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I want to buy a boat, but I don't know what to look for.?
I am new to boats, and would like to purchase a motor boat for my family of four. I would like to primarily use if for (USA) freshwater lake water-skiing and cruising. I looked at some adds for used boats, just to get an idea for what I might want; I just got more confused with all the new terms that I had no reference point for. I learn quickly, but I don't currently have a boat owning friend available to ask (e.g. what is a cuddy?).
I am looking for used, 5k-10k in the midwest. I am not expcting to buy now, but after I've done some homework on what's available. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Well there's a lot to answer here so I'll do my best to cover all the ground.
I've been a boater since I was an infant. I'm now 30 years old and have owned 3 boats. Growing up we had 4 different ones. In my past experience, let me first say boats are great, however they are a lot of work and that work can get costly. We are into the water skiing and tubing, etc on rivers and lakes too.
So getting to the point a cuddy cabin boat is one that doesn't have an open bow. the bow is the front of the boat. Anyway, a cuddy cabin boat has an enclosed bow where you or someone else can crawl up inside the cuddy cabin and nap or do whatever. Some cuddy cabins have small "toilets" in them too, which can be convienet if you don't like getting in the water to go number 1.
As i said earlier, boats are awesome yet can be a lot of work. So if you're only looking to spend $5000-$10000, expect some problems to come with that boat. However, if you look hard enough i'm sure you can find a diamond in the rough. Personally for a family of 4 you'd probably want something atleast 16-17 feet long, anything less would be extremely cramped for your family. Also, if you go with an open bow boat rather than a cuddy, you'll have more places to sit, etc feeling like more room.
When you do buy, make sure you extensively check the haul for any damage, especially the keel of the boat (thats the V part of the boat towards the front), thats where most of the damage occurs. Check the prop for damage, and the outdrive for any cracks or brakes, it will tell you how well the previous owner took care of the boat. Then check the engine out, have the person selling the boat hook up the water system and start it so you can hear the engine, if the engine sounds a bit off stay away from that boat. engine work is very expensive.
You also need to decide what amount of horsepower in a boat you want. depending on your weight and other peoples weight it really will matter if you are trying to get a skiier out of the water with a small horsepowered boat. I wouldn't go any lower than 120-130 horsepower, that should be sufficient for the body count and additional weight from coolers, and trying to pull a tuber or skiier.
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Rhiannon. I just love your pictures of the boats and water. I too love the West Coast (having been born and raised here). I can't imagine living anywhere else (and I have). This is home to me. The smell of summer is my favourite smell. It brings back lots of wonderful memories of growing up here in Victoria (the smell of sea grass, kelp (or seaweed), hot sand, and Coppertone suntan lotion). We were on our boat (little ski boat – 16' Donzi) the other day and tripped over to Pender Island for a little dinner and came face-to-face with Bruce Greenwood at Poets Cove which gave me a little thrill (you know Bruce Greenwood … he played President Kennedy in the movie Thirteen Days – a Canadian actor playing an American President, no less). On the way back to Sidney we witnessed an Orca doing a somersault out of the water. Very exciting day for us, for sure. Well, meeting the actor was not exciting for Sandy — he feels that they are just regular people like you or I and don't deserve the amount of fanfare that we “fans” give them. I, on the otherhand, am in awe and gobsmacked when meeting an actor in the flesh. Truly thrilling.
ok well im guessing your using dreamweaver yes? and im guessing you used the file>save as template option? if you did for some reason dreamweaver always locks the template. i havent had to mess with this issue in a while so i dont remember which option it is,but its something extremely simple. but if memory serves, its either Edit>template>unlock or modify>template>unlock.
As for the flash not working, again this is for dreamweaver. i learned this little trick in my first web design class. when you insert you flash document, select it, then change to the code screen, within that code there should be these two elements <noscript> and </noscript> delete them. see if that works. if not, "apple z" (or ctrl z) =P good luck
ok well im guessing your using dreamweaver yes? and im guessing you used the file>save as template option? if you did for some reason dreamweaver always locks the template. i havent had to mess with this issue in a while so i dont remember which option it is,but its something extremely simple. but if memory serves, its either Edit>template>unlock or modify>template>unlock.
As for the flash not working, again this is for dreamweaver. i learned this little trick in my first web design class. when you insert you flash document, select it, then change to the code screen, within that code there should be these two elements <noscript> and </noscript> delete them. see if that works. if not, "apple z" (or ctrl z) =P good luck
It will be fine…jump on
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