The 2009 boating season is upon us!

 Hello!

This is my favorite time of year - the northern lakes have finally thawed, and the boats are starting to make their way from winter storage back onto the water.

Even though we are all facing a difficult economy, it seems that people are still excited to return to the water and enjoy their favorite summer pasttime of boating.   Lower fuel prices are certainly a helpful factor, compared to summer 2008!  Used boat prices are at all time lows - making it a great time to get into boating, or to trade up to that next size cruiser. 

MREBoatTransport is ready to help you get that new purchase back to your home port, safely and economically.

My blogging hasn’t been good since redesigning this site last summer…it might appear that we aren’t moving many boats at all.   However, we have moved at least 20 cruisers nationwide, and countless short hauls around the Twin Cities and Great Lakes area since my last entry.   Our late fall and winter season were reasonably busy considering the bleak economy, including three roundtrips from Minnesota to Florida, with two side return trips over to the Texas gulf coast. 

To start out 2009 right- we compiled winter requests into a massive six boat, 10K mile roundtrip that criss-crossed the US starting out from Hastings, Minnesota to Port Huron, Michigan, then down to Chicago, Illinois to deliver to Ventura, California, then reloaded Dana Point, CA crossing the entire US, delivering at scenic Coultons Point, Maryland.  From there we dropped down to North Carolina and made a delivery to the Atlantic side of Florida, and wrapped up the trip after some diving in Key Largo with a boat back to the Mississippi River at our starting point - good old Hastings, Minnesota.

I’ll do my best this summer to get more pictures up, quicker, keeping things fresh and current here.  So many boats…so many miles…so little time.

Sincerely  -

Mark Rinker, Owner MREBoatTransport.com