On 5/4/2016 6:43 AM, Keine Krauseschei�e wrote:
On Tue, 03 May 2016 23:26:55 -0500, Califbill wrote:

True North wrote:
Keyser Söze
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"I don't see where an I/O drive on a trailerboat that spends its
"offtime" on a trailer in a driveway would be problematical. I wouldn't
keep an I/O boat out on a mooring or in a wet dock, but that isn't what
you are going to do.

I wouldn't take any advice on boats that Herring offers as valuable."


Yup...drysail is the term we use.
Out of the almost 8000 hours in a year, my boat might average 25 in the
water. (if we really like this new boat, that might be a bit higher) In
four years the Legend didn't spend one night in the water.


With only 25 hours of use, I would look at renting a nice boat when I
wanted on the water.

We did that last year. Rented a boat on four of our trips for the day. Cost a total of about $1500,
usually split 4-6 ways. Much, much cheaper than buying, and still got about 25 hours use out of
them. But, if I lived on a lake or bay, I'd get another. Probably a Key West. Fell in 'like' with
that boat.
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Ban Krausescheiße-spouting narcissists...not guns!

Yup . It doesn't make sense for a city boy to own something that he can
rent for much less out of pocket. Plus, he doesn't have the monthly
payments, storage, maintenance, insurance, depreciation, stale fuel,
cost of a motorized dolly wheel, and other worries.

Renting a boat isn't an option up here.
Guess with the short season and limited market it just doesn't make business sense.

On 5/4/2016 8:40 AM, True North wrote:
Renting a boat isn't an option up here.
Guess with the short season and limited market it just doesn't make business sense.

Substitute owning for renting and reread your own statement.

Justan Olphart wrote:
On 5/4/2016 8:40 AM, True North wrote:
Renting a boat isn't an option up here.
Guess with the short season and limited market it just doesn't make business sense.

Substitute owning for renting and reread your own statement.


See f there is a shard ownership co operative.

On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Justan Olphart wrote:
On 5/4/2016 8:40 AM, True North wrote:
Renting a boat isn't an option up here.
Guess with the short season and limited market it just doesn't make business sense.

Substitute owning for renting and reread your own statement.


See f there is a shard ownership co operative.

I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day.

On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
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"I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day."


Bingo!
Once you strip out all the rainy or high wind days on a short boating season.....the perfect days would probably amount to maybe 70 or 80 per year. I could drive about 4 or 5 hours up to Grand Bay in neighboring New Brunswick to rent a boat....even a house boat but I like the ocean. Around here we are limited to canoe rentals. Wife wouldn't like that on the ocean.

On 5/5/2016 9:08 AM, True North wrote:

On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
wrote:
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"I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day."


Bingo!
Once you strip out all the rainy or high wind days on a short boating season.....the perfect days would probably amount to maybe 70 or 80 per year. I could drive about 4 or 5 hours up to Grand Bay in neighboring New Brunswick to rent a boat....even a house boat but I like the ocean. Around here we are limited to canoe rentals. Wife wouldn't like that on the ocean.

A little 17 ft boat will have to choose its ocean days carefully. You'd
be lucky to get 3 of those days all summer long.

I hate to say this but you aren't too bright.

On Thu, 5 May 2016 06:08:36 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:


On Wed, 04 May 2016 19:33:36 -0500, Califbill
wrote:
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"I think the problem is everyone will want the boat on the same sunny
day."


Bingo!
Once you strip out all the rainy or high wind days on a short boating season.....the perfect days would probably amount to maybe 70 or 80 per year. I could drive about 4 or 5 hours up to Grand Bay in neighboring New Brunswick to rent a boat....even a house boat but I like the ocean. Around here we are limited to canoe rentals. Wife wouldn't like that on the ocean.

I had an IBM friend in one of those boat co-ops and the only reason it
worked for him was we had a very loose schedule policy so he could
work weekends and take 2 days off in the middle of the week. Even
then, in the season he couldn't get a boat every time he wanted it and
sometimes the available boat was not what he wanted.