"I Hate My Boat" - Page 7

smackdaddy · #61 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

Calypso - wait, does that mean you leave your wife on the boat? Nice tactic.

cormeum · #62 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

I must love my boat because when people look at her at the dock they say "that's a labor of love".

lapworth · #63 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

How many boats hate there owners ?

dacap06 · #64 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

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Originally Posted by lapworth

How many boats hate there owners ?

I think boats only hate owners that do not know how to sail well. Don't believe it? Just watch them misbehave and defy the owner's every intention! hehe

DaCAP

lapworth · #65 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

they might be trying to teach you a lesson but you know how stobburn sailors can be.

LittleMissMagic · #66 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

I love my boat, I just hate my engine!

Soontobecruiser · #67 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

People who hate their boats probably aren't spending their free time on sites discussing boats.

I was away from my boat for 1 1/2 years and missed her a lot.

ramminjammin · #68 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

Love my boat
will she mind if I have two ?

SecondWindNC · #69 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

I hate petmac's boat - only cause I wish she were mine!

byr0n · #70 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009

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Originally Posted by deniseO30

Now this is kind of sad when I hear the owner say; "Thanks, but I hate it" I've heard this response more then a few times which seems to indicate that it's a pretty common feeling! I don't press the owners for reasons and try to respect their privacy although sometimes I'll suggest "You can make it into a boat you love, don't you think?" Then I hear; "Eh I'm gonna sell it"

I travel 4 hours to my boat every week and still get giddy as a kid at christmas as I get close to her. I truly appreciate and love that I own my boat (outright even. Woohoo!).

One thing I have seen (I work in a boat store so I see a lot of boat owners) that is common in people who do not like their boats is their lack of patience.

This particular(ly lacking) trait makes a person buy a boat which they weren't prepared to own and it makes them fix/maintain a boat improperly. These people rarely give "quality time" to their chosen vessel, and regularly get frustrated with anything that requires time. Effective boat care especially, is at least 70% planning which of course, takes time.

The net result? I think we really should create an S.P.C.A for boats...