Ragoo said:
Boathouses are ugly?
Why would you go thru the expense of living on the water only to keep your boat trailered?
This. My buddy who has a house on Cedar Creek got his boathouse built over the past winter and it's much better than having to launch a boat every day. It's also a great spot to sit in the afternoons. I was up there this past weekend and got to enjoy it.
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Yes, they are. I'd rather have a nice view and have to drive around the corner to put a boat in than to have to look at an ugly, blocky structure all the time. You might even be surprised at the number of people who have lake houses and...wait for it...NO BOAT.
Before the boathouse, going out meant hooking the boat up to the truck, pulling it out of the garage, backing it down the ramp (he has one on his 1 acre lot), backing the boat off and floating around while another person pulled the truck out and parked it at the top of the ramp, pulling up to the bulkhead to let the driver of the truck on, and then taking off. Getting back, it was the reverse of that.
With a boathouse, we carried the ice chest down to the dock, put ice chest on boat, lowered boat into water, backed out and took off. When we got back, we pulled into the slip, raised up the boat, and carried ice chest back to the house. Yesterday morning, I wanted to go ride the jetski before I drove back home, so I went down to the dock, hopped on the jetski, lowered it, and backed out. Took me less than 5 minutes from the moment I put my swimsuit on to me out on the water playing around.