Not hoping to get rich, but to get away from the computer screen I've been sitting in front of for too many years. My goal for getting rich is my wife. (I only need to convince her of this plan.) Where I live, La Crosse Wi on the Mississippi River, I think that canoeing would be more viable. Lots of smaller rivers that are great for canoeing. Not having kayaked before, I am hoping that a kayak will work well on the Missippi. Quite a bit of open water, back water, and lots of islands for camping on. If kayaks did work good in this type of water, I could see the potential for there use here. I think that if a person were boating for a living, vacations time would probably shift to other things. Hopefully I'll find some time this summer to built a kayak or two and see how they work. If I like them and like building them, I may look into something like this in the future.

Tom Jab

> Actually, it might not work that badly. Tour all season, and then build
> boats in the off-season. While you're touring, you'd be able to keep an
> eye on all the boats. (I think I'd shy away from renting really nice
> boats) You wouldn't be able to take any "vacations" during tour
> season. Tour operators pretty much have to run full trips during the
> entire season to have enough money to tide them over during the
> off-season, but being able to sell a few boats would also help keep food
> on the table. I doubt you could get rich doing this, but if it was a life
> you really wanted, you could probably make it work. (You would have to be
> stationed as to give tours in "desirable areas" such as
> Vancouver, Seattle, San Diego/Baja, or possibly the Northeast Coast)

> Then again, maybe I've been sitting in front of a bright computer screen
> too long! Shawn