WSAW - Blogs - Chad Franzen

Boating Fun?

Updated: Tue 9:06 PM, Jul 08, 2008

I've been kicking around the idea of buying a boat the past year, but when it comes to what I would like to have or how to run one, I'm at a complete loss.  However, after spending this past weekend up north on a beautiful lake with my "surrogate" family the Sterns,,, to borrow a line from Favre, "I've got the itch" to buy a boat again.   LOL

I had decided to not buy one, but came rather close about a month ago.   I think the biggest thing for me, is I know NO THING.. nothing about boats!  However, that never did stop me from buying my first motorcycle... I just grabbed my friend that I worked with and had him check it out and take it for a ride.  (thanks Z, I still owe you a sammich for that I think)  In any case, it's a bit different for buying a boat.  You can't just test ride it anywhere, need to be around a water source.

So, here's my dilemma... what should I be looking for with a boat?  I"m not looking at anything too terribly expensive and am looking at getting a used one as well.  I wanna be able to entertain and have some fun with it and at the same time be able to fish and maybe pull a tuber or something.  I've pretty much ruled out a pontoon boat, but am open to anything else.

What kinds of things should I be looking for when checking one out, etc?  For instance, with a car purchase, you can take it to your local mechanic and they can run through it. 

Read More Blogs
All comments must adhere to the WSAW.com discussion rules.
powered by Disqus

Mike Breunling

More Mike Breunling

Chad Franzen

More Chad Franzen

Eric Rajala

More Eric Rajala

WSAW-TV 1114 Grand Ave. Wausau, WI 54403
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 24095569