I was with some family members not too long ago and they showed a photo of me with my 13' Boston whaler ( I was 13 or 14yo)...in the background you could see the price of gas.....29.9 cents/gallon.
Now THOSE were the days you could go out and fish all day on a few gallons of fuel and it didn't hurt. I have a 23' cc now and it cost over 4 bills to top it off. A few years prior I had a 33'er with twin crusader inboards and it I couldn't look when I gassed up, just gave him the card and moved on. Nowadays you can't even use a boat like that seriously. I think I am headed back to the days of the 13' whaler....how sad is that?
My wife has been pushing for a trawler to hang on for the summer, I may just succumb and screw a couple rod holders on to the trawler and call it a day.
What would I like? a 36' predator that cruises at 35 and I don't have to faint when I get the fuel bill.
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