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My name is Carlos Roman and I'm a Southern California resident. There out of the

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LA area. What got us into boating is we actually went out and rented a boat. We

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were on a family vacation, decided to rent a boat. We had a blast and found a

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real love for the sport. And that's when I started to really look at the center

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consoles. Center console was something that we could walk around on. We could make it

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all the way out to Catalina. We could make it back, safely.

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We had the range, the fuel, it just seemed like a no brainer.

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So we made the decision and we’ve been really happy with that boat.

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We have 650 hours in about 3 years of use. So we’re

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on the water quite a bit. We chase fish, we troll

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we go way out in the open ocean looking for bluefin.

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It gives us an excuse to go somewhere.

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Let's go try this. Let's look at this place. Let's go see what this lake looks

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like. You know, we're always looking for different spots that we can go anchor up

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and just experience. So it's just an excuse to get out. A lot of memories. Family

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loves it. We even trailer it out to Mojave, Lake Powell at least once,

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if not two or three times a year. Leaving early in the morning, watching the sun

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come up over the water. It's just, It's the best feeling. No matter what happens

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out there, it's just a good time. It's a good time, you know, you're free. Your phone doesn't

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work. You're out in the middle of the ocean. You're not being disturbed or bothered

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or bugged. Everything just goes away. All the problems are gone and you're just out.

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It's you and the water. Boating gives anybody who wants to give it a shot the

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opportunity to do something that gets away, it gets away from the crowds,

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it gets away from long lines and reservations and things like that, where you can

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get out and kind of really just self-reflect. You can spend time with your family

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in an environment where there's no distractions other than your environment. The only

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distraction is nature, the water, and having fun together. And so that's something

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that I really enjoy. And I think anybody that gets a boat can enjoy that. No

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matter how small you start or how big you start, that's the whole idea. You get

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out on the water, you're with your family, you're with your friends, and you're just

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having a great time.