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Right, funny you say that... I bought a bike last month and had to take what I could get. They laughed when I said i wanted a specific bike.
Definitely the type of thing I need to learn, thank you.
Would this require winterizing?
My boat is in East Texas and requires winterizing. But it might get into the high 20s overnight a few times a year. I would talk to folks in the area to see what they do.Definitely the type of thing I need to learn, thank you.
Depends where you live, but when I think "cold snap" in San Antonio... it dips into the 30's for a couple hours over night like once a year.
lol no way would I winterize a boat in san antonio. Its $300 bucks to winterize my 4.3 inboard merc (and that's the cheapest place around), I've watched the videos of how to do it and its out of my wheelhouse and I'm worried I won't do it right. It does sucks having to shell out $600+ to winterize and store the boat. My season in MN is waaaaaay shorter then yours will be.Definitely the type of thing I need to learn, thank you.
Depends where you live, but when I think "cold snap" in San Antonio... it dips into the 30's for a couple hours over night like once a year.
Definitely the type of thing I need to learn, thank you.
Depends where you live, but when I think "cold snap" in San Antonio... it dips into the 30's for a couple hours over night like once a year.
Yeap, figured this would be a cheap (er) entry point for me to learn and figure stuff out.
I spend more time on boating forums than anywhere else on the internet and I am certainly not an expert, but I have learned a fair bit over the years.
May I ask what boating forums you frequent?
This will change. The boat guys have been booming for a while. Be patient. It will turn.matuski said:
ahhh.. that's a big lake. Yeah, I have Thursdays off and have an 800 acre lake about 3 min from my house and the boat is on a lift at the county marina. There were only about 10 boat out yesterday afternoon on a 90 degree day with 82 degree water. Got some great kneeboarding in and some tubing with my son. A fabulous 4 hour afternoon. I love my boat. All the cliche's are true about them being costly, but it's some of the best money I spend.
My dad is 72 and just moved to a house with a pool. We used to beg him to put a pool at our house we grew up in. He would just laugh and tell us that is ridiculous. He fessed up the other day and said he wish he would have done this 30 years ago. Thats my mindset on a boat right now. I have a 10, 7 and 5 year old and we live in a neighborhood with a marina. The money scares me, but regretting not doing it scares me more. I'm intimidated by the whole thing though. I really hope my neighbor follows thru and shows me the ropes this summer.
NO idea, i've never bought one. My grandfather gave me his 1970 boat back in 2008. All I've done is put a new outboard on and just use it. No engine hours timer.
I think that, like with most things, what really matters is how well it was maintained.
High hours aren't necessarily a bad thing if it has been maintained properly. Low hour boats that have never had regular use are more likely to be problematic. If you go outboard, be sure to get a 4 stroke. Have the boat surveyed.
Newer optimax's and lower horsepower, newer g1 etecs are 2 stroke, but most people would not know that. They are reliable, fuel efficient, quiet.
Yeah, I don't get the sense that you are the average boater Joe though. You could add the OX66 to your list of good 2 strokes. I do not trust ETEC's at all...not a lot around me have them but the ones that do have had issues. Mostly computer. And 4 strokes aren't perfect. Even some of the Yamaha's have corrosion problems, but that's a story for another day. In general, I think your average boater will be much happier with a 4 stroke.
In 2013, I bought a 2002 Glastron 185GX for $10k. It's not one of these fancy high end boats being talked about in here thus far...no specialize equipment, towers, etc.., but it served our family well...tubing, skiing, kneeboarding, etc... You can have a great experience for a reasonable initial cost. But realize that all boats, new and old, are money pits...especially so if you are not mechanically inclined and do not have your own means of storage. And cleaning them is the SUCK, IMO. However, the enjoyment and family experience is worth it as long as you get use out of it.
You're really talking about engines and outdrives. It also matters quite a bit if you're talking saltwater or fresh. Saltwater is the devil. I just bought a 2000 SeaRay Sundancer 290. The engines will need some work at the end of this season, but after that just regular maintenance will keep everything running fine for another 10 years.
Interesting about the bust. My wife has us looking at lake houses as an alternative to the beach for retirement. Probably a 3-5 year time-frame, but this boom has me thinking it won't be a bad time to get a used boat when all of the folks getting caught up in this boom decide to sell after a few years.
That is just doing it wrong. Now that you have a lake house the new way is to find a friend with a boat
Apparently when these guys gave them the "turkey" it was this thing. She was supremely pissed for two reasons:
This is pretty much the exact same boat situation as I had. In early 2016 I bought a 2010 Moomba Mobius LSV. It had an upgraded stereo system with big speakers on the wakeboard tower. An added plus was that the prior owner had blown out the engine, so the engine on board was virtually new. I paid around $35k. So my deal was a bit better, but the market in 2016 may have been totally different than it is now in 2020. Also important to note that the custom trailer we had built cost another $3,500, which gets us closer to $40k all in. Does yours come with a trailer? Because those aren’t cheap.
She’s a beauty. One thing to confirm is that the pumps and ballasts are working properly. We never surf so don’t ever use them, but since I suspect you’ll want to surf you should be sure that those are functioning.
