American Boat Club

[Steve Di.]

Originally Posted by robmac

Shep Browns just added new boats to the rental fleet. I haven't seen any of them with signage on them. Took a quick look at prices,a 235 bowrider w/11 passenger capability was 395.00 a day. Hope that helps.

At 10 rentals you will be over the price of the ABC club fee.

[robmac]

But and that is the issue,I can get a boat when I want one!

[AmericanBoatClub]

Hello all,
This seems to be the question every one is very concered with and I understand why. Can I get a boat when I want? Or, If I am a member can you guarrantee I can get a boat?
The short answer is I can't, but you the member can. If you reserve your boats and slot, the boats will be there ready for you to go enjoy them. We also will have a very low member to boat ratio, this will make reserving the boat you want when you want very easy.
Hope this help
Kurt
603.231.6002

[SIKSUKR]

Originally Posted by Steve Di.

At 10 rentals you will be over the price of the ABC club fee.

And you have the boat for the whole day.

[AmericanBoatClub]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

And you have the boat for the whole day.

I hope it is okay to keep posting, I do not want to over step the forum rules, but...

We strongly encourage members to take/reserve the boat for the whole day. Even take it over night. I think you maybe viewing our breaking the day up into two from the wrong light. We did not intend to do that to limit people it was to create more choices. If our reservation were for the whole day and someone only want it to go fishing in the morning the system would show it check out all day and other members would not know it was sitting in the marina. So the way we have it set up you can take it when you want but if you only want it for a breakfast cruise someone else can take it out for a dinner cruise. And of course we always encourage calling us and checking for missed reservation.
Our member to boat ratio will allow you to use the boats you want when you want them.
Also the club and boats are an entirely different animal than a rental fleet.
Kurt

[NoBozo]

Originally Posted by AmericanBoatClub

Also the club and boats are an entirely different animal than a rental fleet.
Kurt

Could you elaborate further..? How are the boats different..? Just wondering. NB

[AmericanBoatClub]

Originally Posted by NoBozo

Could you elaborate further..? How are the boats different..? Just wondering. NB

I am glad you asked.

First off we have no decals on the boats. Member will be able to make unlimited reservations for a flat rate all summer and will not be subject to price changes to due to bike week, holidays, etc... Since we have fewer people using the boats, than a rental fleet, the boats will be in better condition. These are just the first 4 boats and two of them (Sea Ray 240 and Sea Ray 210 Select) are not part of any rental fleet I know of, the next one will most likely be a 260-280 Sea Ray, from there we will be adding boats that you will be hard pressed to find for rent on the lake. We want to give people access to very nice boats at the price of a boat slip.

I think the rental companies around the lake do a great job, we are just serving a different type of boater.

[AmericanBoatClub]

This video may help to explain a little bit of the confusion on how the system works. It walks through the basic steps to reserving boats.
Hope it helps and please go easy on me and my dialog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fe0L...el_video_title

This video is no longer applicable as the reservation system has gone threw several years of changes and upgrades.