18Lifetimer
Active Member
I fully agree with LastChance.
I couple years ago we rented two boats from a very reputable and great company that I have noticed doesn't seem to be around anymore. They had very similar boats, too. They did a great job and I can't say enough good things about them, but I don't know how profitable it was. There was a few close calls that we had when we went out with their boats (floating logs all over the place), and we were in a hurry to meet a guy back at the dock to pick the boats up, it was not the most pleasant of situations to be in.
There is so much wear and tear and things that go wrong even for experienced boaters. If you hit a rock or log with the prop there is a good chance that you won't even notice anything is wrong until 5 outings down the road when the gears in the gear case say "see ya later" and turn into liquid metal. Who is liable when there is no externally visible damage? (that happened to me before!)
I was at the boat ramp with my buddy a few months ago and I forgot the keys and we were going to just troll out in front of the launch for winter springs with my kicker (just to get out on the water for a bit) and the impeller decided to grind itself up into a million little pieces while we were still at the dock and it wouldn't **** water anymore. So we decided to call 'er a day and go home. I looked at my buddy with the biggest grin on my face and said "F*** man, that was a pretty good day of fishin'!"
I was just glad that the impeller hadn't cut out on a long fishing trip!
Anyways, I hope you can find a way to make it work!
Good luck out there!
-Dan
P.S. My buddy is looking to buy a boat similar to yours and would pay you some cash just to take it out for a quick rip (with owner on board of course...haha!)
I couple years ago we rented two boats from a very reputable and great company that I have noticed doesn't seem to be around anymore. They had very similar boats, too. They did a great job and I can't say enough good things about them, but I don't know how profitable it was. There was a few close calls that we had when we went out with their boats (floating logs all over the place), and we were in a hurry to meet a guy back at the dock to pick the boats up, it was not the most pleasant of situations to be in.
There is so much wear and tear and things that go wrong even for experienced boaters. If you hit a rock or log with the prop there is a good chance that you won't even notice anything is wrong until 5 outings down the road when the gears in the gear case say "see ya later" and turn into liquid metal. Who is liable when there is no externally visible damage? (that happened to me before!)
I was at the boat ramp with my buddy a few months ago and I forgot the keys and we were going to just troll out in front of the launch for winter springs with my kicker (just to get out on the water for a bit) and the impeller decided to grind itself up into a million little pieces while we were still at the dock and it wouldn't **** water anymore. So we decided to call 'er a day and go home. I looked at my buddy with the biggest grin on my face and said "F*** man, that was a pretty good day of fishin'!"
I was just glad that the impeller hadn't cut out on a long fishing trip!
Anyways, I hope you can find a way to make it work!
Good luck out there!
-Dan
P.S. My buddy is looking to buy a boat similar to yours and would pay you some cash just to take it out for a quick rip (with owner on board of course...haha!)