tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90212292418624075232012-02-16T17:44:06.814-08:00Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12625514614220053007noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021229241862407523.post-47361464530458290462009-04-28T11:29:00.000-07:002009-05-26T05:56:39.878-07:00For all the boating enthusiasts out there lets take a look a boating for relaxation, fun, or whatever name you wish to put on one of the greatest pleasures that you could have.<br /><br />Once the pleasure and fascination of boating gets in your blood, you’re going to be hooked on it for life. You may not always own a boat, but you will never ever forget the pleasure of boating.<br /><br />I was raised on the St. Lawrence River, so it was a very easy transition for me to go from iceboating in the winter to boating in the summer.<br /><br />The first boat that I owned was a twelve foot row boat which I was convinced (at age 7) that this was the be all and end all of boating. The next boat was a twelve foot cedar hull boat, with a one lung St. Lawrence engine, which would speed along a about ten miles an hour. This was great until Johnson brought out their twenty five horse power outboard. I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase the engine and now for the boat. There were several different models that I looked at, but the one that matched the motor was a thirteen foot six inch white Alaskan cedar strip.<br /><br />I had many hours of pleasure with that boat, however things do change and I got married and out of boating, but never forgetting the joy and pleasure that boating gave me,<br /><br />Well time went by and my family was starting to grow up and they would go with their friends and my wife and I would stay at home, until one day we happened to go to the boat show in Toronto. Well it happened, there was an eighteen foot six inch Peterborough with a 235 horsepower I/O engine that we fell in love with and our boating pleasures started again, after several years without owning a boat.<br /><br />We had the Peterborough for two years, boating in the Thousand Islands and then it happened………………….<br />That dreaded thing called footitis!!!!! We happened to be boating in Lake Simcoe and spotted a boat for sale, which is not unusual at a marina. There it was, the boat of our dreams, it was a forty-one foot Chris Craft Constellation.<br /><br />Next week…. Boy did we have a lot to learn.<br /><br />I am learning how to create a blog and so many other things to help my business. If you want to do the same, please visit my website at <a href="http://www.24hourwebcash.com/ness9769">www.24hourwebcash.com/ness9769</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.skipper-roger.blogspot.com/linkconnector">http://www.skipper-roger.blogspot.com/linkconnector</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9021229241862407523-4736146453045829046?l=skipper-roger.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12625514614220053007noreply@blogger.com0