kohrah
New Member
- Sep 25, 2011
- 52
- Boat Info
- 1962 Lone Star Biscayne
1975 Sea Ray 240
2006 Chevy Trail Blazer LT EXT
- Engines
- 1962 Johnson 75 hp
351 Ford Windsor w/ merc outdrive
First off let me apologize if this a duplicate thread im on my phone and my search-fu is off tonight. Now onto the question at hand.
Who got you into boating?
That would have been my grandpa. Always referred to as Bimps. When i was first born he had a 28' cabin cruiser which he would go from point breeze ny to toronto and back again. Sadly i dont remember much of that boat other than from pictures and stories told to me.
When i was 4 he sold the cruiser and got a 19' cuddy which he could pull us on skis the disc or tubes. That is the boat i remember most.
We lived 7 houses down from my grandpa. He would hook the trailer upto his mid 80's station wagon and come down blowing the horn. During the summer my sister and i would almost live in our bathing suits. We'd go running sometimes telling mom other times she saw the boat pulling away and the house was quiet.
Bimps gave each of us a small list of prep work to be done at the staging area. He always double checked our work and i know he did but he never let on to us until we were older. Every time we'd do something different weather it was the plug, undoing straps, unhooking lights, etc.
As he got older we would do more and more, i took over cleaning and buffing the boat one summer, next summer was learning about the engine and outdrive. And so on until the day we motored out of the harbor and he looked at me got up and moved to passengers chair. He turned the helm of his baby over to me for a day.
After sitting in dry dock for two years he finally sold the boat which was back in early 2000's.
I bought a small runabout and the sea ray srv 24' weekender that will be getting restored now that i talked to my admiral. (We figured out how to keep it so i have a project) my plan was to get the runabout in the water this year, which it will be once i get the new outboard, and get him back on the water. Even had guys lined up to help lift him into and out of the boat.
Sadly he entered into his final rest and is sailing the big blue with my grandma. He entered rest in dec of 2011. I still miss him everyday. My first splash of this season will be dedicated to him.
In memory of 'Bimps' Hood
Aug 1919 - Dec 2011
A WWII vet and an avid boater all his life.
Its taken me a while to even be able to write this, and thanks for listening.
Bimps i know your out there, this ones for you ol man.
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Who got you into boating?
That would have been my grandpa. Always referred to as Bimps. When i was first born he had a 28' cabin cruiser which he would go from point breeze ny to toronto and back again. Sadly i dont remember much of that boat other than from pictures and stories told to me.
When i was 4 he sold the cruiser and got a 19' cuddy which he could pull us on skis the disc or tubes. That is the boat i remember most.
We lived 7 houses down from my grandpa. He would hook the trailer upto his mid 80's station wagon and come down blowing the horn. During the summer my sister and i would almost live in our bathing suits. We'd go running sometimes telling mom other times she saw the boat pulling away and the house was quiet.
Bimps gave each of us a small list of prep work to be done at the staging area. He always double checked our work and i know he did but he never let on to us until we were older. Every time we'd do something different weather it was the plug, undoing straps, unhooking lights, etc.
As he got older we would do more and more, i took over cleaning and buffing the boat one summer, next summer was learning about the engine and outdrive. And so on until the day we motored out of the harbor and he looked at me got up and moved to passengers chair. He turned the helm of his baby over to me for a day.
After sitting in dry dock for two years he finally sold the boat which was back in early 2000's.
I bought a small runabout and the sea ray srv 24' weekender that will be getting restored now that i talked to my admiral. (We figured out how to keep it so i have a project) my plan was to get the runabout in the water this year, which it will be once i get the new outboard, and get him back on the water. Even had guys lined up to help lift him into and out of the boat.
Sadly he entered into his final rest and is sailing the big blue with my grandma. He entered rest in dec of 2011. I still miss him everyday. My first splash of this season will be dedicated to him.
In memory of 'Bimps' Hood
Aug 1919 - Dec 2011
A WWII vet and an avid boater all his life.
Its taken me a while to even be able to write this, and thanks for listening.
Bimps i know your out there, this ones for you ol man.
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