How many hours do you put on your boat in a year?

Not much this year or last year or the year before that come to think of it. With the Port engine down from mid June to Labor Day weekend I only put maybe 10 hours on each. Had to pull early as I am headed for surgery. New shoulder come 11/21. Can't wait.
Usually I get about 30 to 50 hours a summer, which for us is Mayish to late Septish.
 
Searaybio270 said:
Not much this year or last year or the year before that come to think of it. With the Port engine down from mid June to Labor Day weekend I only put maybe 10 hours on each. Had to pull early as I am headed for surgery. New shoulder come 11/21. Can't wait.
Usually I get about 30 to 50 hours a summer, which for us is Mayish to late Septish.
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Joe, I have watched some of your troubles on the forum, I’m sorry to hear that. I didn’t realize it was that bad. Well, I hope next year is better for you, good luck with the surgery!

Matt
 
Hifirush said:
Joe, I have watched some of your troubles on the forum, I’m sorry to hear that. I didn’t realize it was that bad. Well, I hope next year is better for you, good luck with the surgery!

Matt
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Matt,
thanks on both. I too hope the surgery goes well and I can get back to working out, playing golf and doing work without pain. Even more than that - I pray next season is a season on the boat to remember.
Thanks again,
Joe
 
Gimme Time averages 60-75 engine hours a year during light travel years. I believe more importantly would be how much time you spend on your boat as are on her more than 160 nights a year as we use her year round. We tried to spend a couple months in the Key Largo area when we can or there'd be more days and nights on her. As for the Lake house, the wife and I did spend the week of July 4th there for the summer of 2008 and again this summer with all the kids and grand kids! Then we had to haul _ss back to GT for some rest!
 
Just bought our 260DA the first of June. Never been on nor owned a cruiser before so there has been quite a learning curve. This all started about 18 months ago with the Admiral commenting "Let's get a boat we can sleep on." A rainy August and an oil pan replacement shut us down for a month and only put 29 hours on the main and 70 on the gen. College football also slowed things down beginning around Labor Day as we have no satellite, but I have a remedy for that as well for next fall. We have had a wonderful time thus far despite the set backs. I will have to say that you folks and this forum have made this a fun experience. Had it not been for CSR, I would not have near the knowledge that I have acquired. We love it and you folks have helped make it all possible.

Thanks,
Bennett
 
100 nights/year, but only 50 to 75 hours since we spent a lot of time on the hook. 1 long trip per year is plan since I now have oil burners.

joe, good luck with the surgery. I have had 2 shoulder rebuilds. Be diligent with the PT during rehab, and after. the little muscles around the shoulder need a lot of attention.
 
BryanOnTheBay said:
First trip was on 6/20 with 384.1 hours. We had some deferred maintenance items from the PO, such as replacing the entire exhaust system, that delayed the start of our season. As of Saturday, we had 418.0 even for 33.9 engine hours. Hoping for one more trip out, but not holding my breath. We also spent 106.25 hours on the boat total. We spent a lot of time anchored by a sand bar or rafted with friends. Next year we are planning to start the season with some short trips starting mid April with some longer trips through the season now that the bugs are worked out.

Bryan
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Add another 1.1 hours here. With gorgeous weather, 75 and sunny, I played hookie this afternoon and explored some creeks near my marina.

Bryan
 
110 hrs so far this year... If you got it, use it!. Never even opened the pool this year...........
 
From May 6th to September 26th (144 days) we logged 43.2 engine hours and we spent 89.65 hours on on the boat.... not nearly enough.

We went out 23 times this season and each trip averaged 1.88 engine hours and each trip averaged 3.9 hours. This doesn't include time spent on friends' boats.
 
We live on a lake in Tennessee and run about 100 hours per year. Our 2002, 260 Sundancer has only had a minor problem with the distributor and an overheating issue all these years. (Pretty good performance record). Just regular maintenance. My mechanic says, the more hours you run'em, the longer they run. Have I just been lucky or does everybody get this kind of performance?


Ed
 
We've had our boat for one year next month and have put 230 hours on her. It is such a joy to boat with friends and family, we just can't let it sit in the slip!
 
I am now sure, I don't look often at the hours... We used only about three full tanks of gas, so that about 500 miles. Approximately 25-30 hours. With teenagers schedules, we don't use the boat as much as we would like. This was a good season, not much in the way of maintenance cost...
 
It's been interesting reading the responses. All over the board. Clearly there are many factors. Those of you with cruisers who have the ability to take long trips and drop the hook seem to rack up longer hours. Maybe cruising to your destinations? Others who have little or no overnight capabilities seem to have lower hours. Personally, it seems I am in the middle. Have a 260SD and am a seasonal boater. Boat is in FL but only spend 4-5 months/year there. We do about 60 hrs/year. But that type of boating is literally point to point. With an open "deck boat" style, you generally keep moving with the occasional sand bar picnic or other reason to stay put for a short period of time.
One of the respondents listed his gen hours. That would be an interesting survey, to know how many of the larger boats spend quite a few hours on the water needing power from a genset. Out of my league!!!
 
82 hrs on the mains this season... not sure about the generator but I guess around 250? Cleaning up this weekend and hauling out on Monday.
 
We have spent an average of 63 hours a year over the last 9 years. We spend a lot of time with friends at the sand bar
 
I bought the big boat in March with 1862 hours and just turned 2012 hours on the engines so that puts me at 150 hours on the boat.

My smaller boat got a lot less use this year as a result and I only put 15 hours on that one.
 
Middle of May to end of August this year 138 hours.


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Not nearly enough, but life gets in the way. I have a very demanding job that keeps me busy and away from the boat much of the time.

Previous owner owned the boat new from 2005 to mid 2011 and put a total of 62 hours on the boat, which is when we took ownership.

Since mid 2011, we put another 90+ hours and now have 156 hours on the boat, so about 30 per year for us, not very much, but a lot more than her first owner.

My generator still has less than 20 hours, TOTAL, since 2005. It had 3 hours on it when we bought the boat. The other 17 are spread among 4 overnight trips we have taken on moorings away from shore power. There are not many places to anchor out in So Cal and we tend to stay on shore power at our home dock, though we do overnight from time to time without leaving the dock.
 
This summer got complicated so we only did about 60hrs
next year ....gonna burn some fuel !!!
 
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