When I was as young as 5 years old I always went on fishing trips in my uncles Chris Craft .
Not to fish!!!!!!
No, to drive that big cruiser. I'd stand up in the seat and they would point the direction to go or how far off shore to cruise. Then they could fish, bull ship, drink beer etc while I took great pride in keeping that boat as straight as possible.
Going that slow there wasn't a lot of water going past the rudder and the slightest breeze, or a decent size wave, would try to shove the cruiser around. Fond memories.
Meanwhile they'd catch their walleyes , northern pike, Bass or whatever.
By the time I was 7 I was even allowed to dock the boat. Then he got the Big One
