Your Thoughts.......

[MsgMills]

Me I wouldn't loan anything to any family member....They don't respect your stuff and are jealous of the fact you have it in the first place....

My brother in law went fishing with me the first day I got my new boat, stepped up onto the back deck via the seat cushion and split the seems with his big feet and weight, right after I told him it wasn't a step to be used to climb to the back of the boat.... Have asked him not to use the bathroom off the back of the boat, but to use a bottle and dispose of teh waste when we get to the docks and port-a-potty, what's he do urinates off the back of the boat and I have to smell urine thru out the day while it's 90 degree's outside. No respect, won't obey rules...

Friend's who have fishing boats or have had them in the past, know the cost and effort that goes into owning a boat and will respect everything you ask and do what ever they can to help out with gas money and not take or expect a free ride out each time.....

my 2 cents....

[Devils Horse]

Not to be a jerk...well okay whatever...but if someone has payed 30k for a boat, their judgement is already badly out of whack and they probably wouldn't make the right choice anyway. That said, the correct answer is neither one. My boat is not worth 30k, but I loan it to no one. Period.

[zx150]

I have both family and friends that I would lend it to. I also have family and friends that I would not let them fish out of it with me in the boat. It just depends on the person. I