Today Everyone Can Go Boating!
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New designs and mass production mean
your family can have a new runabout in
the 12- to 14-foot class for as little as $600
and an outboard motor of 7 horsepower
for as little as $250. Last year the average
boater spent only $62 for the entire season!
Operating at a fraction of the cost of an
auto, even a small outboard can offer sleep
- ing and eating quarters for weekend trips
or complete vacations. Even without kitch
en facilities, you can carry a portable grill
and ice chest; lacking a cabin with bunks,
you can spread sleeping bags or air mat
tresses, or camp on shore near your boat.
With eight million families owning boats,
and a large proportion of them "trad
ing up" to newer and larger ones each year,
there's a booming used-boat market, too.
By alert shopping, it's possible to obtain real
bargains, the kind enabling you to get into
boating far .more easily than if new equip
ment were your only choice.
And as with other merchandise, boats
and motors are available on time-payment
plans. Many banks, in fact, offer financing
for marine equipment more readily than for
many other items. They've found that fami
lies with the means to own a boat usually
are excellent credit risks, and that boats
depreciate slowly.
You'd like to live on the water but can't
afford a cottage?
Consider the new outboard-powered
houseboats. A far cry from the old, ponder
ous craft of their type, they're sleek, com
pact, and comfortable, with the most mod
ern equipment aboard. Most are transport
able by boat trailer. Priced from $2,500,
they're like a summer home afloat at a
fraction of the price of waterfront property.
Boating offers finer recreation than ever
this season for other reasons, too. With
today's trailers and superhighways, you're
closer than ever to good boating waters
within 24 hours no matter where you live,
and more likely within two or three hours.
New marina and mooring facilities, under
construction in increasing quantity, make,
overnight and weekend cruising conven
ient and inexpensive even for beginners.
Cruise organizations and the nation's
2,000 boating clubs provide more opportuni
ties for group activity than ever before.
One of many notable events, the Kissimmee
Boat-a-Cade in Florida each autumn at
tracts boaters from many states. Increas
ingly, instead of stowing their boats for the
winter, families take them South by trailer
for such cruises or for their vacation.
Then, too, it's easier than ever to learn
the fine points of boating that enable you
and your family to enjoy with safety spec
tacular adventures normally not recom
mended for small boaters such as open
water cruising. The U. S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary, U. S. Power Squadrons, boating
clubs, and other organizations provided nav
igation and other advanced boat training to
a quarter-million persons last year.
If you're a long-time landlubber, how can.
you get acquainted with boating?
Visit a boat or outdoor show. See your
local marine dealers, ask questions, browse
among the equipment, take home basic data
you'll need to know. And head for the near
est water to talk with boaters among the
most friendly, helpful people you'll find.
Boating has opened up wholesome new
worlds of enjoyment to millions. This year
why don't you and your family sample it?
Facts for the Beginning Boater
Cost: A typical pleasure boat, a 14-foot
runabout with a 25-horsepower outboard
motor, may carry a tag of $600 and up for
the boat, $400 to $575 for the motor. A
trailer, $125 and up.
Cruisers with living accommodations cost
$2,000 and up, plus single or twin engines,
available for $1,000 each in the 70-plus-horsepower
class.
Sailboats range from $300 (a small dinghy)
to $3,000 or more. Inboard motorboats, $2,
000 to as much as $1,000 or more per run
ning foot (cruisers in the luxury class).
Registration fee (most states), $2 to $5
for the average boat; ordinary highway li
cense fee for trailer.
Drydock, hauling, and storage cost: none
if you use a trailer and space on your prop
erty; $100 and up per winter for commer
cial facilities. ,
Maintenance: Fiber-glass and aluminum .
hulls require little maintenance; wood, due
to improved finishes', also very little. For
.
outboard engines, maintenance is governed
by size and age but usually costs far less
per year than car maintenance.
Training and Orientation: No operator
license required except on nontidal waters
in New Jersey ($1.50). Copy of laws and,
instructions are free from dealers or Out
board Boating Club of America, 307 N.
Michigan Ave., Chicago 1, 111. Approved
seamanship courses are taught by U. S.
Power Squadrons, U. S. Coast Guard Aux
iliary, OBC affiliates, others.
Which Outfit for YouT For short-haul
cruising (four-member family), popular
models are 12- to 18-foot utility runabout;
5- to 80-horsepower motor. For lengthy
cruising (four-member family), 17- to 22
foot cruiser; 40- to 80-horsepower motor.
For fishing: small outboard-powered
rowboat, canoe, runabout, or cruiser; any
horsepower motor. For water-skiing (tow
ing one) 15-horsepower motor, minimum.
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