The Old Girl Looks Okay for 11

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

Because life seems to get in the way, we don't get out as much as we'd like, but still love the old girl. I'm excited to float her for the first time this year, this coming weekend....

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

I sometimes miss my boat.... the best and worst decision I ever made.

Swass · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 427

Tempus Fugit.

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

FlyZone CR · Posted: Jun 16, 2014 7:23 am Post subject:

Looks great! Awesome boat, wish I could upgrade my 2001 to a 210 yet...

eeven73 · Posted: Jun 16, 2014 7:24 am Post subject:

I can relate. Over the last 10 years my boat hrs went from 150 in 04 to 15 last year. Thank god the boat is paid for.
3 little kids = No afterwork wakeboard trips or full weekends on the boat. Dirty diapers and such are buzz kills Laughing

Oh, and she is beautiful. Real classy, I am sure you would regret letting her go when and if that happens.

STPHNSN23 · Guest

those 210s are still some of my favorite boats, and the color of yours is great. who had the smurfed out 210? was that churchy or one of the CA guys or someone else?

we ski more than board now, so our 92(!) closed bow ski nautique is great for me when i'm behind it, but it is not so great for the social aspect.

eeven73 · Posted: Jun 16, 2014 7:27 am Post subject:

goofyboy · Posted: Jun 16, 2014 7:39 am Post subject:

Love that boat man. I'll be either getting a boat or a pool in about 3 years. Both have pro's and con's. I think it will depend on which one my wife and kid want more. Very Happy

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Looking good! We probably will only get out a couple times this year due to schedules and budget, but we're thankful to have the boat and be able to go out.

fish6942 · Addict Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 603

Two mirrors?

E.J. · Ladies Man Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 7597 City: Mogadishu

vette74 · Posted: Jun 16, 2014 12:19 pm Post subject:

churchy · Posted: Jun 16, 2014 12:27 pm Post subject:

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

IN new york, you have to have a fence if you have a pool that is not raised a certain height above the ground.

On account of kids drowning.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Hey, I'm not going to tell anyone how to protect their own families, but I will just say that kids that are excellent swimmers drown too.

That said....

I got rid of my boat so that I could buy a house after my divorce. Absolutely the right thing to do... but I do miss her and I think that I will probably get another one when my kids are older. But it won't be a 70K wakeboard boat, it will probably be an I/O that i can reasonably afford this time.

Man, I do miss my boat though...

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Yep, which is why we have the secondary child locks. When we do have kid 2, I want the fence up to prevent the inevitable distraction - as another line of defense.

goofyboy · Posted: Jun 17, 2014 4:50 am Post subject:

He will be 7 or 8 before a pool goes in. I doubt we will have a fence around it, as our back yard is fenced in. We will have sliding lock on the back door that he won't be able to reach.

I'll probably end up doing both at some point, but with a nice, used $25 - $30k wakeboat. I don't need all the fancy crap. Just give me perfect pass and a bimini and I'm good to go. We already have the seadoo wake edition jet ski and a fishing boat at the family lake house that he can ride behind. Amazingly, I can still find rides all over Houston if we want to get behind a boat. One dude named vette74 used to invite me out... Laughing

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Speaking of kids drowning, have y'all seen that technique for babies and toddlers to be able to keep themselves from drowning?

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

are you referring to the mammalian diver reflex?

goofyboy · Posted: Jun 17, 2014 10:26 am Post subject:

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

jason_ssr · Posted: Jun 17, 2014 11:01 am Post subject:

STPHNSN23 · Guest

jason_ssr, no stuff. i'm house shopping now, and i can't believe how many homes have pools. do not want.

goofyboy · Posted: Jun 17, 2014 11:37 am Post subject:

Why not? It's no different than owning a boat. They both have extra costs. They are both a luxury item. If you use it and use it often, then what's the issue? My in-laws have one, as well as a good friend. They both futz with the chemicals some and have a robot to clean it. They skim it every so often. Outside of that, they don't have much else to do.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

As a new pool owner, I can say that maintenance these days, is no sweat.

The key? SALT CHLORINATION

I have a Jandy Fusion Chlorinator, and all I have to do is occasionally test the water for Ph. The system does the rest. If there is a problem, I get an error code that is easily researched.

Twice a year I will clean the main filters, and once a year I will purchase a new mineral cartridge (prevents algae) which costs appx $110.

Sure, there will be additional maintenance cost down the road when parts wear out. So will a boat, or nearly any other toy.

Also - I have a multi-speed pump. As I type this, the company that did my solar is upgrading my control panel to a fully automated solution. So when I need solar (or need the vacuum on) it will switch my pump into high speed. When it is done heating (or cleaning) it switches to low speed. For reference, the high speed uses 7 times more power than the low. So, because summer here is warm, and I only need to vacuum for an hour or so a day, I use very little power compared to old skool one speed pumps. Hell, even when I had to run my pumps 24/7 during the break in phase, my electric bill was only $30 higher.

jason_ssr · Posted: Jun 17, 2014 3:34 pm Post subject:

I had an oldschool chlorine system. I had jugs of muratic (hydrochloric) acid that my skinny 14yr old arms could barely lift. I had to test the water constantly and use some chaos theory formula to determine how much to add. Every morning was a game of "guess what scary shti is in the skimmer". Is it dead? Alive? Pissed? I dont know, pop the lid, stick your hand in and pray. Snake? Squirrel, rat, tarantula? Filters plugged? Reverse that nastiness out into the side yard where I could leave it, right? No, I gotta glad-hand the goop ball. Then there was the 50ft willow tree that would drop eleventy billion leave an hour. Every morning the pool had a leaf blanket. Thats ok, Jason had one of those crappy pole nets that weight as much as he did. Only took 2 hours to get the leaves out. What, I have to do this all winter even though we arent using it? Yes! But at least its in some cold climate so you dont have to deal with leaves, right? No its Houston\Galveston area, where the trees cant make up their mind what season it is. Now on to the hottub. Back then it wasnt part of the pool system. it ran independent. it stayed hot 24/7 with a big thermal cover. it required its own chlorine measurements and chemical additions, but seemed to get nasty at a much faster rate. When it was time to clean it, it was drain it, scrub it, fill it, shock it. Killed an entire Saturday.

My inlaws have a pool. Those are the best pools.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Sounds like a pool at haugy's house!!

goofyboy · Posted: Jun 18, 2014 3:21 am Post subject:

I have one tree in my back yard and it would have to be removed for a pool. The new pumps are slick - inlaws have one. If i get a hot tub with the pool, it will be integrated. Also, I will not heat the pool. I live in Houston. Pool time is from late April till early October.
Thank you for the response. If that was the case, I would not want a pool either.

jason_ssr · Posted: Jun 18, 2014 6:22 am Post subject:

The new systems ARE much better. My inlaws pay a pool guy so they never deal with any of the maint. I also grew up in a very rural area. Seems much less critter prone in a subdivision. Did any of you grow up with a pool?

goofyboy · Posted: Jun 18, 2014 7:09 am Post subject:

no. that's why i want one. Very Happy

we did move in with my in-laws for four months while our new house was being built. It was damn nice having that pool in the back yard to jump in after work or at night after the kid went to bed.

vette74 · Posted: Jun 18, 2014 8:04 am Post subject:

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

That's really neat.

However, everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face.

--Joe Rogan