Contrary to popular belief, boats are actually much safer than cars, which inexplicably sink every time you drive them on water. Take a proper water road ride with today’s Groupon: for $1,784, you get an unlimited weekday Gold membership to Prescott Boat Club in Prescott (a $3,569.06 value, including tax and one-time lifetime-membership fee). This membership is not valid on weekday holidays.

Membership in Prescott Boat Club lets landlubbers cruise the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers at their leisure, without purchasing a boat or dealing with maritime maintenance. Choosing from a selection of vessels in the club's floatable fleet, weekday Gold members can set sail five days a week, exploring in tri-toons and runabouts. Options include the Crownline 210LS RunAbout, a powerful skier-pulling machine, which comfortably seats 9 awestruck onlookers. The Premier 231 Alante accommodates up to 14 lovers of leisurely water jaunts or 13 buoys dressed up as people to keep lonely captains company.

Members also have access to Prescott Boat Club's toy box of water-dependent playthings, including wakeboards, combo and competition slalom skis, kneeboards, tubes, and more. Boats come equipped with Coast Guard-required safety equipment, and excursionists may take their pick of life jackets in a multitude of sizes and sea-life-attracting sequins. Membership includes a boating safety course and boating instruction, as well as privileges at Prescott Boat Club's sister locations in Florida, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.