About Redneck Pontoon Boats
You know a lot of people kind of look down upon old decrepit beat up boats. Sometimes I find myself in a sense envying them at times. I mean what harm can a person really do to anything that’s already beat up on every corner already?
I guess the reason I’m feeling that way is because of the condition of life I’ve found myself in these days. A few years back we found and purchased a brand new pontoon boat for ourselves thinking we’d be happy and satisfied with it for many years to come. Well as it often happens our priorities changed and we found another boat that now better suits and fits our current needs. Now I’m stating here and now that there’s nothing wrong with our previous dream boat at all. But the fact is it is now considered a used boat and being used and with the state of the economy as it is now nobody wants to give us enough for it to even make the payoff on the note that’s still being held on it.
This boat has cost us $52.00 a week year round since we’ve owned it just to meet and make the payments on her. And living as far north as we do we can actually only use the boat about 5 months out of the year or should I say 20 weeks. So now we have $135 a week invested for the time period we can actually make use the boat. Since unfortunately we don’t own or could afford riverfront or lake front property and the Marina is so far from home we can only actually use the boat on the weekends during the boating season. Now we’re down to about 40 days of actual boating per a boating season at a cost of $67.50 per day. Considering that we’ll probably lose five weekends or more due to bad weather or other commitments in reality we’re now down to 30 actual days of boating at a cost of $90.00 a day. Plus there’s the cost of full coverage insurance that’s required by the note holder, and the reoccurring maintenance and upkeep required to keep your investment in good shape and running condition and you’ve easily went over $100 dollars a day for actual use now. Since so much of our boating time was spent either floating or beached in a sandbar there is actually only a few hundred hours on the motor itself. I don’t even want to know what it actually cost us per actual running hour of use, because the numbers would be to sickening for me to digest here.This post really is not actually meant to be tears in my beer post, but maybe more of a reality check.
We purchased the boat right, and it actually was a fair price at the time of our purchase. So if you’re thinking about purchasing a new boat for yourself, you should consider how fast your investment is going to depreciate should you decide or need to sell it for any reason. Or if you’re looking at used boats that have been obviously well cared for, please don’t be totally brutal and insulting with insanely low-ball offers to the boat owner. Sure we all want a deal on our purchases that we make, but that really shouldn’t include someone feeling they’d just been raped or insulted should it. Maybe that’s the reason I find myself envying these guys after all, because they actually spend a lot of quality time on the water and it’s obvious they don’t have a payment book.
Some good old boys (Maybe Rednecks) enjoying the afternoon on the Muskingum River.
Click Here to view more Pictures of boating on the Muskingum
After all is boating an image you must maintain, or just an experience to enjoy and share with others. Only you can answer this question for yourself, but there’s still plenty of room for everyone to experience the enjoyment being on the water. After all maybe all those rednecks in their beat up old boats have their ducks in a row after all because they are enjoying totally carefree boating without worrying about damaging or deprecating their boating investment.
How about a few about the serious and real side of a true Redneck:If I had to stand before a dozen terrorists who threaten my life, I'd choose a half dozen or so rednecks to back me up. Tire irons, squirrel guns and grit -- that's what rednecks are made of. I hope I'm also considered "one of them".
If you feel the same, pass this on to your redneck friends. Y'all know who you all are.
You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, ‘One Nation Under God'
You might be a redneck if: You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a redneck if: You still say ' Christmas' instead of 'Winter Festival.'
You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed forces veterans with great respect, and always have.
You might be a redneck if: You've never burned an American flag, nor intend to.
You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do the same.
You might be a redneck if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.
This boat has cost us $52.00 a week year round since we’ve owned it just to meet and make the payments on her. And living as far north as we do we can actually only use the boat about 5 months out of the year or should I say 20 weeks. So now we have $135 a week invested for the time period we can actually make use the boat. Since unfortunately we don’t own or could afford riverfront or lake front property and the Marina is so far from home we can only actually use the boat on the weekends during the boating season. Now we’re down to about 40 days of actual boating per a boating season at a cost of $67.50 per day. Considering that we’ll probably lose five weekends or more due to bad weather or other commitments in reality we’re now down to 30 actual days of boating at a cost of $90.00 a day. Plus there’s the cost of full coverage insurance that’s required by the note holder, and the reoccurring maintenance and upkeep required to keep your investment in good shape and running condition and you’ve easily went over $100 dollars a day for actual use now. Since so much of our boating time was spent either floating or beached in a sandbar there is actually only a few hundred hours on the motor itself. I don’t even want to know what it actually cost us per actual running hour of use, because the numbers would be to sickening for me to digest here.This post really is not actually meant to be tears in my beer post, but maybe more of a reality check.
We purchased the boat right, and it actually was a fair price at the time of our purchase. So if you’re thinking about purchasing a new boat for yourself, you should consider how fast your investment is going to depreciate should you decide or need to sell it for any reason. Or if you’re looking at used boats that have been obviously well cared for, please don’t be totally brutal and insulting with insanely low-ball offers to the boat owner. Sure we all want a deal on our purchases that we make, but that really shouldn’t include someone feeling they’d just been raped or insulted should it. Maybe that’s the reason I find myself envying these guys after all, because they actually spend a lot of quality time on the water and it’s obvious they don’t have a payment book.
Some good old boys (Maybe Rednecks) enjoying the afternoon on the Muskingum River.
Click Here to view more Pictures of boating on the Muskingum
After all is boating an image you must maintain, or just an experience to enjoy and share with others. Only you can answer this question for yourself, but there’s still plenty of room for everyone to experience the enjoyment being on the water. After all maybe all those rednecks in their beat up old boats have their ducks in a row after all because they are enjoying totally carefree boating without worrying about damaging or deprecating their boating investment.
How about a few about the serious and real side of a true Redneck:If I had to stand before a dozen terrorists who threaten my life, I'd choose a half dozen or so rednecks to back me up. Tire irons, squirrel guns and grit -- that's what rednecks are made of. I hope I'm also considered "one of them".
If you feel the same, pass this on to your redneck friends. Y'all know who you all are.
You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, ‘One Nation Under God'
You might be a redneck if: You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a redneck if: You still say ' Christmas' instead of 'Winter Festival.'
You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed forces veterans with great respect, and always have.
You might be a redneck if: You've never burned an American flag, nor intend to.
You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do the same.
You might be a redneck if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.
Posted by blog.houseboatodyssey1.com at 12/9/2009 4:41 PM 
Categories: Buying Tips, Boating, Redneck, Various 101's, Pontoon Boat (s)
Tags: Pontoon Boat Boating Redneck
Categories: Buying Tips, Boating, Redneck, Various 101's, Pontoon Boat (s)
Tags: Pontoon Boat Boating Redneck
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