Your first Boat

Larry,

Great videos. I'm sure you have a lot of memories of skiing. By the way, you haven't changed a bit!. What lake were you on?

I'm going to get that gizmo at Best Buy and post some of my old videos. This is an excellent thread.

Ken

CQ, all you need is a player for your 8mm and a DVD recorder, pretty cheap, we sell them here.

Larry, very cool. Was it common to have video cameras back then? I would think it was a "luxury" item.

Larry,
Man, those old movies were great. What a treasure they are. Thanks for putting them here on line. My dad has a lot of feet of old 8mm, I don't know if any of it is still good. I'm going to have to check into how to convert to digital.

Chuck

Decided to bring back this thread since I have some old home movies now of my family's first boats. The dreaded home movies. I somewhat recommend that no one under 50 look at this as you may find it a bit tedious. The "old timers" may appreciate it a bit more.

Nope, its public. Its pretty small (180 acres)with limited parking at the ramp, so that limits how many boats come in from out of town. It can get fairly busy on weekends in July-August, but its pretty quiet during the week.

My mom will appreciate your comment on the lawn!

Yup, all the pics above were taken at Tyler. Its not as protected as Lost Lake, but you can usually find some decent water in the morning or evening. It was a great place to spend summers growing up.

TRB, the pic of the two boats on the lifts together made my day. Awesome.

I can't say enough how much I enjoy seeing all the pics of these old (and new) Correct Crafts. Especially when they are being used and enjoyed by our families. I have always loved CC's, and am so thankful I found a whole site of people that share the same pa$$ion. Keep those pics coming!


Rob

Todd, glad you enjoyed. I am very lucky to have grown up on the lake, just like my parents did. The cottages have been in my family for generations.

Ken, I know Ive got some pics of my parents tearing it up, but they may be on their home computer. My dad is the barefooter on the left above. Pic was taken ~1995.

TRBenj,

Thanks for taking the time to put your picture essay together for all of us to enjoy. One of the best posts on the site. Makes me want to go buy some lake front property and ski right now !!

I don't know what else CC can do to improve the already refined wakes. It's amazing to think that when you think the best ski boat was produced, something comes out later and is better. Where does it stop, no wakes?

Ken

Great pictures, Tim. I love the bright red '92 Nautique. Looks just like yours. When was the '88 Nautique sold? What were some of the benefits you noticed between the '88 and '92?

Someday, your kids will grow up around Correct Crafts!

Ken

Nice pics Tim. I think you've put up more historical pics of CCs than CC has on their own website. BKH

Great pics! And, what a great way for your family to stay together through the years. What lake?

Chuck

M3Fan wrote: TRB, let's see some pics of your family's boats, since you've had like 40 CCs!

OK, I finally had the chance to go through the old photos this weekend. Spent an hr scanning 65 pictures at Walmart... the people behind me did not look happy.

My familys first inboard was the first of many Correct Crafts: this Mustang was bought new by my grandfather in 1968. I learned to kneeboard and surfboard behind this boat. Of course, I drove it often.





My grandfather also bought the next boat, an '88 Ski Nautique, which was shared by all 4 families on my dad's side of the family. This is the boat I learned to ski behind.




A few year's later, each of the 4 families started buying their own boats. In the fall of '92 my dad bought this cherry promo boat. I helped to put a lot of hrs on this boat, including learning to wakeboard and barefoot (Im the second one from the left). After 10 years, we sold the '92 to a friend, so we still see it regularly.





This is my dad's current '03.


These are my Uncle Todd's boats. I couldnt find pics of his '97 or '04.

'90 Ski Nautique


'95 Ski Nautique and '71 Skier


Here is the first boat that was generally considered "mine." I put a ton of hrs bombing around the lake in this 12' Mirrocraft with a 9.9 Johnson. It was, and still is, a real chick magnet. My Uncle Bob's '93 Ski Nautique is also pictured.



And of course, the first boat with my name on the title: