High gas prices could impact your boating plans this summer.Along the Ohio River in Cincinnati, gas is sitting between $5 and $6 a gallon.”If you want to have fun, you bought a boat to have fun. Just go out and do it,” boater Heather Stump said.Stump was heading out on the water Monday.But, fun on the water comes with a price.”It’s just gotten crazy,” Stump said. “It’s getting more and more and more expensive.”Especially, this season.Now, rising gas prices have some boaters changing their summer plans.”You want to go and be able to go out and have fun and be able to go out on the river. But, with it being like $5 and $6 a gallon, it’s going to make it hard to be able to do as much as we normally would,” Stump said. Brent Dicks makes a living detailing boats, and has for nearly 20 years.While this is the highest he has seen gas prices throughout his career, he said, he is as busy as ever.”You know, boaters love their boat, regardless of boat pricing, they’re going to come and be on their boat,” Dicks said.Gas at Four Seasons Marina sat at $5.19.But, boaters said while it’s frustrating, it’s the price you pay for having fun.”The gas prices are always going to be there,” Stump said. “You’re always going to spend money. So, if you love it, do what you love.” Stump said they will adjust boating life, to the gas prices.But, for many of her friends, she said some are choosing lake life, instead.”There’s a little bit of a shift,” Stump said. “I’m sure it will get worse if the prices keep going up, so hopefully that’ll change soon.” Still, it doesn’t appear boating life is going anywhere anytime soon. It just may look a little different on the Ohio River this time around.”I see it as people still wanting to get on their boat and be on their boat,” Dicks said. “Now, how many are going to be out on the river, we’ll see.”And, when it comes to buying a boat, Sea Ray of Cincinnati said Monday that sales are the highest they’ve ever seen, despite the cost of gas.”Sales are still skyrocketing. We can’t keep boats on the floor, phones are ringing,” sales executive Joshua Ginn said. “It seems gas prices would play an effect on all this, but it really is not.”Ginn said the wait for a new boat could be six months to two years.Right now, they have about 10 boats on their lot.
High gas prices could impact your boating plans this summer.
Along the Ohio River in Cincinnati, gas is sitting between $5 and $6 a gallon.
“If you want to have fun, you bought a boat to have fun. Just go out and do it,” boater Heather Stump said.
Stump was heading out on the water Monday.
But, fun on the water comes with a price.
“It’s just gotten crazy,” Stump said. “It’s getting more and more and more expensive.”
Especially, this season.
Now, rising gas prices have some boaters changing their summer plans.
“You want to go and be able to go out and have fun and be able to go out on the river. But, with it being like $5 and $6 a gallon, it’s going to make it hard to be able to do as much as we normally would,” Stump said.
Brent Dicks makes a living detailing boats, and has for nearly 20 years.
While this is the highest he has seen gas prices throughout his career, he said, he is as busy as ever.
“You know, boaters love their boat, regardless of boat pricing, they’re going to come and be on their boat,” Dicks said.
Gas at Four Seasons Marina sat at $5.19.
But, boaters said while it’s frustrating, it’s the price you pay for having fun.
“The gas prices are always going to be there,” Stump said. “You’re always going to spend money. So, if you love it, do what you love.”
Stump said they will adjust boating life, to the gas prices.
But, for many of her friends, she said some are choosing lake life, instead.
“There’s a little bit of a shift,” Stump said. “I’m sure it will get worse if the prices keep going up, so hopefully that’ll change soon.”
Still, it doesn’t appear boating life is going anywhere anytime soon.
It just may look a little different on the Ohio River this time around.
“I see it as people still wanting to get on their boat and be on their boat,” Dicks said. “Now, how many are going to be out on the river, we’ll see.”
And, when it comes to buying a boat, Sea Ray of Cincinnati said Monday that sales are the highest they’ve ever seen, despite the cost of gas.
“Sales are still skyrocketing. We can’t keep boats on the floor, phones are ringing,” sales executive Joshua Ginn said. “It seems gas prices would play an effect on all this, but it really is not.”
Ginn said the wait for a new boat could be six months to two years.
Right now, they have about 10 boats on their lot.
