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How many hours this season?

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#1 ·
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).
 
#4 ·
Roughly 40 hours on the engines and about 200 on the genny.
 
#6 ·
52 hours on the engines compared with 55 hours by the PO over his entire 3 years of ownership.
 
#7 ·
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.
 
#8 ·
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.
 
#21 ·
Holy Cow! For Minnesota - ya that's a lot of hours!

The 2000 240 I just traded away only had 225 hours on it.(half of them were mine in the two years I had it) My 2005 280 has 260 hours or so. I probably put about 50 - 60 hours on per season.
 
#13 ·
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...
 
#15 ·
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:
 
#16 ·
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!!
 
#18 ·
120 hours in the past 12 months....
 
#19 ·
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.
 
#20 ·
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...
 
#31 ·
Has the new larger boat changed your boating? Do you make longer trips now to see new territory for example?
 
#24 ·
Only about 25 hours this year after 100 2 years ago. But many factors involved:
  • Sick wife most of the summer
  • Really crappy weather
  • New granddaughter visits 500 miles away
  • 2 marina friends sold their boats and quit boating.
But she is for sale and we hope that a different boat and marina shed will put new interest back in for next year.
 
#25 ·
130 hours on engines, almost 400 on genny.
 
#27 · (Edited)
60 on the engine, about 80 on the genny. About the same as last year.
But, for some reason, I wanted to know how many miles travelled, so, I kept a running log on the mi. with the GPS. Total for the season was 452 miles. Kind of surprising since I was just running around the lake.