Fish ON!

[K9CCH]

My dad helped me buy a boat yesterday. It was a co-workers boat that had sat up for two or three years. $1800 later it was home and it was mine. We pulled FOUR large lawn bags of pecan leaves out of it, and started cleaning it up. Today we replaced the trim pump and got it working. Tomorrow we'll siphon all the old gas out of it, blow out the carbs, and see if we can get it cranked up. It's a 1996 Cajun 18'6" center console with a 1996 Johnson 130 V4 motor.

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This is what the trim pump looked like this morning.

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And this is what it does now...

[KG4CGC]

That's a nice size and style. Got another thousand to bust out? At least you said "fish on" and not B.O.A.T.

[NA4BH]

I can't remember, "What are the two happiest days in a boat owners life"?

[WØTKX]

Buying and selling the hole in the water that you pour money into.

[VE7DCW]

Buying and selling the hole in the water that you pour money into.

Yeah.......the floating money pit!

[KK4AMI]

That will be a nice fishing boat. I do have to agree that boats eat money. I went from a 30 footer to a 14 foot aluminum with a 9.9 HP. My trim always works as long my arm does.😁 What are you going to name the boat? My little boat is the "REDNECK RYDER".

[K9CCH]

That will be a nice fishing boat. I do have to agree that boats eat money. I went from a 30 footer to a 14 foot aluminum with a 9.9 HP. My trim always works as long my arm does.�� What are you going to name the boat? My little boat is the "REDNECK RYDER".

More than likely I'll name it "Too Coys".

This is much more than a boat for me. Growing up my dad was always half gone since he worked off shore. And since I was a gay child I never had any interest in learning how to change the oil, or work on stuff. Now that I'm older I realize how much I missed and how important he is to me, so if this boat never makes it to the water, the quality time spent rehabbing it with him is all I need.

"Too Coys" comes from our middle name. He's Richard Coy l, and I'm Christopher Coy.

[N8YX]

...Now that I'm older I realize how much I missed and how important he is to me, so if this boat never makes it to the water, the quality time spent rehabbing it with him is all I need...

And this is worth it at ten times the price.

[N8XE]

This is much more than a boat for me. Growing up my dad was always half gone since he worked off shore. And since I was a gay child I never had any interest in learning how to change the oil, or work on stuff. Now that I'm older I realize how much I missed and how important he is to me, so if this boat never makes it to the water, the quality time spent rehabbing it with him is all I need.

This right here. Spending time with your dad is worth more than the boat. The boat is but a catalyst. I am spending a lot of time with my dad. He is in poor health and can't do the things he would like to do, but he has been helping me a great deal with home improvement tasks. He has taught me many things like proper house wiring (sometimes I wish I was an electrician. I really enjoy it), carpentry, auto repair, etc. Some of my best moments was helping him on one of his electrical side jobs he would pick up. We are currently redoing the lower level of the house in preparation of putting in a new floor. We are putting up new drywall and redoing the 1/2 bathroom.

Fishing from a boat is ideal in my opinion. You can get into some of those coves and get your lure in the right spot up by the bank where fallen trees are hanging out. Lots of good fishing when you can fish there (whereas on the bank it is not practical at all).

Sounds like fun!!!

73, Jason

[XE1/N5AL]

This right here. Spending time with your dad is worth more than the boat. The boat is but a catalyst. I am spending a lot of time with my dad. He is in poor health and can't do the things he would like to do, but he has been helping me a great deal with home improvement tasks. He has taught me many things like proper house wiring (sometimes I wish I was an electrician. I really enjoy it), carpentry, auto repair, etc. Some of my best moments was helping him on one of his electrical side jobs he would pick up. We are currently redoing the lower level of the house in preparation of putting in a new floor. We are putting up new drywall and redoing the 1/2 bathroom.

Fishing from a boat is ideal in my opinion. You can get into some of those coves and get your lure in the right spot up by the bank where fallen trees are hanging out. Lots of good fishing when you can fish there (whereas on the bank it is not practical at all).

Sounds like fun!!!

73, Jason

What Jason said. It's great that you're getting to spend quality time with your dad. I recently lost my dad -- tomorrow will mark two months since his passing. I really miss him. He was 84, but his overall health had been slowly failing for the past couple of years. Although I'll never see him again in this lifetime, I'll always have good memories of the time we spent together.

Matt