what do you have and how often do you use it?

looking into buying a 24' four winns cruiser that sleeps 4 and was curious who else here has one... (a boat that is, not necessarilly a four winns).

 

I have one.... and during the summer I spend every chance I can on it.

Nothing like with you have in mind though. It's a 21' Triton bass boat so, there no sleeping on it. Can't catch any fish that way

Don't know if you've had a boat before but, they're a big job with the up keep, filling up the gas tank
and repairs can be expensive. Other than that though...... there's nothing like being out on the water !!

 

boat - bot : a hole in the water surrounded by wood and fiberglass into which one pours money.

 

I heard a saying once
You'll be happy with a boat for 2 days, the day you bought and the day you sell it!!...but I say go for it.

 

we had a boat...it was fun water sking but then we built a house and it had to go......i miss the good ol days...it was fun...but killed the pocket at teh pump.

 

I say get a friend who owns a boat

 

I've always had boats since I was 17... my 1st was a little 14' traveler with a 65 hp merc on the back. the thinking here is to get one that we can spend nights on, has sink stove & toilet. Where we live there is the Sacramento Delta, 1000 miles of waterways. Stripers & salmon run thru here as well as sturgeon. heck now that I think of it, so do steelhead. I agree that maint is expensive & overall use is not cheep, just wanted to hear some feedback from owners...

thanks...

 

I've got a 19' renken open bow runabout with 140hp merc i/o. had it about 10 years. i live only 10 miles from a BIG lake. used it a lot first year, a few times second year, couple of times 3rd year. sitting in back yard last several years. hasn't been cranked in i don't know when.....
currently have 2 canoes i got last year and used several times.... is there a pattern here ?
boats are fun for awhile, then you get sort of tired of the work and expense of using them.

 

I don't personally own a boat, I own a couple PWC's, but my parents do and we have always owned one while I was growin up. We lived on a lake and my grandpa had a cabin so I have been in and around boats my whole life. Many a memories growing up involving a boat. I do agree, they can be spendy, but the memories made while on the water are definitly priceless.

On a side note, my parents own a 2000 Mastercraft X-Star with the wake board tower, 330 hp northstar motor. The boat absolutly rips. I just wish they owned it while I was still in high school.

I say go for the boat, you won't regret it

 

What price to put on fun? I had a ski boat for about 12 years, and got way more'n my money's worth out of it. But eventually got tired of the hassles, and got PWCs instead - much easier to launch and manuever, and I didn't have to cart everyone else around. (they got their own PWCs too) Actually thinking now of going back to a boat - miss the ability to lie down and soak up the sun while adrift...(was a big Delta rat - Tower was my home-away-from-home for a decade)