cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:34:38 -0400, Gene
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....

Others have pointed out the reality of increased operating
expenses.... what do you get for your money? Redundancy and the
increased likeliness that you'll get back to the dock under your own
power.....

And of course when you're operating offshore or on other exposed
water, engine reliability is not just a matter of convenience, there's
also a big safety factor.

cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

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Harry is just too damned stupid and narcissistic to realize that not
everyone wants just what he has, and that because some people have
the money, and the desire to do things other than what Harry does,
that doesn't mean they are fools. One of my hobbies is brewing beer,
for instance. Harry doesn't have the smarts or the will to get off
of his fat ass to do so, so he makes fun of zymurgy.
Bull*hit!
You cook up batches of 'shine' and grow that 'Georgia Special' crop
out back.
Unlike Loogy, I'm not what you would call a "drinker." A few beers, a
few "girlie drinks" (margaritas, for example) a year, and that's it
for me. I do make one hell of a homemade lemonade or limeade,
though... :)

Can you imagine how awful anything Loogy brews up has to be, and how
dangerous it would be to drink it?

Blech.


I can visualize him swillin' from a 2 gallon jug..... you know, the
kind with the finger hole at the top and you throw over your shoulder
to support while the white lightnin' flows out. I wouldn't take a
chance on his 'home brewing'.
You "visualize" more than a sane adult should. Get in your Rav4 and go
for a ride. There is life outside of Usenet, dummy!
Mmmm yeah, maybe I'll trip on down to Pompano Beach, FL
I imagine it's a lovely place this time of year.

I wouldn't go there alone... :)


--
Maybe someone can lend me a shootin' iron.
I hear the locals are darn nasty in those parts....must be too much sun, or
too much swamp water.




Atlanta is sorta like the wild west, but a lot hotter, and with fewer
memorable characters. The big issue in the upcoming municipal elections
there is...crime. Loogy must prowl the streets at night.


Got back from a day of boating on the Patuxent River and environs.
Lovely day, most of it. We were down near its mouth of the Pax when a
fairly nasty thunderstorm popped up, complete with a bit of hail. Just
after it started, we ducked under a highway bridge for about 15 minutes,
and when the storm passed we headed back north to a boat ramp at a
little area called Hallowing Point just south of Benedict Bridge.

About 6.5 hours of cruising around, burned about 13 gallons of gas. I
hear it takes that much gas just to get triple eTecs started.

:)







--
Whatever moral rules you have proposed, abide by them as they were laws,
and as if you would be guilty of impiety by violating any of them,
*unless* you are a conservative Republican office holder or minister. If
that is your position in life, then anything goes.

cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

H the K wrote:
Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
Don White wrote:
"D" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"NotNow" wrote in message
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Harry is just too damned stupid and narcissistic to realize
that not everyone wants just what he has, and that because some
people have the money, and the desire to do things other than
what Harry does, that doesn't mean they are fools. One of my
hobbies is brewing beer, for instance. Harry doesn't have the
smarts or the will to get off of his fat ass to do so, so he
makes fun of zymurgy.
Bull*hit!
You cook up batches of 'shine' and grow that 'Georgia Special'
crop out back.
Unlike Loogy, I'm not what you would call a "drinker." A few
beers, a few "girlie drinks" (margaritas, for example) a year,
and that's it for me. I do make one hell of a homemade lemonade
or limeade, though... :)

Can you imagine how awful anything Loogy brews up has to be, and
how dangerous it would be to drink it?

Blech.


I can visualize him swillin' from a 2 gallon jug..... you know,
the kind with the finger hole at the top and you throw over your
shoulder to support while the white lightnin' flows out. I
wouldn't take a chance on his 'home brewing'.
You "visualize" more than a sane adult should. Get in your Rav4
and go for a ride. There is life outside of Usenet, dummy!
Mmmm yeah, maybe I'll trip on down to Pompano Beach, FL
I imagine it's a lovely place this time of year.

I wouldn't go there alone... :)


--
Maybe someone can lend me a shootin' iron.
I hear the locals are darn nasty in those parts....must be too much
sun, or too much swamp water.



Atlanta is sorta like the wild west, but a lot hotter, and with fewer
memorable characters. The big issue in the upcoming municipal elections
there is...crime. Loogy must prowl the streets at night.


Got back from a day of boating on the Patuxent River and environs.
Lovely day, most of it. We were down near its mouth of the Pax when a
fairly nasty thunderstorm popped up, complete with a bit of hail. Just
after it started, we ducked under a highway bridge for about 15 minutes,
and when the storm passed we headed back north to a boat ramp at a
little area called Hallowing Point just south of Benedict Bridge.

About 6.5 hours of cruising around, burned about 13 gallons of gas. I
hear it takes that much gas just to get triple eTecs started.

:)








Forgot to mention that Benedict was where the Brits landed in 1814,
making it the only place after the Revolutionary war to have been
invaded by troops from a foreign country. Or so one of the signs there
says, among other things. Even has a sentence or two in wikipedia:

War of 1812

In the War of 1812, Benedict was the location where the British Army led
by General Robert Ross landed on August 14, 1814, after having fought
fierce naval battles with American naval forces in the Patuxent. From
Benedict, the British began their march to Washington, D.C., ultimately
burning that city before finally being stopped in the Battle of Baltimore.




--
Whatever moral rules you have proposed, abide by them as they were laws,
and as if you would be guilty of impiety by violating any of them,
*unless* you are a conservative Republican office holder or minister. If
that is your position in life, then anything goes.

cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

Don White wrote:
"D" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"NotNow" wrote in message
...
Harry is just too damned stupid and narcissistic to realize that not
everyone wants just what he has, and that because some people have the
money, and the desire to do things other than what Harry does, that
doesn't mean they are fools. One of my hobbies is brewing beer, for
instance. Harry doesn't have the smarts or the will to get off of his
fat ass to do so, so he makes fun of zymurgy.
Bull*hit!
You cook up batches of 'shine' and grow that 'Georgia Special' crop out
back.
Unlike Loogy, I'm not what you would call a "drinker." A few beers, a
few "girlie drinks" (margaritas, for example) a year, and that's it for
me. I do make one hell of a homemade lemonade or limeade, though... :)

Can you imagine how awful anything Loogy brews up has to be, and how
dangerous it would be to drink it?

Blech.



I can visualize him swillin' from a 2 gallon jug..... you know, the kind
with the finger hole at the top and you throw over your shoulder to
support while the white lightnin' flows out. I wouldn't take a chance
on his 'home brewing'.
You "visualize" more than a sane adult should. Get in your Rav4 and go
for a ride. There is life outside of Usenet, dummy!

Mmmm yeah, maybe I'll trip on down to Pompano Beach, FL
I imagine it's a lovely place this time of year.



Pompano Beach? All the Canadian geezers hang out in Naples. You have
to have some real money to stay there, dummy.

cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
Don White wrote:
"D" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"NotNow" wrote in message
...
Harry is just too damned stupid and narcissistic to realize that not
everyone wants just what he has, and that because some people have
the money, and the desire to do things other than what Harry does,
that doesn't mean they are fools. One of my hobbies is brewing beer,
for instance. Harry doesn't have the smarts or the will to get off
of his fat ass to do so, so he makes fun of zymurgy.
Bull*hit!
You cook up batches of 'shine' and grow that 'Georgia Special' crop
out back.
Unlike Loogy, I'm not what you would call a "drinker." A few beers, a
few "girlie drinks" (margaritas, for example) a year, and that's it
for me. I do make one hell of a homemade lemonade or limeade,
though... :)

Can you imagine how awful anything Loogy brews up has to be, and how
dangerous it would be to drink it?

Blech.


I can visualize him swillin' from a 2 gallon jug..... you know, the
kind with the finger hole at the top and you throw over your shoulder
to support while the white lightnin' flows out. I wouldn't take a
chance on his 'home brewing'.
You "visualize" more than a sane adult should. Get in your Rav4 and go
for a ride. There is life outside of Usenet, dummy!
Mmmm yeah, maybe I'll trip on down to Pompano Beach, FL
I imagine it's a lovely place this time of year.

I wouldn't go there alone... :)


--
Maybe someone can lend me a shootin' iron.
I hear the locals are darn nasty in those parts....must be too much sun, or
too much swamp water.



Have your buddy jps mail you one, SFB. You will need it in that town.

cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

"H the K" wrote in message
...
H the K wrote:
Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
Don White wrote:
"D" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"NotNow" wrote in message
...
Harry is just too damned stupid and narcissistic to realize that
not everyone wants just what he has, and that because some people
have the money, and the desire to do things other than what Harry
does, that doesn't mean they are fools. One of my hobbies is
brewing beer, for instance. Harry doesn't have the smarts or the
will to get off of his fat ass to do so, so he makes fun of
zymurgy.
Bull*hit!
You cook up batches of 'shine' and grow that 'Georgia Special'
crop out back.
Unlike Loogy, I'm not what you would call a "drinker." A few beers,
a few "girlie drinks" (margaritas, for example) a year, and that's
it for me. I do make one hell of a homemade lemonade or limeade,
though... :)

Can you imagine how awful anything Loogy brews up has to be, and
how dangerous it would be to drink it?

Blech.


I can visualize him swillin' from a 2 gallon jug..... you know, the
kind with the finger hole at the top and you throw over your
shoulder to support while the white lightnin' flows out. I
wouldn't take a chance on his 'home brewing'.
You "visualize" more than a sane adult should. Get in your Rav4 and
go for a ride. There is life outside of Usenet, dummy!
Mmmm yeah, maybe I'll trip on down to Pompano Beach, FL
I imagine it's a lovely place this time of year.

I wouldn't go there alone... :)


--
Maybe someone can lend me a shootin' iron.
I hear the locals are darn nasty in those parts....must be too much sun,
or too much swamp water.



Atlanta is sorta like the wild west, but a lot hotter, and with fewer
memorable characters. The big issue in the upcoming municipal elections
there is...crime. Loogy must prowl the streets at night.


Got back from a day of boating on the Patuxent River and environs. Lovely
day, most of it. We were down near its mouth of the Pax when a fairly
nasty thunderstorm popped up, complete with a bit of hail. Just after it
started, we ducked under a highway bridge for about 15 minutes, and when
the storm passed we headed back north to a boat ramp at a little area
called Hallowing Point just south of Benedict Bridge.

About 6.5 hours of cruising around, burned about 13 gallons of gas. I
hear it takes that much gas just to get triple eTecs started.

:)








Forgot to mention that Benedict was where the Brits landed in 1814, making
it the only place after the Revolutionary war to have been invaded by
troops from a foreign country. Or so one of the signs there says, among
other things. Even has a sentence or two in wikipedia:

War of 1812

In the War of 1812, Benedict was the location where the British Army led
by General Robert Ross landed on August 14, 1814, after having fought
fierce naval battles with American naval forces in the Patuxent. From
Benedict, the British began their march to Washington, D.C., ultimately
burning that city before finally being stopped in the Battle of Baltimore.



I believe that British Fleet and General Ross sailed from Halifax to begin
that campaign.
The results of that Washington burning...has some bragging that it is the
oldest occuopied 'executive mansion' in North America.
http://lt.gov.ns.ca/en/government-house.aspx

....and an interesting story of how the former Governer of New Hampshire
trippled Nova Scotia's population and built the Lt. Governors House..
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScot...Part4/Ch06.htm

cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
...
H the K wrote:
Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
Don White wrote:
"D" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
"NotNow" wrote in message
...
Harry is just too damned stupid and narcissistic to realize that
not everyone wants just what he has, and that because some people
have the money, and the desire to do things other than what Harry
does, that doesn't mean they are fools. One of my hobbies is
brewing beer, for instance. Harry doesn't have the smarts or the
will to get off of his fat ass to do so, so he makes fun of
zymurgy.
Bull*hit!
You cook up batches of 'shine' and grow that 'Georgia Special'
crop out back.
Unlike Loogy, I'm not what you would call a "drinker." A few beers,
a few "girlie drinks" (margaritas, for example) a year, and that's
it for me. I do make one hell of a homemade lemonade or limeade,
though... :)

Can you imagine how awful anything Loogy brews up has to be, and
how dangerous it would be to drink it?

Blech.


I can visualize him swillin' from a 2 gallon jug..... you know, the
kind with the finger hole at the top and you throw over your
shoulder to support while the white lightnin' flows out. I
wouldn't take a chance on his 'home brewing'.
You "visualize" more than a sane adult should. Get in your Rav4 and
go for a ride. There is life outside of Usenet, dummy!
Mmmm yeah, maybe I'll trip on down to Pompano Beach, FL
I imagine it's a lovely place this time of year.
I wouldn't go there alone... :)


--
Maybe someone can lend me a shootin' iron.
I hear the locals are darn nasty in those parts....must be too much sun,
or too much swamp water.


Atlanta is sorta like the wild west, but a lot hotter, and with fewer
memorable characters. The big issue in the upcoming municipal elections
there is...crime. Loogy must prowl the streets at night.


Got back from a day of boating on the Patuxent River and environs. Lovely
day, most of it. We were down near its mouth of the Pax when a fairly
nasty thunderstorm popped up, complete with a bit of hail. Just after it
started, we ducked under a highway bridge for about 15 minutes, and when
the storm passed we headed back north to a boat ramp at a little area
called Hallowing Point just south of Benedict Bridge.

About 6.5 hours of cruising around, burned about 13 gallons of gas. I
hear it takes that much gas just to get triple eTecs started.

:)







Forgot to mention that Benedict was where the Brits landed in 1814, making
it the only place after the Revolutionary war to have been invaded by
troops from a foreign country. Or so one of the signs there says, among
other things. Even has a sentence or two in wikipedia:

War of 1812

In the War of 1812, Benedict was the location where the British Army led
by General Robert Ross landed on August 14, 1814, after having fought
fierce naval battles with American naval forces in the Patuxent. From
Benedict, the British began their march to Washington, D.C., ultimately
burning that city before finally being stopped in the Battle of Baltimore.



I believe that British Fleet and General Ross sailed from Halifax to begin
that campaign.
The results of that Washington burning...has some bragging that it is the
oldest occuopied 'executive mansion' in North America.
http://lt.gov.ns.ca/en/government-house.aspx

...and an interesting story of how the former Governer of New Hampshire
trippled Nova Scotia's population and built the Lt. Governors House..
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScot...Part4/Ch06.htm




Not much to Benedict these days, if there ever was. Used to be a decent
restaurant in Benedict proper, but I think it was "hurricaned-out" a
couple of years ago. Now, there's just a joint sort of restaurant remaining.

Boatyard or two, with a couple of marinas. Beyond quaint.



--
Whatever moral rules you have proposed, abide by them as they were laws,
and as if you would be guilty of impiety by violating any of them,
*unless* you are a conservative Republican office holder or minister. If
that is your position in life, then anything goes.

cost of running a single vs double engine boat
 

cost of running a single vs double engine boat