How did you find ***boat.net?

[superV]

My story goes like this it was about 3yrs ago and an Old Man had a 23'Glasstron Jet sittin in his back yard. I kept leaving notes on his door about the boat, and finally one day i got the call.I showed up to his house to find a 90yr old man who was from parker and had owned this jet since new. After talking for some time he began to tell my the he had learned every thing he know about jets from reading hot boat since the 70s. He did not mention the web site but he did put the term in my head so the next day when i got to work i did a search and here i am today been hook ever since! That focker :rolleyes: I had been into boats for some time but only once i moved to st.Louis so for obvisious resons i did not know of any hot boats or see them. And growing up as a kid in SoCal everything was cool so it did not dawn on me till then. Know its a full blown addiction!:frown:
So tell me your story? :D

[78Eliminator]

I had just bought my 78 Daytona and needed some info. I did a search on Google for "Hot Boats" and there I was!
When I came on, I saw a bunch of drama about Topless and stuff and you guys intimidated me, so I just lurked for a few months.

[Her454]

Lost one of my favorite ***boat Magazines, the article about the sunken Hydro in Havasu they found a few years ago....so I went online and searched to see if I could order back issues...and found the forums.......been here ever since. :)

[superV]

Topless? I thought you were her before her?
But I too lurk for sometime!

[superV]

Originally posted by Her454
Lost one of my favorite ***boat Magazines, the article about the sunken Hydro in Havasu they found a few years ago....so I went online and searched to see if I could order back issues...and found the forums.......been here ever since. :)
I would love to see that article, did you ever find it? If so please post it.

[JetBoatRich]

I used to subscribe to the rag and looked it up on the internet, been on since. Now and then post a reply.

[***boat]

Well since you asked here is the breakdown of unique visits from yesterday. This data is only for the main site though, it does not include the forum traffic. Generaly when I sit down and do the math the forums do a bit more traffic than the main site. It does show where everyone came from though.
(Each number here represents a person visiting the site, not how many times they viewed a page. That would be page views.)
dateNow referer count
10/27/2003 no_referer 4588
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[Her454]

Actually yes I did. Had several responses to my very first post about it and someone scanned it for me and emailed it, then I got the magazine from ***boat later on. Its actually been posted as a thread a few times since....you can search under Sunken Beauty I think and Pull it up.....maybe someone else remembers the title of the latest thread or still has the pics from the article, wasnt too long ago. Very good article, sank on its maiden voyage and was found some 20 years later in incredibly good condition.

[Mandelon]

After Her454 found it, she came back in the bedroom and woke me up, she was so excited. You should have seen her. So I signed up too. :D
Just check our member numbers if you don't believe me...:eek:

[AZKC]

Subscribe to the mag when they went on-line(7-8 years ago??), even subscribed to the on-line mag for awhile. Now I do neither.
KC

[superV]

Originally posted by superV
My story goes like this it was about 3yrs ago and an Old Man had a 23'Glasstron Jet sittin in his back yard. I kept leaving notes on his door about the boat, and finally one day i got the call.I showed up to his house to find a 90yr old man who was from parker and had owned this jet since new. After talking for some time he began to tell my the he had learned every thing he know about jets from reading hot boat since the 70s. He did not mention the web site but he did put the term in my head so the next day when i got to work i did a search and here i am today been hook ever since! That focker :rolleyes: I had been into boats for some time but only once i moved to st.Louis so for obvisious resons i did not know of any hot boats or see them. And growing up as a kid in SoCal everything was cool so it did not dawn on me till then. Know its a full blown addiction!:frown:
So tell me your story? :D
OK guys I lied the truth is the guy said he learned everthing he knew from some guy named RIVER DAVE and that if I every got the chance to meet him and get his autograph that he would just give me the boat in return for the autograph, I did a search I here I am although this Dave guy would never give me his autograph due to the deamand and said it would cost me 4K. So i just bought the boat out right. When I told the old man what happen he said he was supprized and that he had been trying to find him ever since he banged his wife so he could kick his ass:D

[superV]

BTW, Last I heard from the old man was he put a water bollon hit out on RD, and the hit man report to have broken RD wrist or something like that. The old man said he was happy with the result and would nolonger be seeking revenge on the RD punk!:cool:

[eliminatedsprinter]

One day I was out bike riding with my son wearing a Hot Boat Tee shirt. I rode past 75 elim's house and he and Jetforfun (I think) were out working on their boats in his driveway. As I rode by I said Hi and they asked if I was on the forums (this is the short story) when I said no they told me about it and the next week I logged on and registerd. I'm hooked mostly because I've met so many great folks to boat and camp with. :D :cool:
P.S. The BSing online is fun too.:cool:

[HOSS]

I use to subscribe to the mag. When the mag sad they were making a website I came on board. I believe it was Tuesday night when people would meet here. I even paid I think 20 bucks for the website.
Yes, the sunken boat article was really cool. The headders where even still chrome. I remember they contacted the owner but he was not interested in buying it back. Said it just went under. Had a Hemi in it if not mistaken. Would love to see what happenned to it. A salvage company owned it.

[burbanite]

Kind of similar to AZKC.
Had a magazine subscription forever, saw an advertisement for a new Hot Boat website, subscribed to that (had to be '96 or thereabouts).
Didn't do much with that but browse around, signed on to the forums in 2001.

[superV]

Originally posted by HOSS
I use to subscribe to the mag. When the mag sad they were making a website I came on board. I believe it was Tuesday night when people would meet here. I even paid I think 20 bucks for the website.
Yes, the sunken boat article was really cool. The headders where even still chrome. I remember they contacted the owner but he was not interested in buying it back. Said it just went under. Had a Hemi in it if not mistaken. Would love to see what happenned to it. A salvage company owned it.
I think your right about the $20 I came on a month after you and seem to remeber paying!
BTW if anyone has the article about the suken boat please post it. I did a search but denotta came up.:(

[superV]

So how old are the forums. I seem to remember someone saying they started in 1999 or 2000?

[Havasu_Dreamin]

I originally registered with the forums in December of 2000 under a different username.

[HOSS]

`98 or `99 Oct I believe. Registerred when site started.

[Dr. Eagle]

Looking for ***boat.com!!!
Originally registered in April 2000 under another user name, used it a little, and forgot about it. Just came back after the Eliminator forum closed because I had a pretty good time on there.
:D

[leibniz]

My brother tuned me into this place several months ago. He said it was a good place to come to for kicking people around.
:D

[rrrr]

I found a v drive I liked and bought it. Got it home and thought "Now what dumbass, you don't have the slightest clue how to make this thing run right or drive it without hurting yourself"......
I found the ***boat forums, the clouds parted and the angels sang beautiful melodies....... :D :D
Now I have a beeeyotchin' boat that is a blast to drive, and I've met some really good folks here. There is a sense of "family" that makes the forums special. I still remember our members that have had personal tragedy in my prayers........

[Infomaniac]

Originally posted by HOSS
I use to subscribe to the mag. When the mag sad they were making a website I came on board. I believe it was Tuesday night when people would meet here. I even paid I think 20 bucks for the website.
Yes, the sunken boat article was really cool. The headders where even still chrome. I remember they contacted the owner but he was not interested in buying it back. Said it just went under. Had a Hemi in it if not mistaken. Would love to see what happenned to it. A salvage company owned it.
That does not work in Oklahoma. You sink a boat and someone brings it up. It is still yours. No statute of limitations.
SuperDave013 brought me here. I lurked for quite a while before registering.

[superV]

FYI-Being a commercial diver my self salvage laws apply to any body of water not privately owned.Ill look it up fpr you and post it later.

[058]

I stumbled across this site while in a drunken haze...things have never been the same since.:D

[HCS]

I was board at work and was just screwing around looking for
boating web sites. Punch in ***boat and there it was.
Started reading the forums and laughed my ass off.:D
The good old days.
I'm still hooked so I drop in now and then.

[Her454]

Originally posted by HARDCORE-SKI
I was board at work and was just screwing around looking for
boating web sites. Punch in ***boat and there it was.
Started reading the forums and laughed my ass off.:D
The good old days.
I'm still hooked so I drop in now and then.
............More like.....Hi My name is Hardcore Ski and I am addicted.... his wife even told me he started signing their checks
as Hardcore Ski until after about a month of ***boat Rehab.
:):)

[HCS]

Originally posted by Her454
............More like.....Hi My name is Hardcore Ski and I am addicted.... his wife even told me he started signing their checks
as Hardcore Ski until after about a month of ***boat Rehab.
:):)
:D Rehab didn't work very well. Better watch it. I might start
another poll about your tan lines.;) :D

[fourspeednup]

Havasu trip got canceled and I got real antsy. Needed my boating fix and there you all were, people with similar addictions.
Lurked for about a month then registered because I needed a better way to drain the oil. Still haven't got that one figured out yet...:confused:

[Havasu Hangin']

Originally posted by 058
I stumbled across this site while in a drunken haze...things have never been the same since.:D
Pretty much sums it up for me, too.

[GlastronGuy]

I don't remember. It was over 3 years ago and I've slept since then.

[StealBlueZ]

I wuz playin wit myself.... slipped and knocked the keyboard of the desk.... whaddayaknow....

[sidewound]

I started lookin for a new bugdodger for my Sidewinder and wound up here. I've met people from here in the real world and not been dissapointed once. WANNA COME TO A JETBOAT PARTY ON MY LAKE NEXT YEAR?
Peace Man:cool:
CESAR

[rrrr]

Originally posted by Infomaniac
That does not work in Oklahoma. You sink a boat and someone brings it up. It is still yours. No statute of limitations.
Us Texans know that's the law in Okleehoma because our neighbors to the North are a bit challenged when it comes to doing complicated things like driving a boat without sinking it...... :D :D

[HammerDown]

I got it from there Magizine I use :rolleyes: to subscribe to...sorry HB. just not enough Hot Rod boats for me.
Great Web site though;)

[mbrown2]

Don't really remember....I use to visit the site for quite sometime before registering...probably looking at the bikini archives:D ....Then found the forums, and lurked for quite a while before registering...

[mtndewdrops]

I lurked on and off for a couple of years when I owned my Maxum. After I sold it I was going through withdrawls...I joined Hot boat to get some ideas on what to buy. I posted a Laveycraft 21XTC or Cheetah Stilhetto thread. I got some good replies from some Laveycraft and Cheetah diehards. We looked at alot of used boats before getting lucky and finding a great deal on our Essex.
THANKS ***boat!

[DoubleFisted]

seems like only a few days ago! wow the time flies..... :) Actually, I had read the mag for a while but paid no attention to the website. One day at work , a buddy mentioned it and I had to check it out. Peeped around for a couple months, then took jumped in.

[bordsmnj]

don't remeber. i think i found it while doing a search or something. next thing you know i'm lurking and thinking"these folks seem to see things the same as i do for the most part."cool. i loggoed on to get some info and to say hi in general the rest is a blur.-in a good way:D

[blownmoney]

i thought that sunken hydro , had gone down in parker? and had been lost since the mid seventies? is this the same article?

[Infomaniac]

Originally posted by superV
FYI-Being a commercial diver my self salvage laws apply to any body of water not privately owned.Ill look it up fpr you and post it later.
You might be suprised.

[Infomaniac]

Originally posted by rrrr
Us Texans know that's the law in Okleehoma because our neighbors to the North are a bit challenged when it comes to doing complicated things like driving a boat without sinking it...... :D :D
Not a problem driving without sinking unless there is an unexpected mechanical failure. :D

[ROZ]

Hmmm. I wonder how Phat Rat found this place...:D
I lurker for a long time once I found out that they had the forums. I got rid of the mag subscription once I was hooked...

[jbtrailerjim]

I have subcribed to the magazine for several years. I knew about the website but they used to charge you a subscription for the web sight. I said f**k that I already give them money for there magazine and I'm not paying to lurk on ther website. Came back recently to site lurked on the forum shortly registered and now I'm hooked.

[Cheap Thrills]

Damned if I know , But here I am none the less. :D
C.T.;)