Martin T
Google
I'm always looking for fun and new adventures and very positive even if things don't always go the best. If it wasn't for the staff offering a refund, I'm sure this review would've been a much less positive experience than we had.
We rented their Power Boat, very similar to what I have down in the city, same Horse Power at 90hp. The boat definitely didn't appear very well maintained and dirty. It may have been sitting a while with the big spider cobweb staff tried to discreetly wipe away from the steering column area.
As they were showing us there boat, she asked if we would like to check that the boat prop is okay. She tried to lift motor up with the buttons, but the motor lift wasn't working, should have been our 1st sign. Never able to do prop check.
This was literally the slowest boat on the lake, slower than the slowest pontoon out there. This type of boat, should be able to get up and go!
I honestly don't feel this vessel should have been available for public use at all. We were not able to plane out in the boat mostly due to the cavity between floor and hull completely full of water. I figured the bilge pump would kick in, that thing did not work. Seats were torn up, gauge cluster fell out during a wake crossing, approx 6' of rubber bumper on one side of boat just hanging off, stainless steel staples on floor of boat that fell out from seat cushions(didn't realize that till 2 of us stepped on them barefooted).
This was the first time a couple nephews and my niece were on a boat. We made the best of it and tried to still show the kids a good time. Fortunately, this was their 1st time.
Staff mentioned that they personally don't ever recommend anyone to rent the Power Boat. Mentioned it had been like this for 10 years, I have a hard time believing this considering I own a very similar boat and it moves pretty quick. They mentioned that their pontoons are the best on the lake. Cannot confirm or deny that.
We were refunded our money completely and were offered a substantial discount to come back. Great! We'll come back tomorrow we said. They were going to send us an email with the discount, but email never arrived. Figured that would happen, since they were busy on that Saturday. So we enjoyed the many other great places around.
The Staff was great, helpful and accommodating.
Would have been nice to have somewhere to sit in shade while we were waiting. We were told as we were loaded on the boat that no swimming is allowed outside of boat, they also don't want you to anchor boat or tie up to any other boats.
Would I recommend this place? Absolutely. This may seem expensive, but try actually owning a boat. Much less expensive way to go.
It would be great to see this facility do some upgrades to the property and their rentals. They could use a new roof, so get there and rent a pontoon.
I would suggest a minimum of 2 hours, 4 hours even better!
