For many years my husband and I have enjoyed boating. When the children were younger we would tow them behind the boat teaching them how to water ski. The family after noon on the boat was packed with excitement. The boys we would sit in the open bow with the winds racing over them, the boat would be hitting the waves at a pretty fast pace and the music was blasting. We all seemed to enjoy this time together.
Since the boys have grown my husband and I have learned that we enjoy quiet afternoons on the boat. Typically, I read a novel or lately a textbook and my husband fishes. (For those of you that are probably half my age, you might not be able to relate).
It has been a dream of ours for several years to purchase a cabin cruiser. Within the past month we found it! The boat is just 3 feet shorter than the length of my house! It is beautiful! It has all of technology my husband wished for, and everything I asked for sleeping quarters, a microwave, stove, refrigerator, etc.
The thrill most of all was during the sea test. To feel and learn the difference of driving such a large boat in comparison to what we are familiar with was amazing. If I had to describe it, would be similar to riding just a simple bicycle and directly hitting a pothole (this would be hitting a large wave with our smaller boat). Then imagine hitting the same pothole with a luxury vehicle with an incredibly smooth suspension. The power that you feel operating such a vessel is an adrenal rush.
We look forward to learning to maneuver this rig on fresh and salt water. And we will learn to adjust to having the boys back with us now and then. For some reason they have showed an interest in learning to enjoy our dream boat with us (how do you figure).
July 22, 2008 at 1:48 am
Hello, Congrats on your boat! I can appreciate you enjoying some quiet time on the boat with your husband, I also have two children, a boy 3, and a young lady 13. I get up at 5am so I can have an hour of “quiet time”. How are you liking this course? Is it tough to fit it into your schedule. I’m taking 2 courses on line so I’m trying to do a juggling act-well I haven’t dropped any balls so far!!
July 22, 2008 at 11:26 am
Hello. I am glad that you got your dream boat!! I have never been on the boat, so I do not know what it feels like riding on it. However, I am sure it must be fun, and relaxing. I like how you and your husband share the same interest, and spend spare time together. Hopefully your sons will join back. I like the idea of doing something together as a family. As I get older, I found myself spend less time with my parents and we do not share same hobby. This ends up my family to spend less time with each others. Hopefully, I will find some hobby that could bring my family together like how you have found your own.
July 25, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I’m glad you got that dream boat of yours it’s sounds nice. I never really been on a boat like that before I don’t mess with the open ocean like that. I like to stay on dry land its much safer but maybe one day I will try it out. So how many children do you have ? I don’t have any children but I just recently became an uncle my brother had a baby like two weeks ago. I’m pretty excited about that my brother said right now he’s barely even getting any sleep. I want to have a child of my own but I know I’m not ready for one I want to have one once I have set job and I’m making good money.
July 25, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Hey Bridge of Ideas!
Thanks for leaving a comment as well as reading my blog. It sounds like your having the summer of your life! It’s always a good thing to have a hobby and yours seems to get you out of the house and to enjoy the beauty that surrounds us.
To respond to your questions, Yes, the internship and writing of scripts is part of my major. The funny thing about the communications major is that it can lead you in many different directions. I enjoy being creative as well as being connected to the world, whatever it takes!
It’s funny that you say that the boat is just a bit shorter than your house. It reminds me of my aunt, who lives in a boat year round, a houseboat to be exact. What kind of fishing do you guys do? Have you taken it out in salt water yet? Anyways, I hope you really take advantage of the good times before the weather begins to turn again lol. Have fun!
July 26, 2008 at 3:20 am
Hi Bridge,
First of all, congratulations on your new cabin cruiser! If you are on the east coast this summer, I hope you have been able to continue to enjoy it despite the string of severe weather! Although it sounds like a non issue, as your new Luxury Liner sounds like it can cut through storm waves as if they were pebbles on a road. Your story reminds me of my experience growing up on a small lake in New Hampshire. My family bought a motorboat when I was about 8 or 9, and I have many vivid memories of learning to waterski, picnics in the middle of the lake, evening “tootles” slowly around the lake, and being knocked senseless in an inflatable tube dragged behind the boat.
My absolute favorite boat-related activity is, and has always been, reading (even with the boat moored) in the afternoon. I actually like to lay on the back, above the inboard/outboard engine. Do you prefer to sit/lay in the sun while reading, or are you able to sit in the shade in your new cabin? It must be an exhilarating feeling to be out on the open ocean! I’ve never experienced the feeling in a small watercraft, never mind one I have been in control of! It seems like there are so many possibilities. Are you planning any long trips up or down the sea coast? What is it like to experience spending the night in the cabin of your boat? I bet the stars are amazing from the ocean, as well as city lights along the shore! Enjoy your new BMV of the sea, and your boys’ rejuvenated interest in quality boating time.
-Shiny
July 26, 2008 at 3:56 am
Hello Bridgeofideas,
Wow! Congratulations on the boat, it all sounds so wonderful.
I can relate to your story, however from a different lense. I, as a child, was put on a tube, attached to my family’s motorboat, along with my brother. My parents loved to tow us around the lake during the summers, it was those fun times that we shared our fondest family memories.
I think it will be fantastic for your and your husband, after some time, to finally have the luxury of your very own, private, luxury boat. You two both deserve, and will greatly enjoy the excitement of the water, with the calmness and tranquilty of privacy and comfort.