Post Your P.O.S. Boat Pix!

Buergday · Guest

OK, I know that not everyone on this site rides behind a brand new X-Star. So, let's see what the rest of you guys are pullin with. Don't be shy - it's nothing to be embarassed about! I'll start. Mine's a 1988 Century I/O with an unhealthy MerCruiser V8. It stalls almost every time you try to put it in reverse, the alternator belt snaps at least twice a season, the paint's oxidized, the teak is crap, there are numerous holes in the vinal, the two rear jump seats are MIA, the tach doesn't work and it goes through fuel filters on a monthly basis. Other than that, she's tip-top! She throws a decent wake, holds at riding speed well and seats 6 or 7 of my fiance's hottest friends comfortably. AND, she's paid for! Hell, I'm just glad to have a boat! Here she is.......enjoy!

Tyler · Posted: May 13, 2003 3:05 pm Post subject:

YAY! a topic i can really post in!! i wouldnt call mine a pos I would call it a boat that i love. and its 20x cheaper than the new ones ive seen on this site. Shes a 455 with a berkley jett with jetovator, she still runs strong, great compression and is mechanicly sound. it does the job nicley and at the cost id rather have it then the fancy boats. Gas kinda sucks but its not pathetic like some imagine. I race other boats on the water every night at 7 so thats fun, i love waterposrts but this does the job just fine. i also love old boats as i do all cars. and good looking boat by the way buddy!

ps No boat is a POS there all great boats in a way exept 88-89 bayliners caprises (sp) cos there super ugly!

but i love my boat and hope to have many adventures throuout the years. it only seats 5 but u can sqush 6 in, tones of leg room.

Ty,

Brad Embleton · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 511 City: Niagara Falls

Buergday

Awesome wonderfully put!!! I wish I could shake your hand! I wish I had a picture of my 86 Rinker. I will get one for you though. I just put a tower on it this past winter, I made some light bars and tower speakers for it. It has a fat sac and a kicking sound system..

Best of all its PAID for, like yours.

I will get a pic this weekend!!!

Buergday · Guest

See, I knew it. You can still be a great wakeboarder and not own a $40k boat! Thanks for your contributions guys! Maybe we should post some pix of people pulling sick tricks behind their "average boats".
I think it's always cool to see a young person who's motivated enough to work for their own boat to ride behind. No disrespect to those of you who ride behind someone else's though - but if you love the sport, and nobody that you know has one, you've gotta do what you've gotta do to get out on the water.
Props to all the "average boat" owners!!!! Cool

Brad Embleton · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 511 City: Niagara Falls

hell ya check out my profile pic.

Hey its my first boat and I love it!

Buergday · Guest

BTW Brad,
I'd totally like to see a pic of your boat. Sounds like you've put alot of work into it. Mine was such a piece of crap when I got it. I spent months fine-tuning the engine (still stalls sometimes though), I added the Monkeybar, lights, a home-made board rack that I built for $35, a modest CD player, eq, lanzar amp, 6X9's, 6 1/2's and an 8" kicker substation. I rewired the electrical system, tried to remove the oxidation from the paint, cleaned the hell out of the interior, added a depth finder, new prop, new bilge pump and did some minor work on the trailer. It's all been worth it too, because we use it almost every weekend. And people have been pitching in enough gas money so that I usually have enough left over for beer and lunch at the marina. Life is good!

Buergday · Guest

NICE! That you?

Brad Embleton · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 511 City: Niagara Falls

I WILL get a pic for for you this weekend and if this post dies i will pm you.

I added
-tower with racks
-lights
-speakers
-fat sac
-mp3 player
-6 6x9's
-2 51/4;s
-2 61/2 on the tower
-12" sub

Mine was rough when i got it but i took it to my dads marine mech and told him, "the last thing i want is to go out out w/ a boat load and have something go wrong" $1500 in maintenance later it has not given me a prob. I rewired the trailer this past winter and did some vinyl work. I had my clean up dept (I work as a sales rep at a car dealership) buff and do all the fiberglass work to remove the oxidation. I guess thats a perk Razz

.

Its not a Malibu, Its MINE.

Same as you I use it 2 a week and on weekends every weekend and the crew pays for fuel.

Im 24 I have a nice boat and its paid for!! I could go out and sign my name on a finance contract for $60K. But I want to be able to go out for a beer with my friends when I want to.

I will get a pic soon

STPHNSN23 · Guest

we have an '88 four winns 180 horizon. no tower, pylon, sacks, no nothing. i went up last night and the battery was dead. it's a total pos. but i am happy to say my dad just got us a nautique so i won't have to worry about that boat anymore.

chazzhuston · Posted: May 14, 2003 2:24 pm Post subject:

Brad, I have a 1996 crownline. I was wondering where you put your six 6'9's? I have four in mine currently and have been considering adding another one but cannot decide where I want to put it. Post some pics if you can.

Jay Dutton · Posted: May 14, 2003 2:32 pm Post subject:

Here's my old boat. 1976 Glastron, had to use tons of starting fluid and had no reverse the two seasons I had her. It was total P.O.S. but it got me into boarding and was a lots of fun.

Brad Embleton · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 511 City: Niagara Falls

chazzhuston

I will get some pics this weekend.

I put 2 6x9 in the seat frames, 2 in the kick panels, 2 in the dog house

Brad

Brad Embleton · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 511 City: Niagara Falls

i may add 2 more in the frames

criminally_minded · Posted: May 15, 2003 3:03 am Post subject:

BEST THREAD EVER!

Wait 'till Skwake see this and posts our peices of sh*t. They beat this lot hands down!

anti-shoobies · Posted: May 15, 2003 7:35 am Post subject:

Brad Embleton · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 511 City: Niagara Falls

Buergday

No one understands i guess

STPHNSN23 · Guest

sounds good Rolling Eyes

Buergday · Guest

Yeah, I know there's gotta be more people like us on here, but they're probably too embarassed to post (they don't want to ruin their false online reputations)
I wonder how many people on this site claim to have boats that they could never afford. Come to think of it, I wonder how many people on this site don't even ride at all?

Brad Embleton · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 511 City: Niagara Falls

drifter136 · Posted: May 17, 2003 7:16 am Post subject:

Here is our boat. We've been having some engine trouble the past couple summers (stalling and hesitation), but we feel that we finally have that fixed (knock-on-wood). I don't consider it a total p.o.s...I mean it floats, it runs, it's all good. Sure the trailer needs repainted, and with only a 150hp outboard it can't plane with too much weight, so it will always have only a mere mediocre wake, but like I said...it floats, it runs, it's all good.

I did recently get a Monkey Bar for it and I'm hoping to get some ballast and play with the trim to get as much wake out of it as possible. I'll also be hooking up a sound system. And, I think we are going to try and get a SS 4-5 blade prop with a better pitch to help with the hole shot. I'm just happy to have a boat and live on a lake. Very Happy

Ps: I was lucky enough to have recently met some really great people who have a Tige 22i and are a blast to ride with. Thanks guys for the pulls!

boehnkew · Outlaw Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 112 City: Kennewick, WA

I don't have any pictures, but the first boat I skied behind (before boarding) was a 16' 1970 Blue Marlin (I think) tri-hull with a 45 HP Sears outboard. My dad upgraded it to a 65 Merc, then it really moved. Razz

It forced us to learn beach/dock starts.

mykwillis · Outlaw Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 105 City: garland, tx.

Skwake · Posted: May 18, 2003 3:49 am Post subject:

THREAD SEEN AND POST MADE!... HAHAHA all of the above boats look like brand new 60k wake boats compared to our boating list you dont know how lucky you are! first off let me warm you up with a pic of my first boat its a 14ft swiftcraft stilleto complete with rusted trailer and ankle high wake fantastic! it's just not wide enough to sit a board in sideways and the skipole got ripped out! but that is just the starters.. for the mains we have the all new 12ft tin dish fully pimped out with custom 2 piece scaffold tower luxurious lifevest seats and cork plug hole! to power the beast we have a 15hp tohatsu powerhouse and this phat baby can throw a wake of at least little toe height so next time you go wakeboarding just think to yourself.... Damn im one lucky person!

SanderB · Posted: May 18, 2003 6:59 am Post subject:

Ok, great thread Very Happy

My pile 'o stuff:

A 13 feet short Fletcher Bravo Arrowsprint with a 40HP Mercury outboard. The engine needs new gearcaseoil and sparkplugs, when it's cold it runs on only 3 cylinders instead of 4.
With one person in it, it has a digital measured topspeed of 62kmph or 39mph.
Last season the seats were completely ruined, but I could fix two good seats from the 4 broken ones.
Oh yeah, i haven't got a skipole on it, so other stuff than 180's/360's are almost impossible with this boat.

Fishmaster · Posted: May 18, 2003 8:32 am Post subject:

SK Wake is winner so far

Stang6835 · Newbie Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 32 City: Detroit, MI

Hows this one? 1969 Sea Ray 16' closed bow. Paid $350. I pretty much completely rebuilt it. The list of what is replaced is too long, so I'll list what I didn't touch. Stringers, hull, transom, and gas tank. Still a POS, but doesn't look it quite so much anymore.

SanderB · Posted: May 19, 2003 8:14 am Post subject:

Wow, that's the sh*t Smile

King of the Tigers · Posted: May 19, 2003 9:26 am Post subject:

I would've put those sweet "Pure Honey" decals back on.

degraafics · Guest

This is the boat we learned on and had a great time on for the past 3 years.
It throws a wopper of an ankle high wake, and that's with 1 250lb fat sack in it. If we put more weight in it, the boat has a hard time plaining out.

I just bought a Mobius LSV this year, but haven't had a chance to ride behind it yet.
Our little 17' Sun Ray has been great for a long time and when we added the tower we thought it was the best boat for us.

dane · Posted: May 21, 2003 8:00 am Post subject: Beauty

Heres a picture of the beauty we have. We tried to sell the thing and we couldn't GIVE the damn thing away. Any offers anyone. Its a cuddy!!! Smile

The gel oxidized, the upholstry has fallen apart. This baby has been rode really hard, and put away wet. The hulls in good shape and it doesnt throw to bad of a wake.

Stang6835 · Newbie Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 32 City: Detroit, MI

Hmmmm. Stored wet? As in non winterized? Whats the details on it? Motor, drive, year, make, length, last run?

J_DOGG · Posted: May 21, 2003 9:12 am Post subject:

Not POS stuff but a shitty picture, I'm really just testing the attachment portion, I was having issues before.... not that I still don't have issues I just hope I don't have any more with attaching files...

J_DOGG · Posted: May 21, 2003 9:12 am Post subject:

I still have issues, I'll try again.

J_DOGG · Posted: May 21, 2003 9:13 am Post subject:

No, now I see it, I guess I'm just a bit jumpy.....

Buergday · Guest

J DOGG-
Unless your boat's hull is stuffed full of dogsh*t, I don't think it belongs in the thread man. Sorry to break the news to you, but in case you didn't know - Air Natiques aren't P.O.S. boats!