have been a boater my entire life (my dad was / remains an avid fisherman) and the last 20-ish years have included a huge investment in my time and money in boating / fishing that has returned at least an equivalent amount of joy to me an my family.
boating is the single biggest reason that i have never tracked my own car.
edit: and the single biggest reason i dont own a bigger boat is my love of bimmers.
my current sled.