Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

[island mike]

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

Nohohoh,
Not without me on it and steering..
I charter.
So its a NO

 

[hog88]

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

Everything has it's price so yeah for the right amount of $$$$.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

The special insurance policy solves the major problem--liability. The licensed captain solves the lack of experience problem (and is consistent with solving the uninsured liability risk). That leaves a relatively minor risk--some small damage that would not be worth an insurance claim, that the renters won't fix--say a carpet stain or broken fitting. That is what you are getting paid for. At that point the question is no different than renting out your beach/lake house, which plenty of people do, but they have to be a bit tolerant.

Wouldn't do it with a unique boat but why not with a generic? I guess for me it's academic b/c no one would rent, insure and captain my little old boats!

Would it change anyone's mind if a licensed captain was in charge of the boat and the renters went along for the ride? And a special insurance policy was put in place for the time of the rental?

 

[DC20]

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

Many Insurance Policies might not provide any coverage, because you took the policy out for personal recreational use, and are now renting it. But please check with your Insurance Agent

 

[KDAVID1]

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

Not my personal boat. Not a chance.

 

[Tetondan37]

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

No Way would I rent my boat. Unless they were paying me to captian the boat too.

 

[STARCRAFT16SS]

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

NO.....I have let my brothers borrow my 17ft Alumacraft Canoes all the time...but never the boat...One brother borrowed a 1969 Dodge Dart GT from me...all I got back was the car keys...and a while later $100...I did not have full coverage
on the car...the car was totaled when He was driving and fell asleep at the wheel...woke up as the last wheel of the car was leaving the pavement.. over-corrected getting back on the highway..hooked the curb...sent the car into a spin
against the concrete wall between north and southbound trafffic..aluminum rims were shattered..car trashed///Hi, here are your keys back.. that's whats left of your car...:facepalm: My brother did not get hurt in the accident
MY Father-in-law Bob let 4 friends borrow a Jon Boat with a outboard...a week later had not seen the boat...asked were it was...told..Oh we removed some of the flotation for more storage space...fishing on the Saint Croix river...a big power boat
came by and swamped/sunk us....Never recovered the boat!
NO!!!...I would not borrow, loan, rent out my 1971 Starcraft Supersport

 

[AZBoatDreamer]

Re: Would you rent your boat for a weekend?

No, No and No Way.