Re: Paddles/oars...
When I started my boating life when I was 11 or 12, we never left the dock without a paddle and some old tennis shoes. The 1969 14' Westwind w/ 55 Johnson would puke out regularly. More than once I paddled to the bank and pull it back to the ramp by hand, walking through the oyster shells (thats where the old shoes came in).
In fact, if the gas was low, we would still go skiing but stay within site of the ramp for when it ran out it wouldn't be so far to drag the boat.
Man, that was crazy, me and my buddy, 12 years old, out in the ICW waterskiing. My brother was 9, he would go along as the "safety observer".
My uncle had a 72 Chebby station wagon that I used to put the boat in and out.
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Sold - 1984 V-20 Cuddy with a 2003 Johnson 140 hp gas sippin 4-stroke.
1995 Ranger 250C with a 2015 Suzuki 300 hp 4-stroke.
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