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Sell 2005 Bayliner 175, and get PWC ?
Having some crazy thoughts lately, so do I need smacked?
Ok, so I got my new 2005 Bayliner 175 last June, and had
a blast with it last year. I'm a single man with no kids, and of
course last year, everybody was my friend, and did a lot of
boating with the neighbors, and even had the ex on the boat
a few times. anyways, took it out yesturday for the first time
this year, and also had fun. But the whole thing has me
thinking lately. Neighbors all too busy to go out boating
with me, ex is not really into it, and a lot of my friends arn't
into boating ("that" much). Me? well, I love speed, period.
I love my Bayliner, and I love it when I do get out on the
water, but taking the 175 out by myself each time is a lot
of work, and a real chore to back it up in the driveway
which has only +/- 4-inches of chearance. Soooo.I been thining (*very* wild hair) about the possibilities
of trading the 175 in on some sort of higher end PWC.
Either a 1,2 (3?) seat Sea Do, or Yamny jet ski or something. Is this a crazy idea? Will I lose my shirt on a trade in?
I'd like to still get out on the lakes here in the great
NorthWest, I should be still able to do that, right ?
What is the range of one of these? Can I do 20 miles
on a tankfull ? How well do they do in light chop? Could a PWC be an adaquate substitute for the 175? Thanks for any thoughts/dialogue on this notion. |
Mr
Jun 11
2006
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| This may hurt, but it could be the reason your friends are too busy to go
boating with you. A bigger, better, more comfortable boat with a head might
be more appealing to your friends. Also, you see fear in their faces when
you speed, slow down.
Jim
"Mr Wizzard" <wiz@muffy-mail.com> wrote in message |
Jim
Jun 12
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| 20 miles? Is that what you said? I go about 133 miles on a tankful |
rforman61
Jun 12
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| You're dating your ex-wife? |
Harry
Jun 12
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| Lot of people pay up and join a boat club/marina so they can keep their
boat on a mooring or at a slip. Can be expensive but there are a lot of
advantages. You just might make a batch of new friends who are 'into
boating'. |
Don
Jun 12
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| This makes sense. When I first started crewing with a guy who went out
and bought a Viking 28 sailboat with little sailing experience or formal
courses, a lot of the ladies were scared to sail with him. He didn't
inspire trust. That's how I got on...my co-worker was a good friend of
his but didn't want to go out unless I (some experience) or another
trusted person went along to rein in the owner. The owner always seemed
to generate one emergency after another...such as too much sail up in
high winds, not knowing the Collision Regs...how to read a chart etc. etc. |
Don
Jun 12
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| It isn't unusal to find a need to expand your circle of friends when
you buy a boat.
All of you non-boating buddies will want to go out on the boat with
you.about twice.
After that it's "The boat again? Gee, we've been there, done that. I
was thinking we'd get together over at the titty bar, drink a couple of
pitchers, eat burgers, and watch the ballgame." Happens all the time. See if there isn't a group of casual cruisers that get together once in
a while in your area, and find out about joining. Instant social
schedule and a group of new friends with a common interest. You might
even look into a (horrors) "yacht club", if there's a friendly informal
version of same in your community. (Some clubs don't hve restrictions
on the sixe of boat you can own and still join as a member. Up this
way, there's a group out of Everett called Damgar's Yacht Club that
lets people join with *anything*, and they can live anywhere. You see
this group out and around various marinas etc and they are just a bunch
of regular, kind of blue collar folks getting together to have a lot of
fun with their boats. May be some similar group in your area.) Or, you
might look into a fishing club. Key point is that your old friends will
still be your friends but they aren't suddenly going to be interested
in boating simply because you are. Getting a jet ski just means that you've abandoned all hope of sharing
the experience on the water with anybody else and are going to settle
for a solitary experience. Expanding your circle of friends to include
other boaters is the other option. |
chuckgould.chu...
Jun 12
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| Not true at all! I ride my pwc every weekend for about 8 months of the
year, the vast majority of rides are with any of my many fellow pwc'er
friends on their machines also (for frequent long open-water cruises
and explorations the likes of which I never hear about groups of
bigger-boaters doing), or involve meeting up and hanging out with
non-pwc friends on their bigger boats, or riding with my wife or one or
two of our daughteres and their cousins and friends with me. Or when
I'm in the mood, sometimes I also spend a nice long day just cruising
solo, which can also be very enjoyable. So anyway none of the
statements in the above paragraph is true about pwc'ing. To get more
knowledgable first-hand information about pwc's and the people who have
them and ride them and the kind of things they do with them, Wiz, you
should check out pwctoday.com. richforman |
rforman61
Jun 12
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| So so so true. I lost track of how many guys I've talked to who said something like,
"the wife used to go out with me but she won't anymore" or "she just
decided she doesn't like it" or "my son likes it but the daughter won't
set foot on the boat"(hands lifted upwards in a gesture of innocence and
confusion). Fact of nature - women have a higher sense of
self-preservation than men. Survival of the species depends on it. Also, when I tried to point out the necessity of head to the guys here I
was called (more or less)a selfish bee-ach. But that's just another
fact of nature. I hate PWC's. The NOISE NOISE NOISE NOISE. And, I hate skidoos, same
reason (gimmie a sled of dogs anyday). And I hate those little
motorcycles everyone in Europe seems to drive right up your butt when
you're trying to walk on the sidewalk. And and and . . . |
Black
Jun 12
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| wow, I was thinking the same thing over the weekend. Im gonna keep the boat
though for a few reasons
1 The ride is much smoother then a ski
2 I can keep a rod and reel in the boat
3 I believe that it uses less gas than a ski
4 We like to camp on the river and it is much easier to throw a tent in the
boat then to strap it to a ski
5 The most important part, my wife likes to have "quality time" in the boat |
seeray28\(stev...
Jun 12
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| I don't know, when I am at the boat ramps the boats seem to be just as loud,
some even louder, than the PWC's...
Talking power boats though, not sail. :) Duke |
Duke
Jun 12
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| Smacked? At least! A substitute? Sure, but like Rosie P is a substitute for real sex. As I've learned, am learning, the boat handling in and out of the water gets
easier with practice. The boat offers more variety and comfort. Find a nice cove, drop the
anchor, toss a few lures into the water, enjoy a nice picnic lunch, listen
to the radio or play some CD's, take a nap. Sounds like your 175 has a lot
more to offer than a PWC. Yeah, just so you know, I'm blindly anti-PWC, so my perspective is seriously
biased. |
Bryan
Jun 12
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| No, this is good, this is the kind of information I seek.... |
Mr
Jun 11
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