Renting a year-round boat slip at a marina for any type of boat adds considerably to our boat cost, but it’s worth every penny. Here’s our detailed list of what you need to know when choosing, leasing, visiting or buying a boat slip (based on personal experience after recently leasing our own boat slip). Related: Aluminum …
Boats
We just completed our purchase of a Hewescraft 180 Pro V boat (2021 model). It’s been about a 3-month process; most of that time spent researching the different types of boats that could work for us followed by looking for a boat slip followed by finding the boat we wanted. We found our boat at …
I just purchased a boat after spending a couple of months scouring the web, boat dealer websites and making many calls. While we ended up buying a new Hewescraft boat, a used boat was definitely on our radar the entire time. The reason we didn’t get a used boat is that there weren’t any used …
While doing research for our recent boat purchase, I learned about the many different types of boats. We’ve had a tandem kayak for years. Now we have an 18′ aluminum Hewescraft fishing boat that we’ll be using for commuting to our boat access cabin. Below we list out all the boat types in alphabetical order …
A yacht is really just a luxury floating home. When you’re talking 70 feet and larger, they’re a lot nicer than my house. As you’ll see in the luxury yacht interiors below, the quality and aesthetics are simply gorgeous. And we merely feature a small handful of such boats. There are thousands and thousands of …
The Dutch navy first used the yacht in order to catch pirates. Until the 1950s, the primary materials used for building a yacht was wood. Today, yachts of all types and sizes are constructed of various materials including steel, aluminum, plywood, and veneers. When Charles II used it for his own personal use, the yacht became …
At first glance, it might seem weird to see boat articles on our home and garden website, but this is part of our “boat access cabin” series and so in that context, it fits. I can’t say owning a boat was a dream of mine. It was not something I aspired toward. And then it …
After spending well over a month researching boats to buy, including taking a few out for a spin, we decided on a Hewescraft 180 Pro V which has a hybrid hard top / soft top. What’s a hard top boat? A 100% hard top is a boat that is 100% enclosed cabin. What’s a soft …
In November 2021 we bought a boat so that we could get to and from our new waterfront, boat access cabin. It’s a brand new 18 foot Hewescraft 180 Pro V (pictured above). Buying this boat was a crash course in quickly learning how much it costs to buy a boat plus all the additional …