Any of you go boating, whether as a passenger or a boater? I've been a few times on the ocean, etc...now that the weather is getting nicer, might do some more.
I go boating, but it's not on the ocean. Although I once did a deep sea fishing trip with my grandfather. I love the ocean, but I'm not terribly keen on being on the ocean.
I'm not much of a boat driver myself, but I like being on boats a lot and have been out on the water in various places around the world in craft of all sizes. It's a quick and easy way to have an adventure that you barely lived through. barfo
I've been on large-ish cruise ships. I guess that doesn't count, what with stabilizers and such. Still, it's nice to be able to look out over the ocean in all directions.
Are you trying to say you wish the Blazers had traded Travis Outlaw for John Salmons? Will this "KP shoulda made a move" thing never end?
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I enjoy both powerboating and sailing. Unfortunately for me, both are in short supply here in CO. Meanwhile, I have two bays of my garage in Oregon filled with seaworthy vessels just waiting to be returned to their natural habitat. God, I hate living in Colorado.
My dad got a 48 foot Duckworth fishing boat a couple years back. I go out fairly often, not as much as I'd like though. My buddy has a boat that we wakeboard and water ski off of. Being on the Columbia on a 90 degree day, beer in hand with females galore is one of my favorite past times. Our yearly Lake Billy Chinook trip is a blast as well.
I've went out bottom fishing on the ocean quite a few times. Out of Depoe Bay a few years ago and use to go out of Newport with my dad. You can see the power of the ocean out on a small charter boat. I've rented a deck/pontoon boat at Promontory Park a few times. Would love to buy a pontoon boat.
I guess relative to most people yes. When I was 12 or 13 I spent three weeks on a sailboat learning to sail as we went through the San Juan Islands and into Canada. Before my dad passed away when I was 8, we used to go crabbing for Dungenous crabs a lot. I still have the nets, which are high quality and have long lines for use in the deeper waters. I have other friends whose families "Go to the lake" and go intertubing and stuff, but my family never did that much. The most beautiful site I've ever seen on a boat was traveling through all of these tiny islands on a ferry boat between Turin, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. It was beautiful, sunny, and a really cool experience. There is a much better story attached, involving Russian Prostitutes, alcohol, riding the subway, and wearing a Speedo (in that order), but it would take much too long to tell in detail here.
You did the Stockholm Archipelago? I used the sail the Gotland Runt which started at Sandhamn. Words can't describe the beauty of the trip from Stockholm by boat in the summer.
