Hello fellow Marinaut owners.
How much did you use your Marinaut this season? My wife and I used the Betty Ann for 17 nights, and 30 days on the water, but we only put 650 miles on the boat. We were not adventurous at all this season, spending most of out time on the water in Greenport, NY. As we have gotten older, we have found that we like to use the boat a couple of hours to get us to where we want to go, and just stay put once we get there. Now that we have air conditioning, we find the heat of the summer to not be any issue. We even have cable TV, a toaster and coffee maker on board, so we lack for nothing. 2016 was our 6th season, yet our interest in boating continues to remain high. I think it is a tribute to the layout of the boat, the ingenious use of space, and the fact that its smaller overall relative size to most boats in the marina (but a great deal more interior space than most boaters would realize) makes it so easy to maintain. We spend most of our time using the boat, and not in upkeep. The only major thing I had to do this year was to bring home the canvas, removing the salt gumming up the zippers with Salt-away, and re-applying two coats of 303 fabric protector. So that's it for the boating season for 2016, and perhaps we will be more adventuresome next year?
Rich
How much did you use your Marinaut this season? My wife and I used the Betty Ann for 17 nights, and 30 days on the water, but we only put 650 miles on the boat. We were not adventurous at all this season, spending most of out time on the water in Greenport, NY. As we have gotten older, we have found that we like to use the boat a couple of hours to get us to where we want to go, and just stay put once we get there. Now that we have air conditioning, we find the heat of the summer to not be any issue. We even have cable TV, a toaster and coffee maker on board, so we lack for nothing. 2016 was our 6th season, yet our interest in boating continues to remain high. I think it is a tribute to the layout of the boat, the ingenious use of space, and the fact that its smaller overall relative size to most boats in the marina (but a great deal more interior space than most boaters would realize) makes it so easy to maintain. We spend most of our time using the boat, and not in upkeep. The only major thing I had to do this year was to bring home the canvas, removing the salt gumming up the zippers with Salt-away, and re-applying two coats of 303 fabric protector. So that's it for the boating season for 2016, and perhaps we will be more adventuresome next year?
Rich