Dockline Blog

When it comes to creating memories, there may be no venue greater than the water to help facilitate them, and no activity better than boating for capturing them. Boating allows us to interact with nature while quenching our abundantly human need for adventure. And as social creatures, it fulfills a need to connect with one another in meaningful ways.

Whether it’s the feeling of the wind in your hair as you speed your way across a placid lake, watching your kids get up on a wakeboard for the first time or slipping a net under your buddy’s first fish, memories like these have one thing in common. Boating. That’s what makes time on the water so special. A world of opportunity exists only when you motor away from land.

To celebrate the joys of sharing time on the water with friends, Mercury is excited to announce our second-annual Take a Friend Boating Weekend, from July 14-16.

This special weekend is a call to action to all boaters: Share the water with someone who otherwise might not have the opportunity to do so.

Teach them how to fish. Show them how to get up on a wakeboard. Take them to your favorite sandbar. Drop the anchor and spend the evening listening to the loons in a quiet cove. What you do really doesn’t matter as much as just getting out there and helping someone else create their first boating memory, or their latest. 

Don’t forget to snap a few photos to post on social media. Be sure to include #TakeAFriendBoating, and tag @MercuryMarine. We’ll share some of our favorite photos on our social media feeds to showcase the fun and excitement from the weekend.

So get started planning now. Call a friend. Message a buddy. Reach out to colleagues. Find someone new to introduce to one of your favorite pastimes, and you just might help them launch their own love of boating.