asked a few years ago

[powerskipper]

but will ask again.


How many years of playing on the water have you had.


ie boating experience.

I will start it.


17 years but intensely for the last 12 .

 

[Kawasaki]

but will ask again.


How many years of playing on the water have you had.


ie boating experience.

I will start it.


17 years but intensely for the last 12 .

Hey Jules
You doin a bleedin Survey on boaty stuff or what?
Anyway
As you put it
A few years as a kid muckin about the local harbour an stuff mitherin fisher folk an the like
Then me own boats for 18 years then the last 7 doin mendin an Instructing and a bit of Windfarm stuff an all that there.

 

[aquapower]

must be over 22 years, started on the rivers and then last 15 have been at sea, not sure how many miles but done about 3000nm in last couple of years

 

[Seahope]

What about those of us with gaps? In my case I had about 3 decades away from boats.

 

[jimg]

About 30 years I guess..

 

[Portland Billy]

a lifetime !

Over 50 years - started as cadet on HMS Worcester at 14, then MN and 'foreign flag' vessels, followed by piloting etc. Been messing about on leisure craft for the same length of time.

 

[sailorman]

but will ask again.


How many years of playing on the water have you had.


ie boating experience.

I will start it.


17 years but intensely for the last 12 .

43
41 (continuous) as owner

 

[admillington]

37 years.

 

[colvic987]

I first set foot on a boat for a comp crew course in the army on the baltic on a 60 square meter 'rasmus' at british kiel yacht club for a week in 1982, then continued thru until i left the army in 89, i then had some time away, whilst working and trying to build a civvy life with the family then got back into it with purchase of yacht in 2000, and still enjoying it.
so on and off nearly 30 years.

 

[Firefly625]

40 yrs ... but as that's also my age, i guess the first 6/8 yrs i wasn't that helpful and can't remember much... strange, the last few years I also can't remember much ..20yrs almost continuous as boat owner of some sort

 

[Renegade_Master]

11 years as owner.

Sold a boat last week, the buyer is 70 years old, and has been boating since he was a teenager, so hes 50 plus years in boats, the guy rides a Hoinda Goldwing 1800 trike too, very young for his age.

 

[davedpc]

53 and rising FAST

 

[volvopaul]

Since I was 6 years old so a lot! started sailing dinghies, canals, rivers, then the sea since 1989. 40 years to date!, god im old.

 

[25931]

I started with kayaks in the sea scouts in 1940.

 

[whisper]

but will ask again.


How many years of playing on the water have you had.


ie boating experience.

I will start it.


17 years but intensely for the last 12 .

3-4yrs in the early 60s, Summer Job on a lake in Mid Wales. Wooden (clinker) launches with 1.5-2.5 Stewart Turner engines.

Then 1987-current ( 23 yrs ) with more modern small-medium motor boats.
Plus about 10 charters on sailing yachts in UK and Med.

 

[capnsensible]

40

 

[Philiz]

Only 2, but only missed 4 weekends in that time. Rain or shine, summer or winter.

 

[moonraker 36]

since i was 12yr old till now..37yrs old..!! alway's been a boat somewere in my life....

 

[Sojourner47]

Started with a kayak about 48 years ago.....
Now on small mobo, with everything from 10ft sailing dinghy to 60ft NB in between.....
(all either fitted out or built from scratch by self)

 

[peterb]

Started aged 14, now aged 79. 79-14=65