Not a great sub for the ole Boston-Whaler 14' JET Boat, BUT

Jun 7, 2023, 5:06 PM

it gets me on the water, is lighter & easier to maintain (no waxing), does 25mph vs BW's 29, has new 15hp Tohatsu (they make Mercury and oldest OB mfg in Japan) that Son & Daughter gave me for Father's Day gift.

Monday I left from Lady's Island/Beaufort SC landing at 2pm and headed south on ICW, past Parris Island Marine Base, across Port Royal Sound near ocean to northern tip of Hilton Head Island to relax & wade (see pics)..

then further south past Hudson's Seafood on Skull Creek section of ICW to my former HHI RV Resort where I lived for 13 years on a great deeded lot that had a 1-mile view back to Hudson's.

Got back to landing at 6:30 which included gasing up, resting, sight-seeing, slightly running aground twice (the JET needed only 1' of water!) and going thru some really big incoming tidal waves that crashed over bow & side (3 gallons worth) and threw my motor out of the water 2-3 times which made it over rev enough to slightly damage the rubber safety encasement part of the prop hub which means another prop at $55-$95 but will have a spare now.

Saying, boating ain't for the cheapo's or faint of heart!

Check her out; named FUN since so narrow I can't do Lindy 2 or 3, or Tigerag, or Beauty as I did on earlier boats or sailboats.

Life is good @ 82 and in 10 days I will be at Southport NC to cross over The Cape Fear Ruver near ocean to Bald Head Island to meet up with CU Grad & Attorney Son WILL (aka Babybulb) to chow down with his yearly seafood-pasta dish and see 2 granddaughters.

Then next day I will attempt, as I did in Whaler Jet several times, to motor from lovely seacoast town of Southport up ICW to Wrightsville Beach to see my ole haunts, eat & swim b/4 heading back.

Know that I post this to encourage all you younguns

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18 horse johnson that was hard as heck to crank. It was a sigh of relief every time we got to the lake and it fired up. I remember one day at Martin's Creek on Hartwell when I was about 12 or 13 with my dad and my cousin Joe...it was the end of a long day crappie fishing and we were cranking up for the last time to head back to the ramp and go home. Well sir, my dad ripped that thing about 15 or 20 times without it firing up.... and then, he gave it the old college try and , "Tink"....the pull cord broke and my dad fell over backwards into me and my cousin. My cousin and I busted out laughing and my dad,who NEVER uttered a word of profanity, said," I don't know why in hell you two are laughing....y'all gonna be paddling!!".......You know...I've had that memory 50 plus years....still fresh....I just don't think you will get one of those from playing a computer game...

Not a great sub for the ole Boston-Whaler 14' JET Boat, BUT

Dang, pushed b/4 finishing ~>>> see 3 Pics of FUN~

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Bill...that looks like the boat I grew up fishing in. Had an

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+1 Impressive Level of Activity Bill but ...

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