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I kind of understand the food thing but I'll tell you this, long after the boat is gone and maybe you as well, the kids will be saying remember when dad would scream his head off and act like an ahole on the boat when we were supposed to be out having fun? Yea I'm not going to do that to my kids/grandkids they'll say
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We do not allow anything but water on our boat. Why the assumption that you have to scream or be a-hole? Wow....Ski on dude!Comment
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I like it GMLIII, so true.
I spent a few minutes yesterday with the cordless Dewalt vac sucking up barbeque chip crumbs. Gave me an excuse to vacuum out the boat. It was worth every minute of it. Grandkids had a blast, and it was our 3 yr old's 1st ride on a surfboard with a huge smile on her face (her Dad was holding on).
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I'm a no food in boat guy. I get the making memories but if the kids want to see dad more then don't make me spend more time cleaning the boat, you'll see me more
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Another generally 'no food on the boat please' person. But depends a bit on what you want to bring and the kiddo factor. I must say I particularly don't enjoy cleaning up 'wet chip mash' that's been ground into the carpet. Ewww.
I'm also a 'no shoes the boat please' person.
I've been known to say 'there are no vacuums at sea'.
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Because you didn't know my father in law- it has affected all 6 kids. You live in a sheltered world not everyone lives in the Cleaver/Huxtable household.Originally posted by CHassmann View PostComment
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Kids are all grown and no grand kids so far so we don't have issues with the apple juice being spilled or cookies being dropped everywhere. That and most people I boat with own boats and have the same regard for their boats as I do. We all either live on a lake or have access to someone's house on the lake so it's rare that we're on the water long enough that depriving little Noah or Madison a sugar snack is a problem. Even when we did have little kids on board we tried to stay with foods that were easier to clean up like vegetables or cut up apples.
Most boaters I know go by some form of these rules.....- No shoes.
- No smoking.
- No glass containers.
- No grape drink, red punch drinks or any other drink that could stain the vinyl.
- Spill proof cups for little kids.
- No red wine (white seems to be fine).
- No sugar loaded cocktails (those are a treat to clean up).
- No food in general that can stain the interior (Cheeto's come to mind).
- No new printed towels that bleed into the vinyl when they get wet for the first time.
- If you or your kids spill something or drop some that needs cleaning, you or you kids clean it.
As far as screaming goes, I don't see the point and if you set expectation correctly before having guests onboard you shouldn't have a problem. Have I seen someone go off? To some degree sure, and I can say I've had a couple, less than proud moments when stuff has happened but I've never gone off on some little kid because they didn't know better.
At some point though people did get weird about letting kids eat in cars, boats or just about anywhere imaginable. I was never allowed to eat in our cars when I grew up. The car was considered a cherished item that we all took care of, same went for the boat and we never had new cars or boats. About the time we had kids back in the 90s, it seems like something changed. The back seat of many people's cars became an unkept nursery and looked like someone had a food fight. Never understood that. I could see if you were taking a road trip but most of this was just daily driving. If you know someone that is in this mode, be careful having them out on the boat, you just know their kids will take what they've learned in that car and bring it to your boat......
Now get off my lawn!Comment
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No food in the boat...? Geez, you must all live on the water and have never spent the whole day on a boat where you need to pack meals.... My kids have been on our current boat since they were infants, and you sure as **** weren't getting away with not bringing food/snacks/meals along... Take some minor precautions, and you won't have a mess on your hands. ****, our first outing on the water every year is dinner on the boat (pizza...). After 10 years of this, my white vinyl is just fine, as is my carpet. Now that we're on the water though, the in-boat eating is less, but we'll still do snacks on evening putt-putts.Comment
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What Tom_H said. It's a boat--it's going to get dirty, and I am going to clean it. Sure, I'd love for it to stay pristine, but it's not worth the battles. I just want everyone to have fun. Boat pizza is the best!
True story: My friend, who lives on a lake, has a dream of selling sloppy joes to other boaters off of their pontoon.
The dude's an orthopedic surgeon--nice little side hustle.
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Ditto the boat pizza, I'll throw in some fried chicken (now there's a mess). Never really had a "well that sucks" mess on the boat. I get freekin' hungry after a couple of board sessions and a surf run, where's the food!
I thought it would be fun to have one of those over the side grills like you see on some of the Parks Bonifay's coastal run videos for the all day trips. Probably not, we have a propane grill in a case for the beach stops, but it looks fun.
I might be singing a different tune is I was climbing into my new '24 that just rolled off the showroom floor, for a week or 2...
Moons ago we had a new Suburban, 4 kids in & out of diapers. I took it into the detail shop one day. Juan did a great job of cleaning dried milk and cheerios out of every nook and cranny, looked brand new again. When I go in to pick it up, he says to me in his best english, "EScooter, ju never bring one of your rigs to mee again", lol.
It all cleans up, let's have fun!Comment
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Our Chiweenie's name is Boat Snack, you can catch us riding dirty lol. Love me some boat snacks.Comment
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No artificially dyed drinks and no snacks powder coated in orange cheese dust. Have to keep the '03 carpet and white vinyl looking good! Red gatorade and cheese curls...call us when you want to be picked up hahaha.Comment
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There's almost always kids under 4 on the boat at this point in time... we just work hard to keep it clean afterwards.Comment
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