BoatBanter.com - Rinsing an ouboard

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/15/14, 11:33 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:09:01 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Your understanding is wrong, too. The idea, at least for me, is to buy
boats that other boats will want to buy in a few years,

You have a lot of "boats" looking to buy your boat?
That must be one pretty boat.

maintain them
properly, and then sell them for a very good price.

So you are just a boat dealer, not a real boater.

Buy one, park it in the driveway and try to dump it before it loses
too much value.

Again I ask, what is your per (running) hour maintenance bill?
Since you imply you do a "100" hour once a year I am guessing you
actually run less than that so I see it at a minimum of $4 an hour and
probably closer to $8.
A 100 hour is generally $400 and up, based on what I read on the real
boat BB, depending on how many parts you throw at it.

An outboard will generally lose about a third of it's value as soon as
you drive it off the lot. (certainly within a year anyway).
That is based on what we heard from several brokers when my neighbor's
wife tried to sell his pristine boat after his death.
I ran the YDS on it and he had 150 hours on it.

Again, I have no idea what the per hour maintenance bill was for my
outboard boats and, again, I don't give a ****. I don't usually apply
cost-benefit analysis to toys.

Brokers have an incentive to get you to sell your boat at a price that
will generate the fastest sale. IF you have a well-maintained boat
that is in short supply and that people want, you can get a better
price, usually a much better price. Parkers do very well up here. I
don't know anything about the old, well-used pontoon boat market is
like in SW Florida.
I'm thinking of all of the toys (aside from my two boats) that I could
get if I didn't pay taxes like you. A Ferrari would be an easy purchase
or maybe a small airplane....