Adventure Boat Share

Adventure Boat Share operates from a location on Ball Park Road in Leesburg, close to the Venetian Gardens area on Lake Harris where several of the city’s boating businesses cluster around public and private launch points into the Harris Chain of Lakes. Rather than a traditional hourly rental operation, Adventure Boat Share runs on a membership model, closer to how some cities handle car sharing than how most people think of boat rental. Members pay a one time initiation fee plus ongoing monthly dues in exchange for what the company describes as unlimited access to its fleet from sunrise to sunset, a structure aimed at people who want to boat regularly enough that ownership, with its maintenance, storage, and depreciation costs, does not make financial sense, but who also do not want the friction of booking and paying for a separate rental every time they want to get on the water.

The fleet spans several boat types, pontoons and deck boats for casual cruising and entertaining, center consoles and bass boats for anglers, and sailboats for members interested in a different style of boating altogether, giving members meaningful variety rather than access to a single boat type. New members go through a one on one boating safety tutorial and marina orientation before heading out on their own, a sensible onboarding step for a business handing members the keys to boats they may not have operated before. Access is not limited to Leesburg either; the company markets locations across the Harris Chain of Lakes as well as the Saint Johns River, Crystal River, and Lake Griffin, meaning a Leesburg based membership can translate into boating access well beyond the immediate area, a notable perk for members who travel around Central Florida.

One detail that sets Adventure Boat Share apart from a simple rental club is its stated boat purchase guarantee: initiation fees paid can reportedly be applied toward the purchase of a boat at Holiday Marine within a member’s first year, effectively letting new members try the boat share model before committing to buying, without losing the money they put in if they decide ownership is the better fit after all.

The business maintains active Facebook and YouTube accounts under the Adventure Boat Share name and lists a direct contact email, both useful for prospective members who want to see the fleet or watch a walkthrough of what a membership actually includes before signing up. According to the company’s own materials, it has been operating for roughly seven years, putting its founding around 2019, a reasonably established track record for a boat sharing model that remains less common in Florida than straightforward hourly rentals.