View Full Version : Can One Rent a Ski Boat in Florida?
BarefootWt
02-05-2006, 03:27 PM
I will be vacationing in the town of Lake Placid (southeast of Tampa and southwest of Orlando), Florida this summer for a few days and will not have a ski boat :-( I will be on a lake called Lake Grassy. Does anyone know if you can rent one and from where? Thx!
erkoehler
02-06-2006, 12:14 AM
I have never seen an inboard ski boat for rent, but there are always ski schools????
88 PS190
02-06-2006, 12:22 AM
Seems to me most rentals are inexpensive fishing/pontoon/ and inboard outboards.
Ski-A-Rees
02-06-2006, 09:37 AM
Members of my Ski team have a house on lake grassy! I don't know anything about renting ski boats but I wouldn't mind meeting people out there!
rodltg2
02-06-2006, 01:40 PM
I have never seen an inboard ski boat for rent, but there are always ski schools????
i see them all the time out here. i know of 2 companies in town the rent boats. one has tige's and the other i think centurions.
erkoehler
02-06-2006, 01:41 PM
i see them all the time out here. i know of 2 companies in town the rent boats. one has tige's and the other i think centurions.
Learn something new everyday!
rodltg2
02-06-2006, 01:46 PM
seems like a risky business to me...
PendO
02-06-2006, 01:57 PM
They rent Mastercrafts at a shop in Coeur D Alene for use on the Lake
rodltg2
02-06-2006, 01:58 PM
can you go to the floating green?!!
Byrdman
02-06-2006, 02:08 PM
I have never seen a ski boat for rent in Florida. Maybe it has to do with state liability requirements. Around here, all they rent are pontoons....
AirJunky
02-06-2006, 02:27 PM
can you go to the floating green?!!
Shyea, except that the wall from the water to the top of the green is like 10' tall. You'd have to stand on your tower to climb on it!
Not to mention that CDA is choppy as all he11 in the summer for a 20' ski boat.
Yes, inboards are rented.... look up boat dealers in that area & give them a call. Grassy is pretty small. But there are a dozen other lakes within a few minutes drive of there. You might also try getting your fix by hooking up with other skiers who live in the area.
Good luck.
how long are you looking to rent for? a few hours, day, days, week? and whats your budget for said rental
BarefootWt
02-06-2006, 08:25 PM
I will have to look you up this summer once we firm up our plans - this would be awesome! Thanks.
BarefootWt
02-06-2006, 08:28 PM
Looking for probably up to 5 days - and a couple of hours each day - not a big deal but I will be at my parents house on one of the canals and need to ski :-); and they only have a pontoon boat :-(
Waterski-Marcoisland
02-06-2006, 10:01 PM
Never hear of anyone renting ski boats, to much liability. That has been my experience dealing with boat rental places, they dont allow anyone to ski behind their boats because of insurance limitations. I get some refferals to my ski school down here in south florida from rental companies. I am about 1 hour from lake grassy. Look me up.
www.waterskimarcoisland.com Dustin
Workin' 4 Toys
02-06-2006, 10:29 PM
I will be vacationing in the town of Lake Placid (southeast of Tampa and southwest of Orlando), Florida this summer for a few days and will not have a ski boat :-( I will be on a lake called Lake Grassy. Does anyone know if you can rent one and from where? Thx!
Stop in and see JIM, you did say you were shopping and were interested in "testing" them out right.....;)
erkoehler
02-06-2006, 10:30 PM
Stop in and see JIM, you did say you were shopping and were interested in "testing" them out right.....;)
I'll be testing in mid-march :woohoo:
DooSPX
02-07-2006, 07:15 PM
i dont know about renting a Ski boat, I live in sebring (10-15 minutes south of Lake Placid.
I dont have my MC yet, still need to go and pick it up, but working 90 hrs a week prevents that.
BUT, I would like to meet up when your down, nice meeting other TMC members.