Ahhhh come on, who wouldn't.....
 

nope unless someone is broke down.

Yea. But only a select few.

I really wouldnt feel comfortable with it but I may would consider to just a couple people. People that I know would take as good of care as I try to. I would still be very uneasy.

Its one thing when you tear up your own stuff, but its another thing when someone else does it.

I can only think of one friend that I would let. Family...... No way in Hell.

Exactly. But I would rather tear up my own stuff than someone else's. It would have to be someone that I know is careful and would take responsibility for any damage.

What if the person borrowing your boat has a costly breakdown (though no fault of there own). I know deep down I would still blame them.

Would let, brother, ex brother in-law, ex father in-law, probably 4 close friends. All experienced boaters. Wouldn't let anyone that doesn't have experience in a boat of equal size and horsepower borrow it.

I'll let most my close friends take mine. And ill take Spunt Drags and run it like I stole it!

LMAO

To just a very few.

I'll let a few close friends and family use my kayak. When I had my offshore boat...only 1 other person I would let use it.

I've let friends and neighbors borrow my tiller driven 16 ft aluminum v hull. It's pretty rugged and you'd have to work pretty hard to mess it up.

Only two people have ever borrowed my boat and I have borrowed theres,very close friends. And we have an understanding if if you break it fix it. No matter what gos wrong been working for us 7-8 year's now

Yep, would let close friends

I have in the past but never again,Lil-c will be the only one that can use it.

I don't even borrow my dad's. I have I'm the past but, I won't anymore. I don't want to be responsible if anything would happen. I know I don't have 30k to replace it if something does.


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I've always looked at it this way, if someone needs to borrow my truck, absolutely. That means they need it. Nobody "needs" to borrow a boat.

I wouldn't evn let my wife use it.

Doubt I would let anyone borrow besides my paran because I know he would replace anything if he broke it and I know he wouldn't try anything stupid and be very careful in it.

I will let a few close friends borrow my boat an my old man. The only reason I would let them is because I know they can afford to replace it if something was to happen.

Very few people...

Who needs enemies wit friends like these. On another note, the last time we went to Toledo bend, I had to get somebody to pull my boat home because of extenuating circumstances. Well I get back in town and find my boat and trailer parked 3 houses down from mine. These are good friends who have been to my house several times and clearly know where I live. Luckily the people weren't home. Some people you can't even trust to park your **** at the right house, much less operate it in navigable waters.

Now that's just wrong..You can never let someone borrow anything without them destroying it are breaking a switch, How can people be so dang ignorant?? You learn as you go, Never make that same mistake...

I was unfortunately on the A-hole end of messing up my Brother in law's boat. We were spending a weekend with the families in Toledo and since I was the only fisherman I went solo in his boat one morning. Coming back in the canal to the camp I hit a stump while idoling and bent the prop shaft. When I got it back to the camp all the kids had there swimsuits on and were waiting on my return to go tubing. All i had to pay was a $200 deductible but I was definately the ruiner of the weekend. Nothing worse than a kid's face when he thinks you're an a$$ hole.

Never heard of bending a prop shaft while idling. ;)

I have no issues with letting close friends and family borrow anything I have...I enjoy sharing the "fruits of my labor" with the people I love. I even let my son and God-son take my corvette to their prom's.....I love that car more than the wife....don't tell the wife......LOL

My Aluminum boat no problem. My Bay Boat, only a very select few friends and my son.

2nd that !

Depends.....if I feel like I'd like to spend many hours cleaning and fixing little things on it, then yes, ill let someone borrow it.......

But only if I know they have the ability to replace it if it gets destroyed

Kind of like that old saying..."You break it....you bought it."

Correct.

I went fishing at my buddies camp in BSL, he got called out to work. Told me to take his boat in the bay if i wanted and pull the kids around on the tube. When i'm done put it back on the trailer and park it under the camp. I told him I'll hook up to the trailer and back it into the launch, pick it up and help you clean it right now. I'm not taking your boat by myself, I don't have the money to replace something that isn't mine.

yes, but its a very short list. Mostly guys that I fish with and guys that help me maintain my boat. They would let me use theirs too I'm sure.

Not really....My stuff always is so full of quirks I am the only one that can get it to work. It would be irresponsible to let someone try.

I purchased a boat at the beginning of this year because I couldn't relay on someone with a boat every weekend and the last thing I wanted to do was ask to borrow their nice bay boats which I couldn't afford to fix. Murphy and I go back a good ways and can usually expect a freak incident here and there. Now my boat, I will let a very select few operate her and they are the ones I can trust to fix something that was their fault but little things that just happen I'll fix because that something that should have happened to me from normal use. I believe if you can't afford to fix something and don't want to screw up a good friendship be careful out there cause Murphy is every where. One bonus to someone running your boat is that at least its being used and not sitting.

The ONLY person I would let take my boat out would be my dad...He let me take his out when I was just out of school and had no money, and he knew I couldn't have fixed anything if I had broken it. But, he also taught me growing up to take care of the things we had and how to use and not abuse. Dang, now I feel like taking the rest of the day off and taking him fishing...

There is a handful of friends I would let take mine.

It was stated earlier but insurance is a boaters best friend, it's cheep and there if or when you would ever need it!!

You're a very generous person!! lol