Depth Question

[Susie Cougar]

I agree with everything that has been said here. I’m sure you’ve heard before that location, location, location is the most important.

I was wondering what kind of a boat do you actually have now? Is it something super special that you would never want to get rid of because that seems to be your primary concern.

[Descant]

Originally Posted by Susie Cougar

I agree with everything that has been said here. I’m sure you’ve heard before that location, location, location is the most important.

I was wondering what kind of a boat do you actually have now? Is it something super special that you would never want to get rid of because that seems to be your primary concern.

Agreed. I have trouble imagining a "larger" boat that only draws 25". I mentioned island docks earlier not to suggest considering an island location but to note the greater dependence on boating, docks and water depth.
As we talk about locations, I note that people built on the best locations first, so that means all the GREAT locations had houses, docks, boat houses, were built in the 20th century. Everything after that is a second or third generation that subdivided. I remember as a kid making an annual trip to Hanson Cove and Green's Basin and my father opining that nobody will ever build here--it's too far away from good roads.

Forty years ago, I was inspecting a proposed purchase with a friend and I asked about some rubble under one end of the house. "That's the remains of one of the two previous houses on this site." But, there was lots of deep water frontage and the original boathouse for his 36' Chris Craft cruiser. He did some more house building and is still there. Several smaller boats later...

[Susie Cougar]

Originally Posted by Descant

Agreed. I have trouble imagining a "larger" boat that only draws 25". I mentioned island docks earlier not to suggest considering an island location but to note the greater dependence on boating, docks and water depth.
As we talk about locations, I note that people built on the best locations first, so that means all the GREAT locations had houses, docks, boat houses, were built in the 20th century. Everything after that is a second or third generation that subdivided. I remember as a kid making an annual trip to Hanson Cove and Green's Basin and my father opining that nobody will ever build here--it's too far away from good roads.

Forty years ago, I was inspecting a proposed purchase with a friend and I asked about some rubble under one end of the house. "That's the remains of one of the two previous houses on this site." But, there was lots of deep water frontage and the original boathouse for his 36' Chris Craft cruiser. He did some more house building and is still there. Several smaller boats later...

My family‘s first house on the lake was in Hanson Cove. We bought it around 1956. It was the house on the very beginning next to what used to be a boys camp and is now Arcadia. We had a boathouse. I always loved it there. It was very peaceful and quiet back then.