Boating options
 

I have been considering either purchasing a 20 to 25 foot center console boat or joining a local boating club. I am looking for any comments, good or bad, from anyone who has been a member of any local boating clubs.

The City of Leesburg operates a marina on Lake Harris...access it via Rt 44 just beyond the park on the right. I believe that they still offer a program where you buy 'shares of a boat'. Once on Lake Harris you can get to any number of lakes...but be careful going though the canals...as the police are there and do enforce the 'no wake' rules

i have own lots of boats over the years , and at this stage ,i would join a club. after a year you can just walk away. boats cost lots of money when everything goes right . and when it goes bad ....... a 25 ft cc will run 40-50k, boat insur.500, slip 1-2k , gas$4 per gal

We kept our pontoon boat at Venetian Cove marina on Lake Harris for four years. Harris Chain of Lakes Boat Club had a boat there which was kept clean and usually available. I think there is also another boat club there too. I would talk to the marina manager and get brochures there. I would be careful of contracts not easy to get out of. We moved our boat because of the on going problem with hydrilla.

Sounds like a good way to go if the price is fair.

BOAT: Break out another thousand. Rent, don't buy.