We have been thinking about buying a boat here, but there’s always the: “what if we are moving in 6 months’ time”. We decided to take our (big) loss if that’s the case, and just go for it. So far we absolutely love it. It has a 139 pk engine, strong enough for water skiing and pulling a tube. Not strong enough to go out on the sea when there’s a strong wind as we found out last week. The sea was too choppy and we decided to go back for safety reasons. Navigating on the sea is very different from navigating on Dutch lakes!
We bought a berth in the marina close by. Water here is very salty and barnacles grow very fast. Thus the downside from leaving the boat in the water is that it will do no good to the engine. You have to take the boat out the water at least 4 times a year to service the engine and clean the hull. That’s why most people have their boat on a trailer, so the engine can be rinsed with fresh water after every use. But the absolute upside is that it is sooooo easy. You just throw in your cooler, swim gear, the boys and off you go! Now you can just go for two hours, whereas you wouldn’t go through all the hassle when it was on a trailer.
