Hi there,

Just moved to a beautiful 93-acre lake here just outside of Tampa,
Florida after living in Fort Lauderdale for a number of years.

Obviously I moved here to enjoy my lake and so I was wondering,
outside of doing a general search on "buying a boat" or on "bass
fishing" or "lakeside boating", is there a place online -- or an
offline book or course -- where I can go to learn about what to look
for when buying a boat, and maybe even more important... what to look
out for!

I'd like to figure out what I need and what to avoid, so when I either
look in the paper or go to a dealer, I'll have some kind of knowledge
base to start with.

I have 3 kids so I'm looking for a fish and ski boat. One that can
tow the kids on 2 tubes at once, or one that can pull one of us on
water skis, and of course, one that will be relatively easy to
operate.

Like most people, I want to spend my time "fishing", not "operating
the boat".

Used boat is better so I can make all my mistakes and learn the first
time around, so if there are used boat "musts", I'd love to hear about
them.

It's HIGHLY unlikely the boat will ever leave the lake to go into the
ocean.

Thanks a bunch in advance, I appreciate your time.

Craig Garber
http://www.kingofcopy.com