Bummer summer - what would you do?

[3 green tornados]

So this season started great. Had three trips in before Memorial Day. While they all went off without an issue we had several close calls with drunk/inexperienced captains. Then my daughter gets involved with a new church group (great thing and I am happy she is involved) and has a couple weekends that require us to miss boating. Then one son gets mono and some significant complications that prevent us from boating for the next 6-7 weeks (still waiting for his spleen to return to a normal state) and another so had to have surgery to remove a pigmy palm thorn that got embedded in his wrist. Now we have 4 more weeks without water.

With the cost of boating, not enjoying our local lake due to the high number of problems with inexperienced captains on the weekends and the loss of the summer do to unforeseen issues we are thinking of selling and buying again in a couple years when this all settles down.

What would you do?

 

[anmut]

So this season started great. Had three trips in before Memorial Day. While they all went off without an issue we had several close calls with drunk/inexperienced captains. Then my daughter gets involved with a new church group (great thing and I am happy she is involved) and has a couple weekends that require us to miss boating. Then one son gets mono and some significant complications that prevent us from boating for the next 6-7 weeks (still waiting for his spleen to return to a normal state) and another so had to have surgery to remove a pigmy palm thorn that got embedded in his wrist. Now we have 4 more weeks without water.

With the cost of boating, not enjoying our local lake due to the high number of problems with inexperienced captains on the weekends and the loss of the summer do to unforeseen issues we are thinking of selling and buying again in a couple years when this all settles down.

What would you do?

I mean, our priorities in the summer revolves around boating, and we make do where there's availability. Even if it's a few hours in the evening after work, I'd rather be out with my family than home staring at a screen.

Have to find those pockets of time, and expand them out if need be. Go boating while your kids are young!

 

[Beachbummer]

Family Swap?

Just kidding...

Any chance you can use it with the significant other during the week instead?

If you can't use it, it's not much good to you, but also how much do you have invested in customizations and upgrades that you would do again to your "new" boat in a couple of years?

What are your costs right now for the boat to just sit (Storage? Boat Payment/Interest? Depreciation?)

Best of luck however you decide. It certainly seems like a great time to sell (if not slightly worse than 3 weeks ago. we may already be past the peak)

 

[Acard7]

Bummer for sure, happy to hear everyone is recovering though. I guess if it were me and I was going to eventually sell sooner than later to buy a bigger boat then I would do it. Especially if it was going to be sitting the rest of the Summer. But if you're going to get the same sized boat but newer I would say keep yours because you know what's wrong with it (unless you'd buy brand new).

 

[BigN8]

So this season started great. Had three trips in before Memorial Day. While they all went off without an issue we had several close calls with drunk/inexperienced captains. Then my daughter gets involved with a new church group (great thing and I am happy she is involved) and has a couple weekends that require us to miss boating. Then one son gets mono and some significant complications that prevent us from boating for the next 6-7 weeks (still waiting for his spleen to return to a normal state) and another so had to have surgery to remove a pigmy palm thorn that got embedded in his wrist. Now we have 4 more weeks without water.

With the cost of boating, not enjoying our local lake due to the high number of problems with inexperienced captains on the weekends and the loss of the summer do to unforeseen issues we are thinking of selling and buying again in a couple years when this all settles down.

What would you do?

Based on the resell market right now and you being on the fence, I'd cut bait and sell it and come back to it down the road. Who knows what kind of new gadgets they will think up to put on these boats 3-4 years from now.