Humble or grand your ticket to the fun park
October 15th 2006 19:27
Be it ever so humble or ever so grand, your boat is your ticket to the fun park. And what a great fun park we have with over 70% of the earth covered with water, mostly available for our use. Does your boat fit in anyof the categories below or is it in a unique category?
The little sit on plastic paddle board just one step or two up from a surfboard is gaining in popularity. It is wide bottomed and even a giant like me can get on board with out it tilting over and dropping me in the water. I have paddled these things for miles in all kinds of (enclosed) waters and they handle the conditions well. Great for taking up a quiet little creek to do a bit of bass fishing as well.
The humble row boat has seen many changes and apart from serious rowers who do it for their health most row boats are only used for getting from shore to the big boat and back. A lot of these now are also powered by the small 2 hp motors that can easily pack in the boot of the car.
The great work horse out on the water is still the tinnie. Brand new and shiny, straight off the dealers shelf or battered and bruised, knocked about by time and much love, this is still the most effective way to catch fish and go off pic-nicing. As a work boat they are supreme.
The fibregalss runabout is still popular but being considered a little heavy and clunky, but with comfortable seats, a sun cover and in a lot of cases a half cabin with bunks, porta-poti and little stove it is a minature mansion of the water. These have powerful outboard motors and are kitted out for overnight fishing encounters and many are doing long trips to sea for outside fishing..
What seems like a relative newcomer but it has been around in a popular form for over thirty years is the rubber duckie. Originaly just a blow up boat with oars it has taken so many twists and turns and copies so many successes of other styles of boats as well as many inovations of its own the duckie is now a big grown up serious contender for queen of the bay.
Every style of boat has its drawbacks and its good points and every boat we look at is a deciosion between what we want in our dreams, what our pocket can afford and what we can stow, store, tow, handle with some ease.
Share your boat details with us if you like?
Next lets look at the boats that a permanently or at least semi permanenlty attached to our fun park.Your text goes hereBe it ever so humble or ever so grand, your boat is your ticket to the fun park. And what a great fun park we have with over 70% of the earth covered with water, mostly available for our use. Does your boat fit in anyof the categories below or is it in a unique category?
The little sit on plastic paddle board just one step or two up from a surfboard is gaining in popularity. It is wide bottomed and even a giant like me can get on board with out it tilting over and dropping me in the water. I have paddled these things for miles in all kinds of (enclosed) waters and they handle the conditions well. Great for taking up a quiet little creek to do a bit of bass fishing as well.
The humble row boat has seen many changes and apart from serious rowers who do it for their health most row boats are only used for getting from shore to the big boat and back. A lot of these now are also powered by the small 2 hp motors that can easily pack in the boot of the car.
The great work horse out on the water is still the tinnie. Brand new and shiny, straight off the dealers shelf or battered and bruised, knocked about by time and much love, this is still the most effective way to catch fish and go off pic-nicing. As a work boat they are supreme.
The fibregalss runabout is still popular but being considered a little heavy and clunky, but with comfortable seats, a sun cover and in a lot of cases a half cabin with bunks, porta-poti and little stove it is a minature mansion of the water. These have powerful outboard motors and are kitted out for overnight fishing encounters and many are doing long trips to sea for outside fishing..
What seems like a relative newcomer but it has been around in a popular form for over thirty years is the rubber duckie. Originaly just a blow up boat with oars it has taken so many twists and turns and copies so many successes of other styles of boats as well as many inovations of its own the duckie is now a big grown up serious contender for queen of the bay.
Every style of boat has its drawbacks and its good points and every boat we look at is a deciosion between what we want in our dreams, what our pocket can afford and what we can stow, store, tow, handle with some ease.
Share your boat details with us if you like?
Next lets look at the boats that a permanently or at least semi permanenlty attached to our fun park.[/COLOR]
The little sit on plastic paddle board just one step or two up from a surfboard is gaining in popularity. It is wide bottomed and even a giant like me can get on board with out it tilting over and dropping me in the water. I have paddled these things for miles in all kinds of (enclosed) waters and they handle the conditions well. Great for taking up a quiet little creek to do a bit of bass fishing as well.
The humble row boat has seen many changes and apart from serious rowers who do it for their health most row boats are only used for getting from shore to the big boat and back. A lot of these now are also powered by the small 2 hp motors that can easily pack in the boot of the car.
The great work horse out on the water is still the tinnie. Brand new and shiny, straight off the dealers shelf or battered and bruised, knocked about by time and much love, this is still the most effective way to catch fish and go off pic-nicing. As a work boat they are supreme.
The fibregalss runabout is still popular but being considered a little heavy and clunky, but with comfortable seats, a sun cover and in a lot of cases a half cabin with bunks, porta-poti and little stove it is a minature mansion of the water. These have powerful outboard motors and are kitted out for overnight fishing encounters and many are doing long trips to sea for outside fishing..
What seems like a relative newcomer but it has been around in a popular form for over thirty years is the rubber duckie. Originaly just a blow up boat with oars it has taken so many twists and turns and copies so many successes of other styles of boats as well as many inovations of its own the duckie is now a big grown up serious contender for queen of the bay.
Every style of boat has its drawbacks and its good points and every boat we look at is a deciosion between what we want in our dreams, what our pocket can afford and what we can stow, store, tow, handle with some ease.
Share your boat details with us if you like?
Next lets look at the boats that a permanently or at least semi permanenlty attached to our fun park.Your text goes hereBe it ever so humble or ever so grand, your boat is your ticket to the fun park. And what a great fun park we have with over 70% of the earth covered with water, mostly available for our use. Does your boat fit in anyof the categories below or is it in a unique category?
The little sit on plastic paddle board just one step or two up from a surfboard is gaining in popularity. It is wide bottomed and even a giant like me can get on board with out it tilting over and dropping me in the water. I have paddled these things for miles in all kinds of (enclosed) waters and they handle the conditions well. Great for taking up a quiet little creek to do a bit of bass fishing as well.
The humble row boat has seen many changes and apart from serious rowers who do it for their health most row boats are only used for getting from shore to the big boat and back. A lot of these now are also powered by the small 2 hp motors that can easily pack in the boot of the car.
The great work horse out on the water is still the tinnie. Brand new and shiny, straight off the dealers shelf or battered and bruised, knocked about by time and much love, this is still the most effective way to catch fish and go off pic-nicing. As a work boat they are supreme.
The fibregalss runabout is still popular but being considered a little heavy and clunky, but with comfortable seats, a sun cover and in a lot of cases a half cabin with bunks, porta-poti and little stove it is a minature mansion of the water. These have powerful outboard motors and are kitted out for overnight fishing encounters and many are doing long trips to sea for outside fishing..
What seems like a relative newcomer but it has been around in a popular form for over thirty years is the rubber duckie. Originaly just a blow up boat with oars it has taken so many twists and turns and copies so many successes of other styles of boats as well as many inovations of its own the duckie is now a big grown up serious contender for queen of the bay.
Every style of boat has its drawbacks and its good points and every boat we look at is a deciosion between what we want in our dreams, what our pocket can afford and what we can stow, store, tow, handle with some ease.
Share your boat details with us if you like?
Next lets look at the boats that a permanently or at least semi permanenlty attached to our fun park.[/COLOR]
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