Boats

[KiteSquid]

tx2sturgis,

 

Have you ever thought about a geodesic boat???

 

You would have to build it yourself.

 

Click HERE for very light boats that weigh almost nothing.

 

I have only found the website, as I am not a boater.

 

 

 

 

 

BTW, one of the three boats that was used in Gilligan's Island for the S.S. Minnow sold last year.

 

Click HERE for more info

Edited April 2, 2009 by KiteSquid

[Guest Oldsalt]

Since your pics didn't come up for me, I am guessing from the other comments that you are looking at a small boat. I will say this...If you are going to put any serious money into a used a boat, CONSIDER hiring a marine surveyor (sp). I wanted to buy ar 34' bayliner with twin I/Os and it cost me almost a $1000 to find out I did not want the boat. It looked great. But the surveyor found one I/O had internal problems, there was a large 'soft spot' in the transome, the electrical wiring had been 'modified' by someone who was not an electrician (and screwed up the grounding), etc. In short, it would have cost me another $10,000 to fix my dream boat. The best $1000 I ever spent.

 

For a small boat, you can probably find a good 3rd party marine mech who will check things out for you at a reasonable cost. The comments above about a boat being a hole in the water you throw money into is not a joke.

 

Smooth Sailing,

 

Oldsalt

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Hey Salt, these are the small inflatable boats...something like a Zodiac, only smaller...holds 2 people and gear, and it has a slide in transom for a small 2 hp motor...its just for putting around the lake shore and catching a few fish...its not a large trailerable fiberglass boat. This is something that would deflate, fold up, and pack in a small 14CF trailer that I pull behind my bike.

 

Im mainly interested in hearing from those who have some experience with these little weed-wacker size boat motors...but any input is appreciated.

[Venturous Randy]

Just heard on the news about major problems with people just abandoning boats, especially some of the bigger ones. Many people can not afford to run them or pay for keeping them in a slip. I guess it is a real buyers market in the boat business.

At least for most motorcyclists, if they have a job they can ride the bike to work.

RandyA

[waterbug]

I am glad I sold my last boat I had a 66ft house boat and it was one of the smaller ones on the dock at cumberland and my slip was 5k a year plus elec. Its fun and a great vacation home put they are all over priced floating trailers. There are alot of themdown there that are around the million range and over 100ft and 20 ft wide. Maybe if I hit the lotto I can get another one some day.

[Monty]

I didn't get to see either link...they wouldn't work.

 

I used to have a Bayliner Capri with a 2.3 liter OMC outboard. I bought a 28 ft Harris Flote Boat pontoon with a 120hp Mercruiser inboard(2.5 liter Chevy), and we fish, swim, tube, party/drink lotsa beer from it. It's the best boat we've ever owned. We either beach it, and bbq on the bank while we swim and drink(yes, we like to drink, so sue me),

or we tie it off to my sisters' pontoon, and make a floating party barge.

We wouldn't have anything else.

 

If anyone here wants to enjoy a day or two out on the largest man-made lake in the world, just PM me, and we can make it happen. I am very accomodating.

 

Patrick