Wednesday, August 26, 2020

The Way We Were Wednesday - Simple Wood Boat

 This is my oldest brother, in my grandfather's boat. A classic wood boat.  The boat was gone before I came along, there were later small metal boats.  Most likely this was a small lake in Michigan.  Both of my grandfathers liked to fish.  My paternal grandfather thought boats were cumbersome and expensive, my maternal grandfather owned several small simple boats.  He wanted to get out on the water where there was no one around.  

Any early boat memories for you? 

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  1. My dads cousin always use to take me speeding boating on Lake Harvey where they had a place. Now the most excitement is taking a canoe out on the lake here for arm exercise.

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    1. My Uncle had a boat when I was growing up,

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  2. the earliest boat trip I remember was the cape may/lewes ferry. I think I was a teen then and my family was on vacation.

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    1. I was older the first time I rode a ferry

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  3. I wish I had early boat memories. I have two photos from when I was possibly 4. One of my father and sister in a row boat and the other of my mother and me. I have no memory of the four of us being out on a lake together but it looks blissful.

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    1. I have long wanted to own a small boat.

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  4. Anonymous8/26/2020

    Just once fishing with my father and his father in a tinnie (tin boat) So boring.

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    1. I last went fishing, in about 1978. Very boring.

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  5. The only boats that were common when I was a kid on the landlocked prairies were canoes for paddling down the rivers and lakes.

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    1. I missed having real lakes when I lived in Kentucky. Growing up near the great lakes, Michigan has 11,000 small lakes.

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  6. I grew up in city on the Mississippi River so boats were all around but my family didn't own one until I was around 16 years old and my dad purchased an Amphicar. My dad was always into the most unusual things! He loved driving down to the river and just driving right into the water. He really loved the look on people's faces when he did that.

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  7. My father used to take us to the beach in San Diego. He'd stop along the way and tell us about the ships in the docks. He loved that. I guess he missed being in the navy.
    My one and only experience with a boat was when I was in my late thirties. We went to a man made lake, and my nonswimming husband got the bright idea of renting one of those little aluminum (I think) row boats. I managed to get my clumsy ass into the thing. Getting out of it was another matter. The boat rocked, naturally, and I fell to my knees right onto the ridged floor or seats, I don't remember which. I still have the scars on my knees. Good times.

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    1. Ouch! My ex didn't swim, one of the reasons I didn't own a boat when I lived in Florida.

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  8. Yes lots. I sort of grew up on my grandfathers' wooden cabin cruiser. these are my favorite childhood memories.

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