www.iFourWinns.com

1. Looks great on the boat
2. Helps with launching and retrieving
3. Handles Fenders and Lines
4. Cleans the boat
5. Drives it occasionally
6. Helps with the maintenance.
7. Sets up/Unloads the boat while I park/get the trailer

Basically will do everything I do except park the thing and drive the trailer backwards....

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Walter

2003 248 Vista - VP 5.0 GXi
2009 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L 4x4

Pulls off the trailer (get's engine warmed up while I park)
Docks the boat
Pulls on the trailer (raises drive)
Drives often
Has launched the boat
Fender Patrol

Most importantly, puts up with me...

Wait a minute here, I guess the question should be What do I do?

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-Rob.


Current boat: 2011 Yamaha AR210
Previous boat: 1998 Horizon RX 4.3GL SX

1. Looks good on the boat with bikini
2. Helps with anything I ask
3. Bring me cold drinks.
4. Drive a F350 like a pro, Backs the trailer in, hooks up the boat, cranks the last few feet
onto the trailer while Power loading.
5. Drives boat like a pro
6. Cooks gourmet food and packs cooler
7. Always smiles and winks at me….

Oh! I just woke up……. I must been dreaming…


Reality

She does nothing but make comment on everything happens on the boat….

What can we say…? I still love her…

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08 H260 VP 8.1Gi DP.....Previous
2013 Crownline E6 Merc 8.2MAG BIIIX, DTS/SC

1. looks great on the boat
2. drives and is starting to dock, loves to get up on plane
3. drive on the trailer ( old boat, 240 horizon)
4. cleans inside
5. Weekend menu
6. Makes fun of the amateurs
7. Fender and lines
8. makes a mean bloody mary
9. looks great on the boat

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Lakebum
2006 378 Vista
Nashville, TN
Current
04 Hustler Cheetah
06 Seadoo sportster 150
Past
06 378 vista
328 vista
240 horizon
21' glastron
20' celebrity

1. Absolutely the best at reversing the trailer on the ramp
2. Good boat driver as well (although even better as a back-seat driver )
3. Packs a mean lunch and snacks
4. Always remembers the drinks
5. Makes me put sun block on so I don't get sunburned
6. Makes sure we always come back with the same number of people we left with!
7. Never fails to point out (in minute detail) any of my mistakes...
8. Shares #7 with all our family and friends...

Thankfully I have learned over the years not to make too many mistakes!

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Alec

2006 Horizon 190
VP 4.3GL/SX, Sunsport

1)Obviously looks good in the boat
2) Let me name the boat after her
3) Drives the boat while I am skiing
4) just about everything else
5) Puts up with me
6)Out skis me these days

She Doesn't:
1)Back the car down for launching or retrieving

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Ardy
Adelaide South Australia
Red H180 3.0 Merc

I was waiting for someone to break the "looks good on the boat" chain. Better not let her read this thread!

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

Oh ... yeah ... forgot something:

* Collects Lobster Pots with the outdrive ..........

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

Things she does:
1. Looks good on the boat
2. Packs the cooler with refreshments and food
3. Gets everything stowed away before launch
4. Backs the trailer down and unhocks
5. Helps with tie offs
6. Drives it occasionally
7. Drives the boat onto the trailer
8. Helps with the maintenance
9. Cleans and waxes the boat inside and out
10. Never compains about buying boat stuff
11. Just loves to drive wild when I'm on a tube! This is when I pay for the things I don't do!!!

Things she will not do:
1. Power load the boat
2. ???


Keep the thread alive!!

I'll do my part to keep this thread alive!

1. Looks great on the boat!
2. Makes sure the cooler is filled with ice and pop/water.
3. Drives.
4. Helps with loading/unloading.
5. Hooks the boat up to her Armada when it's time to head to the lake.
6. Cleans the boat.
7. Stands watch while I try to find the wave that will throw my boys (and guests) off the tube.

She wants to learn to drive with and back up the trailer so she can take the boat out with the kids if she happens to be home while I'm still at work (we work together but she can do her job in 10 or so hours a week). We'll work on that this week.

Tom

ok.

Have to keep the first thread going on...

- looks great on the boat as number one...and then add...
- reminds me of where all the rocks are (which we [I] managed to find with our props 2 years ago)
- drives like a champ when I want to ski/board/whatever
- is awesome on slalom
- is better at pointing out crazy things that we see at the launch sometimes (we have a launch not too far from our dock...great amusement).
- hates backing up the trailer, but is great at driving the boat onto it.
- cleans, puts the cover on/off...
- cheers me on and has the beer ready after a day of waxing and finer detailing

; )

Ernie

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JustBreathe
'05 230 Horizon

She defines the phrase “pleasure boater”. Just kidding, 18 years of boating (married 25 years) and she is my right hand. I have never been out on the boat without her. The kids can stay home, but not her.

Steve

Honestly, she is getting better at loading the boat on the trailer than me. but thats mostly because i cant afford to wait three hours while she tries to get the truck and trailer down the ramp.

........Oh and looks good on the boat!

Marty

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Dodge 1500 5.7L Hemi
Four Winns F224 5.7L DP

Well let's see.
1) The boat simply looks better when she's aboard
2) Handles all lines and fenders when docking or pulling away
3) Crawls into the cabin to get me food when we're fighting 4 footers on Lake Michigan.
4) Stows all gear below and keeps the cabin clean.
5) Reminds me to put on Sunscreen as well
6) Listens to orders from the Captain when at sea

She's the best!

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Michael Bova


"Swept Aweigh"
2003 Four Winns 328 Vista

Previous Boat
2003 Crownline 230CCR

So hmm...going thru all our threads, we all clearly do a lot of praising of our Admirals...

Can/should we conclude that:

a) boating enhances our relationships...
b) our relationships enhance our boats
c) only people in successful relationships do any boating
d) only people in successful relationships read this forum.....
e) all of our Admirals read this forum, and so we have to "stay in line"
f) something else?

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JustBreathe
'05 230 Horizon