l live in Chicago and want a pontoon boat ( l would look at others too).But, l dont wanna buy becasue it is only warm 3 months out of the year.Wouldnt be worth the cost of having to keep it all year.l wanna long term rent or lease a boat for 3 months and then return.l looked all over the internet and found nothing............Does anybody have leads or ideas.

Michelle, the economics of ur situation r that it is going to cost u less to own than to lease. A lessee will have the same expenses & dead time that an owner will have, plus no return on investment for 9 months, so the price to rent will have to compensate them for the dead time.

It may be that no one in the area there will lease pontoon boats, as they can own them further south & rent them out, instead of wintering them in snowy Chicago.

Pontoon boat for Lake Michigan? l hope that u want to go boating somewhere else. l would not do it on Lake Michigan. Too much water for a pontoon boat. They r not good in waves.

Regards,
Dan

No money in 3 months lease> Boats rent per day>Or weeks>

Here in Minnesota they have boat clubs, where a number of people buy a number of boats and they can use them a set number of days per year. You might have access to a pontoon, a ski boat, a sailboat, and/or a PWC. Check into it at one of the local marinas. l will search the net and see what l can find.

Good luck and have fun.