My First Boat!

SIKSUKR · 04-05-2010, 11:25 AM

Your gonna love this one. My first boat was actually half, yes half of a styrofoam sailboat. Yup, that's what I said. Dad bought a styrofoam, maybe 8 foot sailboat. He would let us paddle it around since I didn't know how to sail. Young SS thought it would be a good idea to jump into that boat from the dock and this became one of many lessons learned of what not to do. Of course I broke the boat right in half. After a few days my backside redness had faded and little SS's engineering skills started perculating. I was left with the back half so I fastened poly sheeting(plastic poly bag) to the broken off bow with duct tape. The stern still had the rudder attached so that was my motor. Simply moving that rudder back and forth created forward movement and voila, I had my first boat! Albeit only 1/2 a boat and about 3 feet long, but it was mine.

04-05-2010, 11:25 AM	#20
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Great thread idea Misty Your gonna love this one. My first boat was actually half, yes half of a styrofoam sailboat. Yup, that's what I said. Dad bought a styrofoam, maybe 8 foot sailboat. He would let us paddle it around since I didn't know how to sail. Young SS thought it would be a good idea to jump into that boat from the dock and this became one of many lessons learned of what not to do. Of course I broke the boat right in half. After a few days my backside redness had faded and little SS's engineering skills started perculating. I was left with the back half so I fastened poly sheeting(plastic poly bag) to the broken off bow with duct tape. The stern still had the rudder attached so that was my motor. Simply moving that rudder back and forth created forward movement and voila, I had my first boat! Albeit only 1/2 a boat and about 3 feet long, but it was mine. __________________ SIKSUKR