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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JL8Jeff" data-source="post: 501679" data-attributes="member: 12995">A dock is really the best option when leaving a boat in the water all season.  It sounds like they would need at least 16-17' if they wanted to have other people out in it and probably 18-20' to make any real trip with 4 or more people.  They could moor it and use a dingy to go retrieve it but pulling up to the beach will most likely result in people getting wet feet to get into the boat.  You would want the bottom coated if staying in salt water all season.  And lugging gas to a moored boat won't be fun either, I can't see an electric motor situation working for a 6 mile round trip with 5-6 people.  The best solution would be a dock but I could see a pontoon boat working in that situation especially since you wouldn't need to worry about a bilge pump and could pull it up to the beach and possibly have people get on without getting wet feet.  My boat stays at a dock from Apr through Oct and I have to make sure the bilge pump works right (leaves and twigs can get in the way of the float switch or clog the pump so you need to keep an eye on it) and also have to move the floating dock in or out depending on the river level.Here's our dock a couple of years ago when the river was up about 6-8' above normal.[ATTACH=full]115857[/ATTACH]</blockquote>