How many hours do you put on a year and how many months do you boat?

Robski97 said:
So Wes beats the snots out of us to stay on topic and single handedly kills an amusing thread only to leave this thread where a newbie is ATTACKED and does nothing .... WTF..........
Rob
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Strong words...Intead of posting in each topic how much you dislike me why not shoot me a pm and we can discuss your concerns, disbeliefs, problems, and anything else you would like to discuss.
 
Hey guys, I've sent a pm offering an olive branch and an apology and to anyone else I was more than just a touch cranky yesterday and way out of line. There's too much great information in this forum so I hope Eathan re thinks his departure......

On topic,,
about 80 to 100 hours under power (now here is someone's chance to comment on the 7.4 BIII being "under powered") and 30 or so nights in the cabin
 
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I did not bring as many kids to the boat last year so the hours were down. We went to the lake 28 times last year and put 44 hours on the boat. That amounted to 5.8 gallons per hour.
I usually put the boat in the first of April and take out the middle of October.
Last year as with this year we did not run the boat hard. We spent a lot of time at no wake speed. Our lake is not that big, 1 mile by 12, so it does not take us that long to run around. It is the largest lake in Indiana. Which is not saying much when I look at all the places you guys get to play in.

It is snowing as we speak so I doubt I will put the boat in next week. Always try to get the most out of the slip time. When I crunched the numbers I think it cost us $128 every time we took the boat out. That cost includes: gas, gas for the car, slip fees, insurance. It does not include food or drinks.
 
We did about 80 hours on the engine, but in a typical boating day we only spend about 1 1/2 hours with the engine actually running. Most of the time we leave our mooring to meet up with friends for the day. We did about 7 or 8 overnights last season and plan to more this year.

The boat goes in around the first week of May and comes out around the Columbus day weekend, mainly because I prefer to do the winterizing before it is actually winter.

Henry
 
I put 100 hours and and spent 50-60 days on it. Anywere from 2 weeks to 2 days at a time.
 
We're out most every weeked from now until October. Over the winter we usually just go out for day trips, but we've been out for two overnighters already.

The previous skirmish was unnecessary.............
 
50 to 60 hours per year. Just sold the Four Winns so I'm not sure if I want to know the cactus connection.
 
125 hours in 6 months.

boy everyone is a bit edgy this weekend.
 
we've put 130 hours on in the past 3 seasons. for those of you who aced the SAT verbal but didn't do so well on the MATH, it's 43.3 hours per summer. we boat may-early october. i put more than 250 hours on my air conditioning units, though! :thumbsup:

btw, i dont use capitol (capital?) letters. can i stay?
 
We put on about 50 hrs/year unless we take a trip up Lake MI.
 
I'm on the lower end of Vancouver island. The local boating here is fabulous... there isn't really an 'off season', just bad days. Last year brought my average down because I didn't have a boat for most of the summer but I still managed about 125 hours. A normal year I log around 200 to 250 hours and the most I've ever done was back when I had my old 26' Chris Craft... over 600 for a few years there. No, it's true... I'll explain...
story time...
Rewind to 1990; What a life I had... I rented a cheap little 'room and board' place near the marina and basically lived on my boat. My only concerns were chicks, beer and gas money! Ah... the good ol' days... that was so much fun! I stopped getting my hair cut and quit my job... got a really good tan... :thumbsup: I collected 'UI' for a year then after that ran out I worked part time as a carpenter doing little jobs locally and on the gulf islands... fences and decks... stuff like that... just enough to keep me 'afloat' (haha). I was really racking up the hours.
I did that for almost 3 years until I thought I needed a change... you know... get my act together. So I sold the boat and got a hair cut, a steady gal, a great job and a house... only after I swamped myself with obligations did I realize how good I'd had it... the freedom was incredible!
Fast forward to today; I've come full circle I think... it's time to start spending more time on the water. 275 hours a year is not enough dammit! After many years of hard work it's time to reward myself! I was looking at newer 260's but lately I've been toying with idea of a 35-ish foot single diesel trawler. With that sort of time running, fuel costs are a major consideration... and so is annual moorage on a bigger boat. I think boating is enjoyable regardless of how fast you're going. I don't mind putting along. I'm sure the trawler would allow more time on the water to rack up the hours again... I haven't decided...
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ethan31 said:
Well, Looks like this will be my last post on this board.
I always thought sea ray owners were a core group. Guess not.
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Hi Ethan I hope you stay around. Dan's sorry. His buddies must have tapped some new kegs at the Firehouse last night.:grin: Anyway, about 80 hours last year. Our season is from April 1st to October 30th.
 
Bridog said:
Dan's sorry. His buddies must have tapped some new kegs at the Firehouse last night.:grin: .
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Yes he is, but they actually took the taps out of the firehouse about 15 years ago.. there is one volunteer department in my county that still has a tap though of which I am not a member however. I think Ethan via PM has accepted my apology and I'm moving on...:smt101
 
We are usually in the water from mid May to the first part of October. If it goes longer than that sometimes its tough to get the winterizing and cleaning done depending how the weather turns. In respect to hours, we are at the boat every weekend, but my engine hours are low for the time since purchased new.(110). There are times when lake conditions dont always justify going out and being tossed around no matter how nice of a day it is. If that is the case then shore activities kick in :)
 
We do anywhere between 80-100 hrs on a year between April and November.
 
Expecting to get 5 months in this year with 40 hours...
 
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