Take a quick sunrise or sunset cruise to enjoy some precious moments together with your loved ones. It’s a wonderful way to start the morning or wrap up a busy day. Once school is back in session, schedules are more hectic, and you’ll look back and be grateful for these moments on the water together. Of course, make sure you have the proper equipment and lights on your boat if you’ll be boating at dark. (Check out this video for some rad technology to help you navigate at night.)

Try sport fishing and use your fresh catch to create a delicious dinner. Need more fishing tips? Hear from Captain Paul Gage and Anthony Armao to get hot tips about coastal fishing from Clearwater, FL to The Bahamas.

Take a new route or explore something new. Whether it’s a restaurant you’ve been dying to try or an undiscovered sand bar. Hear tips from the pros on plotting your boating route to take summer adventures to new destinations.

Grab your charcuterie board and significant other and enjoy a romantic experience, just the two of you, out on the water. Try these 25 EASY Boat Snacks to Try This Summer.

A poker run is an event where participants, using their boats, visit anywhere from 5 to 7 locations and draw a playing card at each one. The point is for each team to get the best poker hand by the time they are done. Grab your boating friends and organize one yourself for one last big summer hurrah. Or, keep an eye on our MarineMax events and join our next poker run!

Perhaps the biggest boating bucket list item of them all is the Great Loop! The American Great Loop is a 6,000-mile circumnavigation of the eastern United States that stretches from Canada to Florida. Though it can be completed in as little as two months, many “Loopers” take about a year on the voyage. Experienced loopers recommend boaters plan their Northern legs in the summer months. Some boaters take the loop in segments, doing one stretch before spending time at home, and returning for another section when time allows.