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drwamcross · 08-04-2014, 03:04 PM

One other thing to think about is the age of your children. I have been boating for almost 50 years. When we bought a place on the lake about 10 years ago, my thought was to go with a bow rider but our grandson was an infant and my wife didn't feel comfortable with a bow rider but wanted to get a cuddy cabin. We bought a 22ft Chaparral from Fays and am glad we did. When you get out on the lake, children of the ages you mentioned will quickly fall asleep with the motion of the waves/wakes and sound of the engine. It was so much easier to just put them in the cabin with their life jackets on. It also gets them out of the sun, although having the bimini up helps. The grandsons are now 10 and 7 but still like to use the cabin for play and also their private get-away.

I bought new and went to the New England Boat Show where Chaparral was being shown by Russo Marine in Medford. I then went to Fays and they beat the "special" boat show price by a substantial amount for the identical boat.

08-04-2014, 03:04 PM	#40
drwamcross Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 27 Times in 9 Posts	Young Children Boating One other thing to think about is the age of your children. I have been boating for almost 50 years. When we bought a place on the lake about 10 years ago, my thought was to go with a bow rider but our grandson was an infant and my wife didn't feel comfortable with a bow rider but wanted to get a cuddy cabin. We bought a 22ft Chaparral from Fays and am glad we did. When you get out on the lake, children of the ages you mentioned will quickly fall asleep with the motion of the waves/wakes and sound of the engine. It was so much easier to just put them in the cabin with their life jackets on. It also gets them out of the sun, although having the bimini up helps. The grandsons are now 10 and 7 but still like to use the cabin for play and also their private get-away. I bought new and went to the New England Boat Show where Chaparral was being shown by Russo Marine in Medford. I then went to Fays and they beat the "special" boat show price by a substantial amount for the identical boat.