton Sea


Also, stop watching the news and get out and enjoy YOUR life.
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Either :dubshow: has gone :fullretard: or this is one helluva :trollface: thread.
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That airboat is like the boat version of the racecar.
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Just convince RayRay that he needs whatever boat you want, then "borrow" it from him after he buys it.
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Melon wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:32 pm That airboat is like the boat version of the racecar.
:wtf:

the racecar is legit AF.
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wap wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:30 pm Just convince RayRay that he needs whatever boat you want, then "borrow" it from him after he buys it.
:notbad:

but I dont want joint ownershit of much with my dad. He is, difficult, to say the least. I enjoy very separate property with him.
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dubshow wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:48 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:32 pm That airboat is like the boat version of the racecar.
:wtf:

the racecar is legit AF.
Shape is similiar, and it looks like a VW engine on the airboat as well.
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dubshow wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:49 pm
wap wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:30 pm Just convince RayRay that he needs whatever boat you want, then "borrow" it from him after he buys it.
:notbad:

but I dont want joint ownershit of much with my dad. He is, difficult, to say the least. I enjoy very separate property with him.
:word:
Good point is good.
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Melon wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:49 pm
dubshow wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:48 pm

:wtf:

the racecar is legit AF.
Shape is similiar, and it looks like a VW engine on the airboat as well.
I was once a passenger on an airboat down in Key West that was powered by a 500 cid Caddy engine with no mufflers off the headers. T'was LOUD.
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dubshow wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:48 pm the racecar will be legit AF.
FTFY.
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stripethree wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:02 pm
dubshow wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:48 pm the racecar will be legit AF.
FTFY.
how so? It runs. Has fresh tars. Just needs a good race session shake down.

It can only get better but dollarhairs to donuts its pretty good.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:46 am :dubshow: :dubshow: :dubshow:
:lolol:
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:46 am :dubshow: :dubshow: :dubshow:
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:46 am :dubshow: :dubshow: :dubshow:
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oh man im dead.


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So I popped this plan to the wife. She is a little taken back by it all.

But I think the seed is planted and she likes the idea of travel. Just maybe not by boat. :notsure:
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This would be the ideal boat for island hopping like I want to do.

Would NOT be ideal for ocean crossing. And its also not likely to be in the budget. Something sub $25k is about the price point and those large cats are around 100k.

http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/70477

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wap wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:54 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:49 pm

Shape is similiar, and it looks like a VW engine on the airboat as well.
I was once a passenger on an airboat down in Key West that was powered by a 500 cid Caddy engine with no mufflers off the headers. T'was LOUD.
ive never seen an airboat with a muffler. They say the prop muffles it at speed. Yeah, they are all loud AF.
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dubshow wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:12 pm how so? It runs. Has fresh tars. Just needs a good race session shake down.

It can only get better but dollarhairs to donuts its pretty good.
waits for GoPro video of race car doing race car things

That said, I hope you are right and I look forward to seeing it do race car things!
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:46 am :dubshow: :dubshow: :dubshow:
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:46 am :dubshow: :dubshow: :dubshow:
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dubshow wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:53 am
wap wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:54 pm

I was once a passenger on an airboat down in Key West that was powered by a 500 cid Caddy engine with no mufflers off the headers. T'was LOUD.
ive never seen an airboat with a muffler. They say the prop muffles it at speed. Yeah, they are all loud AF.
:yeahok:

:hellno:
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