cost of running a single vs double engine boat
On Jul 25, 12:39*pm, H the K wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Jul 25, 11:55 am, H the K wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:38:03 -0400, H the K
wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:19:25 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:
any idea of the cost of ownership of a single vs double engine boat?
total maintenance, gas consumption? benefits or penalties?
THanks all....
Good question. There are safety aspects to twin ownership - mainly
having a spare engine available in particular if you are planning on
running any distance off shore. I think you were looking at a boat in
the Long Island area if I recall. *That part of the world, twins if
you are getting offshore a little ways.
With respect to costs, well two times everything in terms of
maintenance. *I've got triple ETECS, three times everything in terms
of costs. *Only makes sense.
Complexity? Not really - seperate engines are generally seperate
systems with the exception of the electrical stuff - that can get
complicated with more than one engine depending on how the boat is
wired, but usually seperate systems.
It's a trade off in a number of areas - safety, convienence,
speed/weight ratios, etc. *One more of anything is going to cost you
additional money.
Triple eTecs...to assure one will be running when it is time to head for
port.
Yep.
Then again, I can afford to run mine more than 25 hours a summer and
not have to worry about paying my loan payment on a over priced 21'
center console with a bimini top.
A. I'm well over the 100 hour mark for this season.
B. Sorry, I don't "finance" boat purchases. My last Parker had no load,
and I used some of the proceeds from the sale of that one to pay cash
for the current Parker.
C. Speaking of overpriced center consoles, consider a 33-footer that
needs THREE 200+ outboards. It's too big to be a trailer boat, unless
you are crazy, and it sure as hell ain't a flats boat. For what you paid
for that gashog you could have bought a really nice diesel-powered boat.
|