How old were you when you bought your first boat? The young are not buying boats...

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15................. Had mowed grass and performed small chores in my neighborhood for a few years to come up with $150. That would be like $1500 with today's value. All my friends were talking about buying their first car but I wanted a boat. We lived on a small stream that led into the river. That summer of 1962 was magical and I have never been without a boat since!!
 
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43...unless we are counting radio controlled...
 
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16, it was a old Bayliner with a Force outboard. 28 before my first SeaRay 20'
 
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I got a blow boat at 14. First motor was at 19, a 1966 Dorset with a 45hp Sears motor hung on the stern. I owned 8 boats in total, one new, the rest were all old. OLD BOATS ARE THE BEST BOATS!
 
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10 years old, 10' aluminum beat up old thing c/w 6 hp Evinrude,,,,, that's when the addiction started. Regarding demographics - People perceive boating to be a "rich person's" activity. When we explain to friends and family that our capitol outlay and yearly moorage, maintenance, and fuel costs are equal to or less than the costs of running motor homes and similar RV's, they think we're making it up. We know people who will spend $25K+ on a travel trailer, lease an RV site for $1900.00 per year, and tow the rig back and forth with a 1 ton diesel powered pick up truck,,,, and they think they can't afford to go boating !!! I guess it's all in one's priorities. Some folks prefer to fight highway traffic to sit at an RV site and get eaten by bugs,,, and some of us prefer to float on the water while barbequing steaks and drinking margaritas and wine. I think a lot of it does depend on the "little ones" though. It may be a lot easier to keep youngsters occupied on land at an RV site than on a vessel where there is limited space to run around and burn off energy. Anyhow, I wouldn't trade our little 23 ft cuddy for a motorhome of ANY size. Boating is the whole reason we get up in the mornings and go to work 5 days per week. Can't imagine living somewhere that's not close to a major body of water.
 
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I was 30. Bought a 1971 17' Cobia bowrider with a 1988 Force 125 outboard.
 
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56, just bought it on E-bay from a dealer in Florida my retirement gift
 
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3 of us bought a 16' ski boat with a Merc 100 on it I was 16 at 17 we sold it to buy a 47 Fiat B/Altered race car ran 10.38 seconds at 140 mph in a 1/4 mile in 1966. Our family had a 28' Owens Mahogany growing up.
 
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41. Late bloomer. Brand new 1999 SR 190 Cuddy. Been hooked ever since and on my third boat. Hope to someday have a 340 Sundancer before I am too old to enjoy it!
 
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15 for the first
21 for the first NEW boat
29 for the first cruiser
48 for my first big cruiser.
 
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18 - 10ft Jon boat.

33 thru 56 - started buying the bigger money pits

3 - Bayturds.

2 - Sea Ray's.
1 - Free Sh*ttoon. :smt021
 
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24, 1977 18' Sea Ray 180 SRV with 150 Johnson outboard. Great boat, sold in 89 and pruchased a 25' Four Winns, owned that until 1999, then 13 year hiatus from boat ownership, until last season, the Admiral and I purchased the 1990 270 Dancer we now have. Great to be back on the water!
 
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37, and I didn't start small with a 320DA. Does it count that I had grandparents and aunts and uncles who lived on lakes so I had access to canoes, PWCs, paddleboats, pontoon boats and powerboats through age 21 and no need to buy one?
 
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26 when I bought the 270da.
 
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12 for my 14' putt putt with a 10 horse

38 for my Sea Ray 290. Used dads 190 and others in between
 
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22 while in the USAF and it was a fast one, Hydrostream Viking with a 2.4 Mercury Mod VP. ; the rest as follows, 87 searay br, 89 SR 160, 95 SR 180, STV with a 2.5 260 ROS (Real Fast!!!), 98 SR 210 BR, 99 Baja 212 Islander, 97 SR 250DA, and then the current one 01 280DA, looking at a 27 Fountain 525 Mercrusier (nice ride, fast and less fuss) :smt038
 
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I was 28 when I got the 320 this was my first boat but definitely not the last.
 
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23.
 
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