Owning a Boat

[Swimjim]

I bought an old SeaRay. Its a good quality boat and has served me well. You just got to keep your eyes open. There is alot of junk out there.
Keep this in mind. Go to the Milwaukee Sentinal Sport show. Watch the people that are lusting over the boats. The major percentage aren't going to buy. If you break down the actual buyers though, you will notice something you can use to your advantage. Alot of the people who buy boats DON'T USE THEM. These boats get on the water once or twice a year, maybe. That why if your willing to look around a bit you can find a good quality boat thats in real good shape. Of course you have to know what your looking at. Do your home work first. I can almost guarenttee it will pay off.
My boat is an eighteen footer. It came with a 100 horse Merc which I up graded to a 70 horse Evinrude.(Don't like Merc's never have , never will) I added an 8 horse kicker for fishing and emergency backup. Also put proper electronics on it. Marine radio, Graph with speed and temp, GPS and I found a hot deal on an AM/FM stereo with a cassette deck. Marine of course. Over the years I have added rod holders and down rigger mounts for salmon fishing. These serve double duty for tieing stuff off for diving, like granny lines, ladders and such. I also built my own wreck hook. The only down side for diving is I can only acommodate two divers. That usually works out okay though.
Fully decked out with two divers I can go an honest twenty five mph with that rig. I can be on the wreck of the Niagara within five minutes of launch.

Keep divin

Jim