I'm thinging of getting a boat.

[JohnTRourke]

former boat owner here (boat--a hole in the water, surrounded by fiberglass, into which you pour money)

Look around you.

do you see any big rivers?
do you see any big lakes?

do you notice there's no rain here (even normally much less this year)

a boat is a silly thing here.

Michigan, Washington, Florida, it's a great hing. here? it's a huge sum of money for a short season and surrounded by a million of your closest friends.

and you think people drive poorly, wait til you see them on water.

don't do it.

[theGinsue]

Anyway, I know a guy named Donnie Baker and he has a boat he has been trying to sell for years.
I swear to god he does.

Oh yeah, I know Donnie. I think he'd be able to sell that boat more quickly if he could just get Randy to quit riding his a$$ so hard at work.

For the types of waterways we have in CO, most boats just aren't practical to own. If you decide that this is something you really want, you should focus on keeping it small and cheap 'cuz you won't get a whole lot of use out of it to justify the cost.

[TEAMRICO]

I did buy a 15.6 ft canoe from a guy on Craigslist(Old Hippie Granola Munchin' kinda guy). I had these visions of me and my son canoe across the water to some secret cove and camping out(heavily armed) and hanging out by the campfire during the Spring/Summer.
Well took it out to Pueblo Reservoir during Memorial Day.............BAD IDEA! The entire Pueblo Navy was out there and the wakes will scare the crap outta ya!!!!
Clumsy to row with one person, wife was no use, second trip out my son could not resist trying to touch the water! Kept leaning over the edge until we flipped, lost 2 fishing poles, my digital camera was soaked(dead) Iphone went the same way. XD soaked but in my vest. Wife stayed ashore this time. Son was a good swimmer with his vest. We were only 50 feet from shore and I dragged him and the boat to shore.

3 weeks later sold it for $30 more then I bought it for.

Think about how many times a year you will haul that thing to the lake or where ever.
Lesson learned.
I will walk from now on.

[StagLefty]

I did buy a 15.6 ft canoe from a guy on Craigslist(Old Hippie Granola Munchin' kinda guy). I had these visions of me and my son canoe across the water to some secret cove and camping out(heavily armed) and hanging out by the campfire during the Spring/Summer.
Well took it out to Pueblo Reservoir during Memorial Day.............BAD IDEA! The entire Pueblo Navy was out there and the wakes will scare the crap outta ya!!!!
Clumsy to row with one person, wife was no use, second trip out my son could not resist trying to touch the water! Kept leaning over the edge until we flipped, lost 2 fishing poles, my digital camera was soaked(dead) Iphone went the same way. XD soaked but in my vest. Wife stayed ashore this time. Son was a good swimmer with his vest. We were only 50 feet from shore and I dragged him and the boat to shore.

3 weeks later sold it for $30 more then I bought it for.

Think about how many times a year you will haul that thing to the lake or where ever.
Lesson learned.
I will walk from now on.

Sounds like a Jack Black movie

[Irving]

I'd buy a boat in a heart beat!






If I had water front property and never had to trailer it anywhere, and it didn't have a motor.

[68Charger]

I'd buy a boat in a heart beat!






If I had water front property and never had to trailer it anywhere, and it didn't have a motor.

after 25+ years of owning a 31' Sportfishing boat in Alaska, my father had a few words of wisdom about boats (but I think that's a different situation than the OP is talking about, at least a completely different scale)...

test to find out if you're ready to own a boat:
walk into the bathroom, take a $100 bill out of your wallet (if you don't have a $100 bill in your wallet normally, give up now, you're nowhere near ready)... take the $100 bill, throw it into the toilet, and flush it down... if it bothers you, you're not ready yet!

I've avoided getting a boat because my wife is too cheap, she'd have a freaking heart attack the 1st time we had expenses... and after my experiences as 1st mate on the family boat in Alaska, I think anything in Colorado would be a disappointment overall... we rent a pontoon boat from Pueblo south shore marina ever 1-2 years... this year it was interesting, due to weather conditions.

[jerrymrc]

A wise man once told me that if it Fly's, Floats or F%@#s, Rent it.

[Great-Kazoo]

unless you will be running 18-24" continually, i'd suggest an ATV.

[Mtn.man]

Be careful, alot of accidents causing the loss of weapons with a boat.

[JohnTRourke]

test to find out if you're ready to own a boat:
walk into the bathroom, take a $100 bill out of your wallet (if you don't have a $100 bill in your wallet normally, give up now, you're nowhere near ready)... take the $100 bill, throw it into the toilet... if it bothers you, you're not ready yet!
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QFT



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