@JayS yeah I often don’t think in terms of boats but I’m terms of jet skis, lol.
Speaking of jet skis, I’ve sold mine because I now have access to a lake besides Lake Erie. This lake has a 10hp limit so I couldn’t use them there anyway. However now I’m in the market for an electric jet board. 
I really want an e-foil but can’t justify $12k on it.
If you find a cheap Chinese knockoff alternative that doesn’t instantly catch fire let me know.
Mercury, the Chrysler Hellcat of the seas. There must not be GHG regulations on boats?
@JayS yeah foils are silly money. This is what I’m peepin’
I especially like that it has a wireless controller and isn’t a wired tether like jet surf.
This is a good place to revive the “put it in reverse Terry” meme.
I have shipped equipment all the way around south America just to avoid the Panama canal. I don’t like super expensive bottlenecks.
How bout that Keystone pipeline. ROI must be going up every hour.
So with my jetskis sold, I’ve been picking up other water toys to fill the void. I now have 2 kayaks, a free canoe that needs some work, and this:
All of these things sound like a HUGE downgrade from a jet ski.
“I traded in banging supermodels for being gay.”
Lol. Escaping the all that is man thread right there. 
It does look like something the kids would like to play with though. More so when you end up on a lake with no power toys allowed.
Probably getting the boat out for the first time this year tomorrow. Just a quick run and see if the spring bass bite is on yet and make sure everything is running right.
Don’t forget if you’re heading out before 5/1 and your boat is less than 21’ you have to wear a PFD at all times. NY changed that law a couple years ago making life jackets mandatory from 11/1 to 5/1 on any vessel under 21’.
If you fall out of a 20’ boat in cold water without a life jack you die, but if you fall out of my 21’ boat in the same cold water without a life jacket you’re fine. #NYLogic
10hp and under is the limit on our lake. At first I thought it might suck, but now I can see there are advantages. Especially having kids out there.
I’d definitely be the asshole custom building the smallest boat I could capable of floating me and a 10hp outboard just so I could still rip around.
Built for a 15 or 20, but I bet a 10 would still move it pretty good.
EDIT: Nevermind, just found “Cocktail Class Boat Racing”
They’re doing that on 8HP motors!
15-20hp would make that probably so much fun.
I’d probably be building one of those cocktail class boats right now but that’s at least $10k in plywood at today’s prices. 
Thanks @JayS
I was judging every boater this weekend for not wearing a NYS required PFD on the tiny boats.
Hahaha… I definitely noticed it too. I also didn’t see a single law enforcement boat out while I was out, which is really rare for the East River. Caught (and released) probably the biggest smallmouth bass I’ve ever pulled out of a WNY waterway too.
