Bad Pete
Seaman Apprentice
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- Aug 21, 2016
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OK I'm approaching retirement and I've sold my glider and looking to get back into a original hobby, boating. When I retire I am going to divide my time between southern VT (with big lake) summer and NC (SE coast) fall, winter and spring. I have two options (on a budget of course) 1) have a primary power boat in NC that can handle the bays off and near shore off of Cape Fear NC (not into long distance off shore fishing) and not tow it to VT. Then in VT get a inexpensive aluminum runabout to get 4 people and a dog on the lake. Leave the second boat in VT. Or Option 2 get an all around 15 to 17 foot boat like a Whaler Super Sport or Dauntless with a 60 to 90 HP and tow it back and forth (about 900 miles each way) with a medium size SUV 2x per year. I really like the info I have read about the Boston Whale Super Sport 150 but it looks a little small. Two boats means 2x the maintenance, 1 boat means lots of long distance trailering.
Any thoughts ? In NC I have free boat storage, in VT I would have to winterize and pay for storage bin the winter but in the summer it is free. In both places I would have to trailer it to boat ramps. Obviously there are a lot of factors here (trailering), storage, type of boat. New vs used. Inboard vs out board. I need to get started somewhere and have some time before I get into this seriously. I'm not married to Whaler but as a New Englander its the power boat I grew up with. This forum seems like a good place to start.
Thx
Any thoughts ? In NC I have free boat storage, in VT I would have to winterize and pay for storage bin the winter but in the summer it is free. In both places I would have to trailer it to boat ramps. Obviously there are a lot of factors here (trailering), storage, type of boat. New vs used. Inboard vs out board. I need to get started somewhere and have some time before I get into this seriously. I'm not married to Whaler but as a New Englander its the power boat I grew up with. This forum seems like a good place to start.
Thx