Billy's Old Flame

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Although I rarely start a thread, this topic really deserves it's own.

A boat is similar to a house.

More than a shelter, it's a place where fond memories are made.

As active/avid/rabid boat owners, we probably spend more time caring for that boat than the house.

We have fond memories of those "adventures".

Cleaning her, improving her, personalizing her.

She takes us safely from place to place and keeps us safe.

Much more than fiberglass & systems.

I imagine if Billy sells Wireless One it will be like getting a divorce.

He's better hope that she moves to another city.

If she stays in town, he's going to feel a twinge of regret every time he sees her out.

Out with another man, that is.

Worse if she is treated badly, or not well cared for.

Like an old flame, a woman with whom you were intimate in many ways.

Billy, if you divorce her, you'd better make sure that you stipulate that she leaves town.

I hope you get what you want.

RWS
 
You've eloquently expressed the thoughts of many
 
last i heard she has agreed to take him back provided he stops looking for other loves.
 
Maybe he should invest in a nice pair of heels...

RWS
 
Agree with J-D. Thanks RWS, very fitting and brought back a number of memories, few good, mostly bad, regarding boats we’ve owned and sold. One in particular, we spent many thousands on, redoing upholstery, electrical panels, hoursdays of loving attention, etc to make perfect and had her during the time our son was a baby…..she returned the care we spent by never failing to return us to the marina. That boat was perfect, and sold for what was asked to someone in our marina at the time who promised to take care of her.

Remember a season later, on a stormy weekend seeing her tied to a walkway, no canvas up, no bumpers and being battered against the walkway with each wave and the rain pouring in. Over a year’s time, she looked like she had aged a hundred years and was very tired. She finally went missing one weekend not to return….thank goodness. She wasn’t mine any more, and I sill have the scars from biting my tongue from what she went through.

Stan
 
Ever see someone abuse a boat, ever wonder do they abuse there cars, woman,kids, dog?

I do !

Yesterday i climbed aborad my boat that is on a trailer in my backyard for the 3rd time to knock snow off the cover and readjust it.

It was no fun believe me, snow up to my hip and i almost fell off 5 times.
 
Wouldn't it be better to trade her in for a younger more sexy model instead of going through the heart transplant he was planning? I say dump her and go for the trophy wife( I meant boat).

MJK
 
We spotted the original Ghost on TV a couple years at the hydroplane races. She showed up in a Sea Magazine moored in Edmunds washington in the background of a picture. Finally we saw her moored at UofW next to a restaurant we sometimes go to. Canvas down (which will be rustballing my 300hp chev 350 repower), looked like it had not been washed in months, looking like crud.

Disgusting.
 
Well I haven't had any real offers partially due to the economy and I believe the degree of complexitey of the electronics in her. RWS I doubt I will be selling her. I will go as far as hoping I don't get a good offer and have to make the decission. I have already contracted with the marina for some spring improvements. My wife is more upset with me even thinking about selling the boat. I have owned various special high end cars, replicas, the real deal Ferrari's, Corvettes even have the car I met my wife in, a 66 Stang. Which I had restored/improved and could go in a Ford showroom as new. Diesels are still not out of the equation for Wireless One.
Bill
 
Why not get Wireless One the diesels and the wife some nice perfume, heels, and a diamond or two.

That way you can play smell me, chase me, %$#&*! me on the boat with the diesels a hummin!

Make some fond memories today!

RWS
 
"My wife is more upset with me even thinking about selling the boat."

That goes for all of us, I think. Substitute "kids" or "grandchildren" for "wife" and the the thought is still there.

Somehow, regardless of their size or price, boats bring us together. We go out and enjoy ourselves; we sometimes take risks; we visit new places; we see things that those on land can't even imagine; we make new friends; we get wet in the rain and survive sometimes big seas. But we come home, safe, even if an engine isn't working quite right. The boat, expensive and time consuming as it is, gives us a bond to people we love and care about.

So it's not strange that selling our boat - even if just to trade up for another - is difficult to do.

Remember that storm we were caught in?
Remember how good dinner was that night at anchor?
Remember how much the kids loved diving off the back of the boat?
Remember the time we tried to anchor?
Remember that fish you caught?
Remember that night on the boat after the kids went to sleep?

Boats are good. I hope Billy III sells his and I certainly hope he buys another one.

Bill
 
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