WATERCRAFT RENTALS

at SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE

• Bayside Marina & Yacht Club: 500 Shoreline Circle, Moneta, 540-721-3664, baysidemarinasml.com

• Bridgewater Marina Boat Rentals: 16410 Booker T. Washington Highway, Moneta, 540-721-1639, bwmarina.com

• Bernard’s Boat Rentals: 775 Ashmead Road, Moneta, 540-721-7800, bwmarina. com/locations/bernards-boat-rentals

• Captain’s Quarters: 16525 Booker T. Washington Highway, Moneta, 540-7211175, smithmountainlakeboats.com

• Crazy Horse Boat rentals: 400 Crazy Horse Drive, Moneta, 540-721-1639, bwmarina.com/locations/crazy-horseboat-rentals

• Gill’s Creek Marina & Lodge: 790 Fox Chase Road, Wirtz, 540-721-2451, gillscreekmarina.com

• Halesford Harbour Inn & Marina: 1336 Campers Paradise Trail, Moneta, 540-2971500 (option 3), halesfordharbour.com/ boat-rentals

• Mariner's Landing Boat Rentals: 1217 Graves Harbor Trail, Huddleston, 540297-3642, bwmarina.com/locations/ mariners-landing-boat-rentals

• Parrot Cove Boat Rentals: 16441 Booker T Washington Highway, Moneta, 540-592-4411, parrotcove.com

• Parkway Marina Boat Rentals: 16918 Smith Mountain Lake Parkway, Huddleston, 540-297-4412, parkwaymarina.com/boat-rentals.html

• smith Mountain Boat rentals: 1235 State Park Road, Huddleston, 540-2973642, smithmountainboatrentals.com

• s ML Boat rentals: 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston, 540-484-3980, mitchellspoint.com

• s ML premiere Boats: Moneta-based delivery service, 540-488-4079, smlpremierboats.com

• state park Boat rentals: 1235 State Park Road, Huddleston, 540-297-3642, bwmarina.com/locations/smith-mountainlake-state-park-boat-rentals

• the Dock at s ML: 188 Locust Lane, Penhook, 540-565-0222, smldock.com

• westlake Boat rentals: 2050 Morewood Road, Hardy, 540-721-1159, westlakeboatrentals.com

“Stupid regular repair regimen when he started looking around for boat jacks. someone suggested David oliver, so he headed to parrot cove.

“[oliver] said, ‘you know anybody looking for a houseboat?’ i told him not really but if i heard of someone i’d let him know,” amrhein remembered. They repeated the process when he returned the jacks, with one crucial difference in the interaction. amrhein ticked off a long list that has kept him occupied for much of the last five years since he bought the vessel they would christen get nauti.

“stupid me, i looked at this boat and fell in love with it,” he said.

The port windows captured his imagination, and its vintage 1970s style was something both he and spaid love. still, he had to talk his wife into it. The one they had was fine, she told him. But at 24-foot long by 8-foot wide, it was also significantly smaller than the 45-by-15 one docked at parrot cove. They were sleeping on a fold-out couch, because the only beds were bunks in the back, he said. oliver’s boat had a full bedroom.

Finally, he persuaded her to look and talked her into going along with the purchase. Then the fun began.

“i didn’t think that the work it needed was going to be so extensive,” he said.

Both engines were locked up, with water in them and resulting stalactites. he had to take off the carburetors. he pulled the generator, along with both engines. he rebuilt the transmission. “Basically everything you see on the inside has been ripped

Amrhein has put extensive work into remodeling the Get n auti.