by wrath » Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:29 pm
Boss lady never had been in a boat at 30some years old. I can't swim very well and I float like wheelweights. I always liked fishing, Dad always had boats but usually they were aluminum of some kind with an outboard of some kind. So, I like to stay in fairly shallow water. Preferably water that I can swim to where I can touch bottom within 10 minutes.
I like to go fast. I like to explore. Most of Michigan, that isn't on big water, is busy if something with more than 12" of draft can get down it.
So, that left me with a jet boat of some kind or a small sterndrive I didn't care about. Finding anything that went at least 50mph 19' or under with 12" or less draft was a bit of a challenge, except a jet boat. And I can't leave a sterndrive alone so it'd end up with a GM 6.2L and suddenly I'd care about it.
Boss lady seems to be hooked on the jet boat, but I think it's more of the drinking on a sandbar part she likes best. But we can go places in the boat that you can't with a prop, assuming weeds don't make your life miserable.
I wish we had an aluminum one, but oh well. Maybe next time. I like that after spending about 30 hours and $600 worth of Dynamat and other sound deadening we can talk at dinner volume levels at 30mph. I like that it's easy to get on the trailer, fairly low maintenance, etc. The fuel economy is horrible on a 240 M2, but such is life. I kind of wish it went faster, but 55 is probably good enough. Been contemplating getting a full Exact setup so I can load the pump up more because it bangs off the rev limiter at 55. But boats are holes in the water you throw money into much like cars are the black stripes on the asphalt you burn money into.
Of course I understand the Jeep Thing, you bought all of my old parts.