Hello and I'm glad I found this site today. I'm a member of lots of forums but need to be a part of this one as I just took delivery of an old MirroCraft, I think it is a 12' MirroCraft. I'd love to know what model it is someday.
I also got a 1973 Evinrude Mate-2 to go with it.
Here are some pics of the hull;
Then the motor;
Here is my story;
This past February, at the New England Boat Show, my wife asks, "How much is that inflatable?" I tell her they start at $8-900 and around the same for a new outboard to go with it. I have a 26' Center Console boat and when we go to the beach to let my 2 year old boy and 6 month old daughter play, it is a production finally getting settled on the beach. It goes like this;
Need to position the boat to set the bow anchor, then I usually get out to set the stern anchor. Then all the stuff has to come out of the boat and we wade up onto the beach, all because the boat has a 15" draft. The good wife knows that it would be so nice and easy to just have a smaller boat that we can drive right up onto the beach and not worry a whit about the tide going up and down.
My neighbor has had that MirroCraft upside down on a boat lift for as long as I can remember. He got out of boating sometime in the late 90's/early 2000's. One day this past early spring, as he was driving by I asked him, "Hey George, if you ever want to sell your rowboat, please let me know as I'd love to buy it from you." He says, "You know, I bought that for the grandkids to use. I have a little motor for it too. I'll think about it and get back to you."
The next day, as he and his wife are on the way to church, he stops and says, "You can have that rowboat. I got it for the grandkids but no one ever used it. I'll even give you the little motor for it." I'm sort of in shock but I know George and he is a very well to go guy. He also had a Boston Whaler jetboat and a jetski for his grandkids but no one ever used any of them. I say, "No, please, give me a price and I'll pay you whatever you want for it." He refuses and this past Saturday, he lowered his boat lift and I paddled the boat to my house and a little while later he dropped the 2-HP Evinrude by for me. So far, that's my story.
I was and still am, thrilled, and even more thrilled to be a part of this forum.
I also got a 1973 Evinrude Mate-2 to go with it.
Here are some pics of the hull;
Then the motor;
Here is my story;
This past February, at the New England Boat Show, my wife asks, "How much is that inflatable?" I tell her they start at $8-900 and around the same for a new outboard to go with it. I have a 26' Center Console boat and when we go to the beach to let my 2 year old boy and 6 month old daughter play, it is a production finally getting settled on the beach. It goes like this;
Need to position the boat to set the bow anchor, then I usually get out to set the stern anchor. Then all the stuff has to come out of the boat and we wade up onto the beach, all because the boat has a 15" draft. The good wife knows that it would be so nice and easy to just have a smaller boat that we can drive right up onto the beach and not worry a whit about the tide going up and down.
My neighbor has had that MirroCraft upside down on a boat lift for as long as I can remember. He got out of boating sometime in the late 90's/early 2000's. One day this past early spring, as he was driving by I asked him, "Hey George, if you ever want to sell your rowboat, please let me know as I'd love to buy it from you." He says, "You know, I bought that for the grandkids to use. I have a little motor for it too. I'll think about it and get back to you."
The next day, as he and his wife are on the way to church, he stops and says, "You can have that rowboat. I got it for the grandkids but no one ever used it. I'll even give you the little motor for it." I'm sort of in shock but I know George and he is a very well to go guy. He also had a Boston Whaler jetboat and a jetski for his grandkids but no one ever used any of them. I say, "No, please, give me a price and I'll pay you whatever you want for it." He refuses and this past Saturday, he lowered his boat lift and I paddled the boat to my house and a little while later he dropped the 2-HP Evinrude by for me. So far, that's my story.
I was and still am, thrilled, and even more thrilled to be a part of this forum.
