Renting/Leasing a ski boat for the summer?

Armando Somes: find a friend to share a boat withorrun the numbers and see if it makes sense to buy a used one planning all the while to dump it in a couple yearsif you rent a boat, you need to pay insurance, and that is going to cover the lessors a$$ pretty well if you are going to own a boat, or even if you are going to rent it, be sure to take a coast guard boating safety course - when you get insurance you'll get a discount.if you are dead set on renting, there are places that rent BARE BONES boats by the week for around $600. That's probably going to work out to a lease value for the summer of around $3500 that is just...GONE. Now if you had put that $3500 down and made the payments for a couple years, kept it in decent shape, and made it your family boat for even a couple years, I think you'll find it is a much better value than tossing money into a rental. You might even like it, or improve it, and MAKE money when you sell it these are RENTAL BOATS, so they are n! ot pretty, and they are probably not going to be seen by your family as the family boat ...Show more

Trena Berum: mabey you could check into a boat club in your area where you could join and use a boat. members fees are generally reasonable with insurance included. that way you have use of a boat and get an idea of the cost of ownership without the actual purchase.just a thought.

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Dick Baumgarten: This Site Might Help You.RE:Renting/Leasing a ski boat for the summer?Is it possible to rent a ski boat from a company or private party just for the summer? We have a cottage on a medium size lake in Michigan, and our family wants to get a ski boat, and we do not want to buy a boat, we have only two more years with kids around and they really want a boat, so we......Show more

Marcia Cheathan: Usely on big lakes you can rent boats from the marina's. Its cheaper than buying one and doing the upkeep on it.

Providencia Jalbert:! Short term leasing/ renting has become very popular on our la! ke, mostly with people who have fractional ownership (timeshare) properties, and are only on the lake for 2 or 3 weeks of the year. Most of these folks are condo dwellers, and have no place to keep a boat when not in use. That said, a seasonal rental may be a little pricey. As an example, the marina down the lake from me rents a Nautique 211 crossover (ski/wakeboard boat) for $2800 per week. So, for a 1 month rental, you could buy a pretty decent used boat!...Show more