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Howdy Everyone!
I'm Bruce and my son is Toby. Last year (on Opening Day of Boating coincidentally) we bought this 1970 Elgin 14 foot Runabout on CraigsList. It wasn't in the best of shape then, but after some hard work, it's now pretty much operational.
I know that 1970 may be a little too recent to consider it a "Classic" boat, as it is only 43 years old. It does have 2 lever controls and no electric start however
Toby and I took our boat out 14 times last year. One memorable trip was up the Snohomish River from the Everett Marina boat launch past the town of Snohomish until it got too shallow, then back again. On our way back we ran out of gas and the motor stopped. But we discovered that by tilting the tank we could use the last bit of gas and were able to make it back fine.
We like to go boating a lot and have already been out twice this year despite the cooler weather. Toby and I are always looking for others to go boating with, as his older sister doesn't care for boating, so she stays home with Mom. We usually launch around Seattle.
Anyway, we just PayPal'd our dues to join the club so I figured it was time for an introduction. Thanks for having us and here's a couple of quick pictures so you can see what our boat looks like.
All the Best!
Bruce (and Toby)
I'm Bruce and my son is Toby. Last year (on Opening Day of Boating coincidentally) we bought this 1970 Elgin 14 foot Runabout on CraigsList. It wasn't in the best of shape then, but after some hard work, it's now pretty much operational.
I know that 1970 may be a little too recent to consider it a "Classic" boat, as it is only 43 years old. It does have 2 lever controls and no electric start however
Toby and I took our boat out 14 times last year. One memorable trip was up the Snohomish River from the Everett Marina boat launch past the town of Snohomish until it got too shallow, then back again. On our way back we ran out of gas and the motor stopped. But we discovered that by tilting the tank we could use the last bit of gas and were able to make it back fine.
We like to go boating a lot and have already been out twice this year despite the cooler weather. Toby and I are always looking for others to go boating with, as his older sister doesn't care for boating, so she stays home with Mom. We usually launch around Seattle.
Anyway, we just PayPal'd our dues to join the club so I figured it was time for an introduction. Thanks for having us and here's a couple of quick pictures so you can see what our boat looks like.
All the Best!
Bruce (and Toby)
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