How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with our
season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2 boats
for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and island spots.
The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely, if ever, fished
off them.

Underway hours of about 50, trolling hours, around 100 in Michigan.

"JimH" wrote in message
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How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with our
season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2 boats
for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and island
spots. The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely, if ever,
fished off them.

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:31:37 -0500, "JimH" wrote:

How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with our
season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2 boats
for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and island spots.
The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely, if ever, fished
off them.


Around 80, from mid-April to November something. This year I may try to go into
December if the striper run is good. A lot of the hour question depends on
whether trolling, chumming. or bottom fishing is the game plan.

On weekends friends, the wife, and I may go on short (30 miles or so)
excursions. I don't fish on the weekends 'cause there's just too many people out
there trying to catch something. Usually they end up catching a big mess of
someone else's lures and line!
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

What do you troll for?

Some here in this NG troll only for confrontation.


"MikeT" wrote in message
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Underway hours of about 50, trolling hours, around 100 in Michigan.

"JimH" wrote in message
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How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with
our season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2
boats for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and
island spots. The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely,
if ever, fished off them.

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:57:40 -0500, "JimH" wrote:

What do you troll for?

Some here in this NG troll only for confrontation.


"MikeT" wrote in message
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Underway hours of about 50, trolling hours, around 100 in Michigan.

"JimH" wrote in message
...
How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with
our season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2
boats for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and
island spots. The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely,
if ever, fished off them.




Striped Bass aka rockfish.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"JimH" wrote in message
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How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

200 hours on the 25', and about 150 on the 17'.

Salmon, trout, walleye
"JimH" wrote in message
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What do you troll for?

Some here in this NG troll only for confrontation.


"MikeT" wrote in message
...
Underway hours of about 50, trolling hours, around 100 in Michigan.

"JimH" wrote in message
...
How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with
our season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2
boats for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and
island spots. The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely,
if ever, fished off them.

125 to 150 hrs a year.


"JimH" wrote in message
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How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with our
season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2 boats
for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and island
spots. The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely, if ever,
fished off them.

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:31:37 -0500, "JimH" wrote:

How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

I currently own 67 boats right now, it would be impossible for me to
track all the hours I put in on the open sea.

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

13 months a year.

"JimH" wrote in message
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How many hours do you typically put on your boat engines/year?

Are you a year round boater or a season boater?

We would typically put between 60 to 80 hours on our boat/season, with
our
season lasting from late May to late September. We used the last 2
boats
for cruising to other ports and for day trips to swimming and island
spots.
The last 2 boats were not set up for fishing so we rarely, if ever,
fished
off them.



About 50 for me, same use as you, except the runs to Put in Bay take a
bit longer than you :-)