A Black Hole of Happiness

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You are after my own heart. My father owned a boat nearly his entire adult life, and the only thing he ever regretted about them was that he sold his last boat after he retired and didn't get another. He didn't know what to do with himself after that. My uncle is nearly 81 and still owns a boat, which he keeps at his own dock at his house on the Choptank River in Md. , on a hoist that keeps it out of the water. Sigh.

You have it in the blood. You should do it. Is there an option of dry storage near you -- around here there are places where they store it essentially on a big shelf for you, and will truck it into the water for you if you call in advance. Cheaper than a slip and reduces the need for barnacle scraping.

Well, my parents keep one of their boats behind their house on the river, which means they use it 3-4x/week in the summer (evening cruises and such). I obviosly won't be able to use it that much.

I think I would prefer a slip. Chicago has fireworks in the summer every Weds/Sat evening. Many people go down and sit on their boats w/out even leaving the harbor.