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Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 15 Sep 2018, 18:56
by bobamos
Noob in SoCal. Hi all. While I am not as much into these boats as many of you, I have recently purchased an Intex boat so that my wife and I can enjoy the water ways that we camp at with our vintage travel trailer and hammocks. We needed something that packs up small and light enough to take with us but not too expensive. I know some will look at these boats as toys when compared to the high dollar items available. But it was this or nothing at all as I was not going to spend a ton of cash on something that I wanted to try out first. I do hope to develop some friendships here and share experiences as well as learn from those of you willing to share and help... Looking forward to some great interchanges with many of you. Bob Amos
Re: Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 15 Sep 2018, 23:25
by Martin
Hi Bob... Welcome to Fribs & Sibs
The Intex range are available in the UK too, I believe they're mainly for river and lakes use & they certainly seem popular among some families.
Do you have an outboard of sorts attached Bob or are you on the manual propulsion ?
Great to have you aboard and we'd love to see some pics as and when you can...
PS..
We all start somewhere - and on here, well we pride ourselves on the "no such thing as a silly question" - So ask away and hopefully we can assist you.
Enjoy your new purchase.
Martin
Re: Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 16 Sep 2018, 02:49
by Alan
Hi Bob
Welcome to the forum. I am over in Michigan and use f-rib 375 on lake Huron. This is great place for questions or new ways to look at something.
Re: Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 16 Sep 2018, 08:49
by warder54
Hi Bob and welcome. My mate Danny (Dobro on here) started out with 2 Bestway 2 man inflatables, we called them the plastic bubbles - my wife called them paddling pools! we had lots of fun on small Lochs here in Scotland !!!
We enjoyed it so much we saved and bought a Waveline 2.9m wood floor inflatable and eventually added a Yam 5hp 2 stroke after a near disaster struggling in a following sea with an old Seagull outboard. As said by Martin, we all start somehere
Re: Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 16 Sep 2018, 12:08
by Cliff
to the forum Bob
Re: Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 16 Sep 2018, 12:55
by chris moody
Welcome Bob, it would be great to see some pictures of your boat
Re: Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 16 Sep 2018, 20:35
by The Hobbit
Hi Bob and
to the forum
Re: Hi there. Bob Amos from Southern California.
Posted: 17 Sep 2018, 01:21
by Mitch
Hi bob & welcome, I’m in Carmel at the moment & going down to San Luis Obispo tomorrow then onto Vegas for the rest of the week then to LA.