How many hours this season?

HUMPH

HUMPH

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Nov 4, 2009
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SF BAY AREA
Boat Info
2003 410DA
2009 Walker Bay 13’
Engines
CAT 3126TA's 350HP/
50HP Honda
I was curious to see how many hours people put on the engines this season and how does it compare to past years. I know many people are in the "Winterizing Zone" so I would be interested to see how you use your boats.

So far this year I have right around 75 hours to date but have several more trips planned. Most of my hours are getting somewhere not just putting around. We have made, I believe, 7 fuel stops during this time (4 of them for our SF Bay/Monterey trip).
 
pretty close to 100 hours :grin:

But that is on two different boats. I had around 85 on my Glastron when I pulled it out, and at least 15 on my Sea Ray since I got it around labor day. :thumbsup:
 
40 hrs.
 
Roughly 40 hours on the engines and about 200 on the genny.
 
52 hours on the engines compared with 55 hours by the PO over his entire 3 years of ownership.
 
I haven't looked at the meters but I'd guess somewhere around 60-65 on this boat since we got it in August. My 330 had about 30 hours on it when I traded it in in May.

Still more cruising to do this winter though so the count will increase.
 
From May to October I put on 130 hours. The PO had 249 through 5 years. She got a work out this year and we'll be boating into December for sure.
 
Not Enough and I'm looking at snow flurries outside as I type this!! AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!! :smt089
Todd
 
259 hour this season in Minnesota. The boat is a 2000 and only had 240hrs when we bought it. I'm starting to think we are high users...
 
130 and counting. First trip out was Jan 3rd and the last trip out last year was Dec 26th.
 
Kind of as I expected. It seems as though it is a true season for the majority so you use it whenever possible. That makes it seem more reasonable. I moved the marina I am in because it is so centrally located we don't have to go too far usually to get where we want to go. Next year we have more cruises that are 30 or 40 miles away planned so more hours are expected. We did buy the Seadoo Speedster so we can use the boat as home base that will eliminate some hours though...
 
Only 40 this year. Too many distractions at home. Going to double this next year (hours not distractions)
 
We caulked up 95hrs May-Sept., this was our 1st year with this boat, it took the previous owner 7rys to put on 165hrs so I think she was ready for storage.:thumbsup:
 
116 hrs on engines and just shy of 200 on genset, April 1 to Oct 14. A slightly below average year of use for us. But a great boating summer!!
 
We didn't get the boat in until late May and we pulled out in mid October.

We did 35 hours. This summer was packed with stuff and unfortunately, I enjoy boating more than my wife does.

Doug
 
From mid-Apr to Mid-Oct...about 40 on the 400 and then just under 100 on the 480. We had around 90 on the 400's mains last year. Over 400 hrs combined on the gens this year, a little over 300 last year--it was hotter than blue blazes this summer and I hate hot. I think we ended up with about 130 hrs on the Honda, probably close to the same last year.
 
85 on the engines and about 60 on the generator. Most of the hours came in June, July, and the first week of August.

Sadly, the analysis shows that our prime boating season is only about 10 weeks long. I want to move south...
 
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