DeanHarvey
Member
Guys and Ladies,
I have met some of you from another site and a couple of you encouraged me to take a look at this site. I have been out of fast boats for 32 years while raising kids and growing a business. I always dreamed of having a Cole flatbottom. This desire manifested from a black Cole that hung out at Possum Kingdom lake in Texas when my brother and I were teenagers. My family vacationed at that lake every year when I was young. We built a Sleekcraft jet boat together and tried for years to outrun this guy and never did. I told my brother that some day I was going to own a Cole. It only took me about 36 years from when I made that statement but I finally did it.
I bought a boat with beautiful paint from a guy in San Diego but the engine was toast. I went way overboard building the engine but that is just me. I tend to do everything as right as I can. Some people think I am ridiculous but this habit has served me well over the years.
I was lucky to find a wife 35 years ago that understood me and accepted me for who I was/am and she supports me in my crazy hobbies. I know I have a boat that will be a handful and probably went too far, but that was my dream 36 years ago. I know that black boat is probably long gone now but if he were still around, I think he would be looking at the back end of mine (once I learn to drive it), ha! I am a dedicated Christian and family man that has crazy hobbies and loves mechanical things that make beautiful noise. I love to build things with my hands as well. I do almost everything myself.
I have attached a few pictures of my boat and the engine I built for it. I am still waiting to take it out for some runs once I heal up from crashing a sport bike while doing a track day session a few weeks ago (another one of my crazy hobbies). Hopefully I get healed up before the weather is too bad. Bad timing for a crash and I have never been hurt on a sport bike until I get this boat ready to run. I guess my Cole will have to wait just a little longer while I heal.
Dean
I have met some of you from another site and a couple of you encouraged me to take a look at this site. I have been out of fast boats for 32 years while raising kids and growing a business. I always dreamed of having a Cole flatbottom. This desire manifested from a black Cole that hung out at Possum Kingdom lake in Texas when my brother and I were teenagers. My family vacationed at that lake every year when I was young. We built a Sleekcraft jet boat together and tried for years to outrun this guy and never did. I told my brother that some day I was going to own a Cole. It only took me about 36 years from when I made that statement but I finally did it.
I bought a boat with beautiful paint from a guy in San Diego but the engine was toast. I went way overboard building the engine but that is just me. I tend to do everything as right as I can. Some people think I am ridiculous but this habit has served me well over the years.
I was lucky to find a wife 35 years ago that understood me and accepted me for who I was/am and she supports me in my crazy hobbies. I know I have a boat that will be a handful and probably went too far, but that was my dream 36 years ago. I know that black boat is probably long gone now but if he were still around, I think he would be looking at the back end of mine (once I learn to drive it), ha! I am a dedicated Christian and family man that has crazy hobbies and loves mechanical things that make beautiful noise. I love to build things with my hands as well. I do almost everything myself.
I have attached a few pictures of my boat and the engine I built for it. I am still waiting to take it out for some runs once I heal up from crashing a sport bike while doing a track day session a few weeks ago (another one of my crazy hobbies). Hopefully I get healed up before the weather is too bad. Bad timing for a crash and I have never been hurt on a sport bike until I get this boat ready to run. I guess my Cole will have to wait just a little longer while I heal.
Dean