Newer Nautique or Pool

[madcityskier]

How are you gonna ski in a pool? Going on the boat is better, besides don't the parents want to use the pools they have to make the grandkids want to visit them. Don't be selfish and ruin it for them. In fact with a nice big v drive you could bring all if them along too. Do the selfless family oriented thing and get a SAN 210 or bigger. And amps and speakers so those old people will be able to hear their Lawrence Welk and Tito Puente while they're on their boards and skis.

[TxHr]

All seriousness aside... Our last house had a pool and it was used very infrequently. We have two small kids and I was always concerned for their safety and we had a gate/fence. The pool was more of a liability than an asset. We spend our family time at the lake and our backyard in our new home has just enough space for a kids playhouse and a trampoline. With a pool, we would have neither of these toys for our kids.

[Mikeski]

I have a 2005 SV211 and a 2007 gunite pool with raised rock wall and waterfalls (no built in hot tub), both were purchased new.

I am going to go against the grain and recommend you keep your existing boat and install the pool your wife wants. My pool cost over $50k by the time I finished the solar heater and textured colored concrete surfaces surrounding it. The solar heater was key to me using the pool but still I don't use it as much as I use the boat. In Texas you may be able to get the pool done for $30-40k since you are not paying the California premium constructions costs I suffer. If I did it again I might consider including the built in hot tub, maybe. It adds another $10k by the time you add the extra plumbing and required heating system.

My backyard was ugly and uninviting before the pool was installed. Now it is an oasis outside my back door. I look at the pool almost everyday and it is refreshing to be this close to a body of water I can swim around in even if I go weeks without actually getting into the pool.

If I was in your position and made the decision not to install the pool my wife wanted it would have created a riff in my marriage. She grew up with a pool in her backyard as a kid and wanted to offer this same experience to our children. My twin boys are now over 3 years old and enjoy the pool very much. They also enjoy the boat (daddy-boat). I maintain my pool myself, it takes me about 20 minutes a week to add chemicals, give it a quick brushing, and empty the strainers in the cleaning systems. Once a year I clean my oversized filter cartridges, that takes the better part of an afternoon.

Since you have one on the way the pool is something you will have years to enjoy with your children assuming you don't move. When your child is a couple years old it will be easier to justify a boat upgrade.

[Mikeski]

I have a 2005 SV211 and a 2007 gunite pool with raised rock wall and waterfalls (no built in hot tub), both were purchased new.

I am going to go against the grain and recommend you keep your existing boat and install the pool your wife wants. My pool cost over $50k by the time I finished the solar heater and textured colored concrete surfaces surrounding it. The solar heater was key to me using the pool but still I don't use it as much as I use the boat. In Texas you may be able to get the pool done for $30-40k since you are not paying the California premium constructions costs I suffer. If I did it again I might consider including the built in hot tub, maybe. It adds another $10k by the time you add the extra plumbing and required heating system.

My backyard was ugly and uninviting before the pool was installed. Now it is an oasis outside my back door. I look at the pool almost everyday and it is refreshing to be this close to a body of water I can swim around in even if I go weeks without actually getting into the pool.

If I was in your position and made the decision not to install the pool my wife wanted it would have created a riff in my marriage. She grew up with a pool in her backyard as a kid and wanted to offer this same experience to our children. My twin boys are now over 3 years old and enjoy the pool very much. They also enjoy the boat (daddy-boat). I maintain my pool myself, it takes me about 20 minutes a week to add chemicals, give it a quick brushing, and empty the strainers in the cleaning systems. Once a year I clean my oversized filter cartridges, that takes the better part of an afternoon.

Since you have one on the way the pool is something you will have years to enjoy with your children assuming you don't move. When your child is a couple years old it will be easier to justify a boat upgrade.

[lucky7t]

I have had a pool most of my life. I have to say they are nice but a real pain in the rear sometimes. Recently we decided to upgrade our boat and the wife mentioned a pool instead. After a 25 second debate we bought a new boat instead. My opinion is this...
I already work to much at home in the yard. I am not going to spend my weekends cleaning a pool. Plus it's so hot here I don't think I would enjoy the pool. Last pool we had, I had to buy huge chunks of ice just to drop the temp a few degrees. The lake is much more fun for us. I'm glad we chose the boat, plus it gives our family away time that we need.

Just my 2 cents

[CradGen2]

Also you could upgrade the wife if she doesn't let you get a newer Nautique if that is what you want.

[east tx skier]

Pool or a pond? Pond would be good for you.

[scott resick]

HA! Classic~!

[obd666]

i must agree, 210 here you come !!! put in a pool and wifey has built in excuse to not drive tow boat

[AirTool]

Also you could upgrade the wife if she doesn't let you get a newer Nautique if that is what you want.

I thought it but didn't have the #%&^! to say it.

[mf01]

I have a 2005 SV211 and a 2007 gunite pool with raised rock wall and waterfalls (no built in hot tub), both were purchased new.

I am going to go against the grain and recommend you keep your existing boat and install the pool your wife wants. My pool cost over $50k by the time I finished the solar heater and textured colored concrete surfaces surrounding it. The solar heater was key to me using the pool but still I don't use it as much as I use the boat. In Texas you may be able to get the pool done for $30-40k since you are not paying the California premium constructions costs I suffer. If I did it again I might consider including the built in hot tub, maybe. It adds another $10k by the time you add the extra plumbing and required heating system.

My backyard was ugly and uninviting before the pool was installed. Now it is an oasis outside my back door. I look at the pool almost everyday and it is refreshing to be this close to a body of water I can swim around in even if I go weeks without actually getting into the pool.

If I was in your position and made the decision not to install the pool my wife wanted it would have created a riff in my marriage. She grew up with a pool in her backyard as a kid and wanted to offer this same experience to our children. My twin boys are now over 3 years old and enjoy the pool very much. They also enjoy the boat (daddy-boat). I maintain my pool myself, it takes me about 20 minutes a week to add chemicals, give it a quick brushing, and empty the strainers in the cleaning systems. Once a year I clean my oversized filter cartridges, that takes the better part of an afternoon.

Since you have one on the way the pool is something you will have years to enjoy with your children assuming you don't move. When your child is a couple years old it will be easier to justify a boat upgrade.

I estimate that it will cost $50-60k. I live in the Hill Country and the ground is rocky. I built my deck last year and hit rock at 2 inches.

[east tx skier]

I estimate that it will cost $50-60k. I live in the Hill Country and the ground is rocky. I built my deck last year and hit rock at 2 inches.

Yeah, my brother in law lives in New Braunfels and, suffice it to say, 2" before hitting rock is pretty good.

To the OP, how bad are the water restrictions in Central Texas right now? Will they let you fill a pool?

[scottb7]

I am thinking that you should guilt the wife into a new boat. Here is how. Sell current boat. Then get the pool she wants. Then later be real sad looking. But don't mention the boat at all on your own. Then if she asks you if you miss the boat. Just say, "I don't know. Well I guess now that you mention it, I really do." Ask her if maybe down the road if she would support another boat. . . .

[Gramps]

Get the pool......the family time at home will be just as rewarding as the time spent on the water. "A happy wife is a happy life" Our backyard and patio are an extension of the house, we are out back year around and BBQ all the time. If we aren't at the river we are in the pool or out back in some capacity.

[ers906]

If you get the pool and are thinking about using grass in the landscaping, get the new artificial grass. Looks almost real, saves a ton in maintenance and water costs. Plus then you do not have grass clippings in your pool after you mow the lawn. But I still think the boat is the way to go (as I head out to clean my pool that I go into once every 2 months)