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actually i threw that jibe in there for giggles. have actually had quite abit of fun pulling blow botes back over onto their keel. fixed and retractable! big and small, expensive and inexpensive. also got to see what lightning does to main masts! why is it blowbotes go out on windy stormy days when all others are heading back to port?
i really have had fun on blowbotes when i didnt have to do anything. other than that it was alot of work to enjoy peace and quiet. but yes powerboats will be going for a dime a dozen here very soon if gas goes up higher. and there is nothing worse than a powerboter who doesnt yield right of way to a sailing vessel big or small.
but owning any bote is spendy power or sail. no different than a p-car, except either can sink. and that sucks big time(almost happened to me, due to marinas faulty install of clamshell fitting thru-hull- failed to use sealant-we used bubble gum-water was up to valve covers-26ft cruiser!). best fun i had with mine was left at lake in dry storage. call up marina, told them when i was gonna be there. they would fill fuel and water, and it would be in water, waiting for me to heave ice chest and go. on sunday would radio marina, pull up to launch and they would help get it on trailer. that was fun and painless. salt water adds its own little twists to things, unlike fresh. 2 best lakes we have gone to are tahoe and powell.
but my first suggestion so your not a statistic, take a USCG course and join a USCG AUX FLOTILLA. more fun than a barrel of monkees. great people and very very very helpful. get a CME courtesy marine examination and make a hell of alot of friends in the process, and you know your bote is safe.
also if you are in the ocean be very very aware of post 9/11-uss cole rules. 500 yard exclusion zone around ANY military vessel. they will not ask questions.............they will shoot! they MEAN IT BIG TIME!
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