Houseboat vacation

Steve, yes, Lanier does have houseboat rentals.
I know Lake Lanier Islands rents them. Probably some of the larger marinas also. Some of the larger marinas are: Holiday, Port Royale, Auqualand, Gainesville, and more. You may want to do a google search for houseboat rentals.
Plenty of CCfans around here to crash the party too
More than happy to give you some helpful information about Lanier. It is a beautiful lake.

Steve, the south end of Lanier is where most of the attractions are. Lake Lanier Islands offers a lot. Sunset Cove has a beach and water park, restuarants and a nice beach to pull the boats up to. Try to catch a week with a full moon. Sunset Cove has a "Full Moon Party" in the cove and on the beach. Also shoot fireworks on these occasions.
Lanier is busy on the weekends, especially on holiday weekends, with many large cruisers and houseboats running around. However, the lake has many good skiing coves...especially during the week.

Try renting a house in the Adirondacks(NY), in July. It's a trip but worth it, senic mountain lakes that are clean and uncrowded. I have been to Lake Cumberland, it's ok but doesn't compare to the above region as it is a reservoir, Adirondack lakes have sand and granite bottoms with clear water. Adirondackbyowner.com for the house. We went to Schroon lake this past Summer and had a great trip, if interested pm me. I have no commercial interest there, just happy boating with terrific views.

jimsport93 wrote: Plenty of CCfans around here to crash the party too

+2 on that. Yep, now how cool would that be to have a houseboat on Lanier with it's own support fleet comprised of Correct Crafts from several decades! Way Cool!

Waterdog wrote: Steve, Google Dale Hollow Lake. It's on the Ky/Tn boarder about 2-3 hours east of Lk Cumberland over 600 mi of shore line NO houses, deep clean water. We have been there several times and its about time to go again. The big boats have 6 queen size beds. Its a days drive for me or you and well worth it. Do the 4 day 3 nite trip, with the week long trip you fill the septic tank, run out of ice ... Man its fun. Heck sign us up !!!

I agree on mostly everything, except that it's 2-3 hours east of Cumberland. It's only about an hour away, and it's pretty much directly south of it. The houseboat is definitely a good time if you have a compatible group to go with. There are plenty of coves at Dale Hollow to just beach your houseboat in and you're all set. The water is deep, clean, and very warm.

I've done the houseboat thing 5 times, and camped there more than 25 times. Never had a bad experience. Let me know if you want any other info, I'd be glad to help out.

Don't know if you can get a house boat but lake Jocasse is a dream come true. Beautiful mountain lake decent size fairly remote though.

@Jake, Jocasee is awesome. We've camped there 2 years in a row now and enjoyed it each time, but no houseboats there and we've pretty much seen the whole lake and I'm getting tired of tent camping. Remote primitive tent camping out of a Nautique is not easy especially with young kids.

@Donald, I knew I could count on you. BTW, Jody's flywheel showed up today and it looks like it'll be the perfect solution to what I had. Looks like it'd be every bit as good as a brand spankin new one at 1/3 or better of the price. Thanks for the suggestion.

@group. Thanks for all of the input. Dale hollow looks like a really good option based on distance, houseboat rental rates, scenery etc. It's far from a done deal, but definitely something I want to get on the books right away. The rates at all of these places seems pretty high. Yes, some of these boats will sleep 3 families and the rate isn't outrageous split 3 ways, but I'm not sure I want to spend a week with more than 1 other family.

We did Center Hill lake in Tennessee. 80' houseboat with three families. Very quiet, but lots of fun.