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Hello All,
Just a brief introduction and thank you for this great Forum.
My husband and I have decided that this is finally the year to realize our dream of owning a boat. While engaging in research to discover what boat would be a good fit for our small family we stumbled upon Marty, who directed us here. We were immediately drawn to the idea of a vintage boat (having spent years loving all kinds of other things from the 50's) and have now narrowed our focus specifically to finding a small turn key vintage boat.
Although I have a long history of boating (motor and sail) in my family / background I feel like a complete novice. So in other words, thanks in advance for bearing with the many questions I may have in the process of becoming a Classic Boat owner.
We are looking for a 14' - 16' turn key boat (no restoration skills in this family
) that would work for a family of two adults, 1 six year old child and an Airedale Terrier. We live in Freeland on the south end of Whidbey Island and would like to find something that would work equally as well for calm days & bays on Puget Sound as well as on a lake. A big motivation is the ability to get out there and explore (we are relatively new to the PNW) with short day trips as well as an occaisional overnight beach camping trip. Oh yes, fins 
would be great, but not necessary.
We hope to look at a 14' 1957 Bell Boy runabout next week, and will be keeping an eye on Craigs List as well. Any input or suggestions or boat leads that you may have would be greatly appreciated. In terms of all the other necessary items, we're starting from scratch. Trailer, motor, radio, and all the other stuff will need to be acquired either with the boat or along the way. Thanks again for this forum. I have learned so much already just from all your great posts. We look forward to joining the club and boating with you all in the future. Oops, I guess that wasn't so brief
Warm Regards,
Lauryn (wild blue yonder) Chris and Dylan
Just a brief introduction and thank you for this great Forum.
My husband and I have decided that this is finally the year to realize our dream of owning a boat. While engaging in research to discover what boat would be a good fit for our small family we stumbled upon Marty, who directed us here. We were immediately drawn to the idea of a vintage boat (having spent years loving all kinds of other things from the 50's) and have now narrowed our focus specifically to finding a small turn key vintage boat.
Although I have a long history of boating (motor and sail) in my family / background I feel like a complete novice. So in other words, thanks in advance for bearing with the many questions I may have in the process of becoming a Classic Boat owner.
We are looking for a 14' - 16' turn key boat (no restoration skills in this family
) that would work for a family of two adults, 1 six year old child and an Airedale Terrier. We live in Freeland on the south end of Whidbey Island and would like to find something that would work equally as well for calm days & bays on Puget Sound as well as on a lake. A big motivation is the ability to get out there and explore (we are relatively new to the PNW) with short day trips as well as an occaisional overnight beach camping trip. Oh yes, fins would be great, but not necessary.We hope to look at a 14' 1957 Bell Boy runabout next week, and will be keeping an eye on Craigs List as well. Any input or suggestions or boat leads that you may have would be greatly appreciated. In terms of all the other necessary items, we're starting from scratch. Trailer, motor, radio, and all the other stuff will need to be acquired either with the boat or along the way. Thanks again for this forum. I have learned so much already just from all your great posts. We look forward to joining the club and boating with you all in the future. Oops, I guess that wasn't so brief
Warm Regards,
Lauryn (wild blue yonder) Chris and Dylan
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