Boat Game

[Cr33pin]

I had a 18 foot Bayliner speed boat (had 17ft a few years before that)
Some of the most me memorable times of my life was being out on the lake with bros, hoes, or wifey. It didn't matter, you cant really not have a good time out on the water with good friends and good music and sunshine. I had a big airtube everyone would ride on and have a blast. I put a car stereo with 2 12" subs on the boat to... I would have put some 20s on the trailer if I could.

Yea man girls get freaky and let loose when you take them out on the lake. We would cruise up to the little make shift beach and just scoop hoes up that were there... it was pretty easy it went like this "Hey whats up you girls wanna go tubing" then they said yes and that was that.

I always blasted this on the stereo when we scooped up new girls

 

[jamaicabound]

Boats are awesome, though the OP is based in the worst place for boating.

You have to take your boat out of the water for the winter season otherwise the lake will freeze around the boat and destroy the hull.

I grew up around boats. Love 'em to bits though you know the old adage:

If it flies, floats, or fucks...

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One of my summer house friends got a job at the local marina so I was around a lot of boats this summer. I had mad boat fever. Apparently Sweden has the most boats per capita. So there are a lot of old but well kept sailboats for great prices. Now in this thread my boat fever is back and I'm seriously thinking about buying one to party in, for next summer.
I was just wondering one thing. What are the defining factors that makes a boat open sea capable? Most boats here are the Swedish "skerry cruiser" type, google it if you want to see examples. Could I take one of these to the open sea? I'm not crossing the Atlantic but I definitely want one that's Mediterranean capable since that's where I'll be using it.

I get composite only, and coming from cars I get four stroke only too, but why only outboard?

Edit: Also what's wrong with volvo penta?
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I'm far from an expert on boats, if you're going the power boat route you want something with a deep v hull. In lake Michigan there's always arguments about what size boat you need and that's not even the ocean. Most people I hear say minimum 21 foot and that's small and can only go out on calm days but I hear other people saying they've gone out 3 miles fishing on a 14' boat.

For sailboats I don't think you really need a specific type of boat as the nature of a sailboat makes it seaworthy. Just get something with a heavy full keel. This is mostly only on smaller boats but on my boat pictured above my boat is basically a flat bottom skiff with a wooden keel held up by a bunjee that I can drop down for more stability.

One other thing to keep in mind, if you want to go out on larger bodies of water you need lights, a marine radio, and coast guard requires certain things. Not a huge issue but if your deciding between boats and one comes with a lot of extra stuff lean towards that one as all that stuff adds up if you have to buy it or install it.

 

[el mechanico]

I get composite only, and coming from cars I get four stroke only too, but why only outboard?

Edit: Also what's wrong with volvo penta?

I/O (inboard-outboard) setups like most smaller volvo penta, mercruiser use car engines adapted for a boat with a unreliable drive system also the cut a huge hole in the transom to put it together..

They have rubber hoses that leak, an exhaust system that fails or rots out due to salt water.
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Outboards are designed for boats only.

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As soon as those flexible rubber hoses leak and remember they're underwater game over..Look at the top pic with the automotive style universal joints that shouldn't be on a boat.

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