Boats: RV'ing A Different Way

[GuyG]

Don't know how many might have seen this AP story. Looks like boating is the latest, safest (?) way to avoid crowds.

https://apnews.com/f16a669d4885fba9083350d70456ca95

[Tha_Rooster]

Originally Posted by GuyG

Don't know how many might have seen this AP story. Looks like boating is the latest, safest (?) way to avoid crowds.



https://apnews.com/f16a669d4885fba9083350d70456ca95

LOL have you seen the lake crowds.

[bucks2]

On the water we're seeing the same thing as if WalMart started selling RV's for half price. Everyone is buying, but no one is bothering to learn the rules/laws regarding boating and the courtesy that used to be everywhere is nowhere to be found. I'm finishing my 41st year of boat ownership in the PNW and with the Canadian border closed to recreational travel it's almost impossible to find places without loud music, jet skis, or dinghies at high speed zipping around.

We use our MH in the winter as snowbirds so I can only imagine these things are what summer camping is like at the RV park.

[Toby Dog]

We took a drive to Lake Gaston NC yesterday to check out some properties. We've been on that lake many times over the last 30 years and have never seen it that busy. Heat index was over 100 but they didn't seem to care. Our boat stays on the trailer this time of year, too darn hot to enjoy.

[WorldCat25]

Just yesterday, we met my cousin and his wife at the marina in Baltimore. They are from California, originally from Baltimore, and were going to do a "loop" from Florida up the east coast to the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi. Because of Covid, they are doing small trips along the coast, then going back to home for a while and coming back to their boat.

The marina was almost empty. We took a cruise around the harbor on a beautiful, but hot, day. Anchorded off Ft. McHenry and had dinner. Very few boats on the water on a Sunday afternoon.

They're being very careful but still able to enjoy the small places they stop to spend the night. They are fortunate that they can afford 1st class travel which they say makes a huge difference when flying.

Since the loop is out for 2020, maybe a friend and I will get to move their boat for them to Florida for the winter?



We even talked about trading use of our RV and their boat. That could be interesting.

[RickNC]

Here in Wilmington NC the coastal waterways have been crazy this year. It has always been a zoo during the summers but much worse this year. We have been keeping to the inland rivers and tributaries which are more interesting to us anyway. A friend of ours lives adjacent to one of the popular public boat ramps. He says the arguing and fighting is worse than ever, but the entertainment value for him is better than anything on TV.

[allenb12]

We are three miles from a county park that has 6 boat ramps for getting on the St Johns River. On the weekends it is packed. Run out of parking spots. Probably have a 100. People parking along the road at least a 1/4 mile away. In the seven years we have been here have never saw it this way.

[Tha_Rooster]

I can say Lake Lanier is ridiculous 4 drownings already.