Anyone heard of this? I'm not interested in joining myself, but my sister is thinking of doing so. Apparently, they have 30 some odd boats. You pay $5000/year and get to use any of them whenever you want. I'm a little suspicious of the whole thing--how good is their maintenance, how likely is it that boats will not be available when you want them, what kinds of hidden costs are there, what happens if an engine craps out while you're using it, etc.
I did a little bit of internet searching...found lots of sites (apparently they have chapters throughout the country) and did not find anything negative about them, but I'm a still a little skeptical.
Anyone know anything about them?
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Beach Fanatic
You've seen "them" too...eh? :laughing1
I'll never understand people who buy a fifty thousand dollar boat, and tie it to the pier with a little, tiny dry-rotted rope. :idontno:
got any pics?
I'll never understand people who buy a fifty thousand dollar boat, and tie it to the pier with a little, tiny dry-rotted rope. :idontno:
Out on the lake a several weeks ago. Guy with a brand new Sea Ray Sundeck pulls up to tie up with us. Has 1 (Yes ONE) rope. Very skinny nylon line you would use to maybe tie something very light to your roof rack. And 1 (Yes ONE) dam fender! Possibly the smallest one I have ever seen. Of course, I am prepared for the rest of the idiots on the lake and have the proper gear to safely tie him up to our rig. What a dork!:roll:
Beach Fanatic
My husband and I boat most every weekend - last year we came upon a boat on fire with a dad and 3 little kids on board. My husband grabbed our fire extinguisher while I was piling the kids on our boat to get them out of harms way if possible. We got the fire out and while towing the boat back to the marina the guy explained how he had just bought the boat and didn't know anything about boating - DUH - you think !!! Thank God we came upon them or we might have read about them the next day in the newspaper. People have to pass a driver test for cars - but for boating all they need is money
Beach Fanatic
My husband and I boat most every weekend - last year we came upon a boat on fire with a dad and 3 little kids on board. My husband grabbed our fire extinguisher while I was piling the kids on our boat to get them out of harms way if possible. We got the fire out and while towing the boat back to the marina the guy explained how he had just bought the boat and didn't know anything about boating - DUH - you think !!! Thank God we came upon them or we might have read about them the next day in the newspaper. People have to pass a driver test for cars - but for boating all they need is money
The just passed a law in Alabama requiring boaters licenses. I think it has already helped. A couple of years back on the 4th of July, I witnessed a 14 year old boy t-bone another boat at Lake Martin. It luckily threw the boy under the console instead of over it. Everybody was okay but I had to stay with them and help bail water out of the boat he hit. It was a bad situaion to say the least.
And daddy was NOT happy. :shock:
Beach Fanatic
When we got back to the marina the guy asked if he could give us money or anything - I told him to take his money and go into the store and buy a fire extinguisher so if anything like that happened again he could at least get the fire out himself.
Glad to hear some states are getting smart about the situation - we have been boating forever and as more boaters come on it is getting more dangerous - although it does make for many amusing moments.
Glad to hear some states are getting smart about the situation - we have been boating forever and as more boaters come on it is getting more dangerous - although it does make for many amusing moments.
Beach Fanatic
When we got back to the marina the guy asked if he could give us money or anything - I told him to take his money and go into the store and buy a fire extinguisher so if anything like that happened again he could at least get the fire out himself.
Glad to hear some states are getting smart about the situation - we have been boating forever and as more boaters come on it is getting more dangerous - although it does make for many amusing moments.
Whenever I help/tow someone in, I tell them to keep their money and stop for someone if they see them stranded. My old boat crapped out on me a long time ago and boat after boat whizzed right by me. One of them happened to be my neighbor. :pissed:
What comes around goes around!
SoWal Expert
...People have to pass a driver test for cars - but for boating all they need is money
Yes, and even that is not needed to have a baby. :idontno: How can we get these folks to stop passing on the bad genes?
SoWal Expert
Whenever I help/tow someone in, I tell them to keep their money and stop for someone if they see them stranded. My old boat crapped out on me a long time ago and boat after boat whizzed right by me. One of them happened to be my neighbor. :pissed:
What comes around goes around!
It has been a while since I operated a motor boat, but if memory serves me correctly, I believe it is a law that boaters are required to assist another boater in distress. Is this correct? :idontno:
Beach Fanatic
It has been a while since I operated a motor boat, but if memory serves me correctly, I believe it is a law that boaters are required to assist another boater in distress. Is this correct? :idontno:
I think it may be. Not sure, though. I was fishing on the lake at about 3 in the morning when a pontoon boat puttered up to my boat. There were two old folks on the boat and they had been looking for their house for three hours and couldn't find it. I showed them where it was and they puttered off in the right direction. I could hear the old couple fighting the whole way home.
It was sad but I had to laugh. You can really get turned around in a boat at night. I always turn around and look behind me when I'm on the water at night so I'll know what things look like when I'm on the way back. It is not a bad idea.
got any pics?
When we got back to the marina the guy asked if he could give us money or anything - I told him to take his money and go into the store and buy a fire extinguisher so if anything like that happened again he could at least get the fire out himself.
Glad to hear some states are getting smart about the situation - we have been boating forever and as more boaters come on it is getting more dangerous - although it does make for many amusing moments.
Good thing y'all were there to do the right thing and help out. I think they passed a licensing law in TN too. Glad they did. Too many idiots!
got any pics?
Whenever I help/tow someone in, I tell them to keep their money and stop for someone if they see them stranded. My old boat crapped out on me a long time ago and boat after boat whizzed right by me. One of them happened to be my neighbor. :pissed:
What comes around goes around!
:blink: Wow! Ask Graytonbound. I have never taken money for towing a boat in. I tell them the sam thing ... "Next time you see a stranded boat, you tow them in"
Beach Fanatic
:blink: Wow! Ask Graytonbound. I have never taken money for towing a boat in. I tell them the sam thing ... "Next time you see a stranded boat, you tow them in"
I could have had a great picture not long ago on the lake. I looked up from the dock and an old MasterCraft was towing in a brand new Nautique. Something tells me MasterCraft would have paid for that photo. Maybe Nautique would have paid more.
got any pics?
I could have had a great picture not long ago on the lake. I looked up from the dock and an old MasterCraft was towing in a brand new Nautique. Something tells me MasterCraft would have paid for that photo. Maybe Nautique would have paid more.
That would have been funny 😀
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