Dirty Duck Boat Rentals/Gas Dock/Marina Osage Beach, Mo — Attraction in Osage Beach

Had a great boating experience with the family. I would definitely recommend dirty duck for a budget friendly boating experience. The place is called "dirty duck", so that should help set some expectations. We rented a 90hp tritoon, which was 19 years old, had some tears in the seats, a few wear spots on the carpets, but overall the boat functioned fine. The life jackets are older and worn, but they work. The radio worked, but we couldn't get hooked up to the bluetooth. We rented in the offseason in late September and we got a full day tritoon for about half the price many other places were quoting. We didn't want or need a brand new boat, and wanted to spend as little money as possible and dirty duck fulfilled those requirements. Some other helpful information that I couldn't find on their website: 90hp tritoon maxed out at 14 mph on the water with 4 adults and 6 children. This was fine for us, we weren't passing anyone on the lake, but I also didn't feel like we were going to get run over. Not sure how it would do pulling a tube, you might need a little more juice. The anchor is only 25' long which means you have to be in fairly shallow water (less than 10') to actually drop the anchor and have it hold. The area you are required to stay in is somewhere between mile marker 10 and 26, and then a few miles south of the rental place. This may change, but I couldn't find it on the website. They gave us a map with the limits of where you could go when we go there. You get a discount on the rental if you pay in cash. You then just need a credit card for the damage deposit.

Overall I felt like they met my expectations based on the...

Very disappointed. While the boat was nice, the speakers didn't work. They didn't offer any solution, a different boat, free gas, a portable speaker, or anything. Considering we were renting specifically for a bachelorette party and hanging out on the boat all day, it was extremely disappointing to hear "you're renting the boat, not the speakers" when trying to figure out what to do. I specifically wouldn't recommend for that reason. Considering a boat rental is an experience in itself, it would have been nice if they offered a different boat or god forbid called ahead of time to let us know so we could have brought one!!!! Will NOT recommend to anyone who visits! Truly really sad that they didn't even seem slightly inconvenienced or an apology or anything!

I'm not sure how to respond to the comment. When we got onto to the boat, we immediately tried getting the speakers working. The girl who helped us on is the one who said the front desk would say that we rented the boat and not the speakers and shrugged. I agree that it would have been nice if someone else was notified that could have helped us, rather than us having to call around about purchasing a speaker and spending $150 so that we could have some music. Especially considering the man helping us off the boat sounded like he may have been able to fix it, maybe that is you. I appreciate the response back, but in the heat of the moment we definitely were all very frustrated for the first hour/hour and a half of our trip because of the way we were "helped" onto the boat. It sounds like that is on the girl who helped us in the...

A more appropriate response would have been to tell me that each person of your staff...especially those escorting 1st timers to rented boats... has taken, or is going to be required to take, the same training you require of the people renting from Dirty Duck.. MO State Boating course for those born after 1984. This isn't like serving appetizers...training should be mandatory to explain the required elements and where they are located on the vessel. Water safety is serious. Good to know the timing of my review was more important than the steps being taking to get training inline with staff roles on the dock.. might want to implement a check list. Coming from a recent boat rental in Ft Myers.. and having owned a boat for 20yrs...Dirty Duck had easy check in. Clean boat. But the staff, regardless of age, needs to be educated in what every boat needs to have...or tickets can be issued to the Operator.. #1 Life Jackets - She rolled her eyes and said she was 98% sure we had 12 jackets. Rule #1 Life Jackets...Im sorry but jackets need to be counted for # of people on the boat before it leaves the dock. No flag provided. Wistle n throwing device were visible. While I should have looked, but didn't, a fire extinguisher and 1st aid kit should have been identified. Instead, the conversation included take picture of the prop and don't use the trim. BE SURE TO TAKE a picture of the prop. It was horribly dinged and dented. Pretty sure if i hadn't taken a picture, I would've been asked...