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Earl[_2_] January 12th 12 12:30 AM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
Happy John wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:29:29 -0500, wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:35:58 -0500,
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:51:48 -0700,
wrote:

The cheapest way to own a boat is to use it a lot. Then your per hour
cost drops to a very low number.
Or rent it. Also saves patching up road chipping and the like. Better
gas millage too when getting there.

--
Most of the people I know would be thousands of dollars a year ahead
if they just rented a boat on the dozen days a year they actually go
out. By the time you amortize a $40,000 boat over the 40 or 50 times
they use it before it just rots on the lift and toss in the
maintenance headaches from stale gas and other things sitting around
unused causes, $150 an hour rental is a bargain. They usually end up
getting a few thousand on a trade in and start over, promising
themselves they will try to use the boat more next time.
We get out 3 times a week for a couple hours each and I figure boating
costs me less than $8-10 an hour, all costs including maintenance and
gas in the computation. Gas is the biggest part of that number and
when we go slow in manatee season or when my wife says it is cold
(below 80) that can get me closer to $6-7 an hour.
That's an interesting thought but I prefer to have my boat available
whenever I need it and I'm lucky enough to live in an area where I can
use it 300+ days a year!
The question is, will you?
I log about 300 hours a year so it is easy to justify owning a boat.
There are other people here who don't use 10% of that a year.

I boated over 400 hours last year - about 285 underway according to the
hour meters. Much of that was fishing and trolling - I have a
trailerable center console fishing boat.

Best way to go, in my opinion. I got my Key West 186 CC a couple years ago and love it!

I've seen a lot of them and they look like they are very well made! I
fished on a 268 (I think) that was a friend of a friend's boat and it
was very comfortable and had nice features.

Earl[_2_] January 12th 12 12:31 AM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:20:00 -0500, wrote:

That's an interesting thought but I prefer to have my boat available
whenever I need it and I'm lucky enough to live in an area where I can
use it 300+ days a year!

The question is, will you?
I log about 300 hours a year so it is easy to justify owning a boat.
There are other people here who don't use 10% of that a year.

===

We've logged about 3,000 hours on the trawler over 7 years, another
200+ on the runabout, and at least another several hundred on the
dinghies.

Someday I will have the time for that!

Tim January 12th 12 02:39 AM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
On Jan 11, 8:32*pm, wrote:
Wayne sails all over the western Atlantic and
Caribbean.
I envy that a bit myself but I don't have the "budget" *;-)



neither does he. He just doesn't know it...

?;^ )

JustWait January 12th 12 04:13 AM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
On 1/11/2012 9:39 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 11, 8:32 pm, wrote:
Wayne sails all over the western Atlantic and
Caribbean.
I envy that a bit myself but I don't have the "budget" ;-)



neither does he. He just doesn't know it...

?;^ )


That's why it's good to have a Tim...

Wayne.B January 12th 12 03:49 PM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:13:08 -0500, JustWait
wrote:

On 1/11/2012 9:39 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 11, 8:32 pm, wrote:
Wayne sails all over the western Atlantic and
Caribbean.
I envy that a bit myself but I don't have the "budget" ;-)



neither does he. He just doesn't know it...

?;^ )


That's why it's good to have a Tim...


===

Yes indeed, it certainly is. Hopefully we've got the alternator
issues solved once and for all.

My next challenge is to get the varnish work almost completed (it's
never totally completed). Any volunteers? The weather here is
very nice this time of year.


Happy John January 12th 12 06:44 PM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:49:27 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:13:08 -0500, JustWait
wrote:

On 1/11/2012 9:39 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 11, 8:32 pm, wrote:
Wayne sails all over the western Atlantic and
Caribbean.
I envy that a bit myself but I don't have the "budget" ;-)


neither does he. He just doesn't know it...

?;^ )


That's why it's good to have a Tim...


===

Yes indeed, it certainly is. Hopefully we've got the alternator
issues solved once and for all.

My next challenge is to get the varnish work almost completed (it's
never totally completed). Any volunteers? The weather here is
very nice this time of year.


You furnish airfare, bait, etc???

JustWait January 12th 12 06:50 PM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
On 1/12/2012 1:44 PM, Happy John wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:49:27 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:13:08 -0500, JustWait
wrote:

On 1/11/2012 9:39 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 11, 8:32 pm, wrote:
Wayne sails all over the western Atlantic and
Caribbean.
I envy that a bit myself but I don't have the "budget" ;-)


neither does he. He just doesn't know it...

?;^ )

That's why it's good to have a Tim...


===

Yes indeed, it certainly is. Hopefully we've got the alternator
issues solved once and for all.

My next challenge is to get the varnish work almost completed (it's
never totally completed). Any volunteers? The weather here is
very nice this time of year.


You furnish airfare, bait, etc???


Where are you Wayne? Sansibel?

Wayne.B January 13th 12 04:50 AM

Boating on a budget? That's for me!
 
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:44:04 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

My next challenge is to get the varnish work almost completed (it's
never totally completed). Any volunteers? The weather here is
very nice this time of year.


You furnish airfare, bait, etc???


===

I envision sort of a "Tom Sawyer" type learning program where I charge
very reasonable rates for a work/study program.


Brent Swain January 13th 12 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim (Post 920157)
http://www.metro.us/newyork/life/art...ing-affordable

“Boats are a great investment for a family because it’s a way to
socialize and spend time together,” says Ellen Hopkins, a spokes*woman
for Discover Boating. “A lot of my friends who grew up boating said
that one of their best memories was going out with their dads on
Sundays and fishing — it’s a unique way to bond. It’s like a
minivacation, even just being on a kayak on the water.”

Yeah, beats driving 120 miles to 6 flags and paying $50 bucks each to
get in then end up standing on hot asphalt waiting an hr to ride some
whirlie-gig and eat $5.00 hotdogs....

Having lived on my boat for the last 40 years has enabled me to semi retire in my mid 20's and work only a month or less a year since then, the rest of my time being play time. I have owned my own home , debt free since my early 20s, something that would have been impossible on land.
No regrets , if I had it to so again, I would do the same.


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