Originally posted by: DVad3r
What kind of boat are you planning to get with what type of engine? Ahh no matter though, any motorboat guzzles gas like there is no tomorow. I guess that's why my dad has a sailboat
Originally posted by: BAMAVOO
Originally posted by: DVad3r
What kind of boat are you planning to get with what type of engine? Ahh no matter though, any motorboat guzzles gas like there is no tomorow. I guess that's why my dad has a sailboat
Not exactly. The 4 bangers do pretty well on gas. They will run about 43-45 mph tops, but 30 -35 is cruising speed.
Originally posted by: Ronstang
If you have to worry about gas consumption then you shouldn't have a boat. It really depends upon which type of boat you want and how you intend to use it, but all boats suck down the gas. My ski-boat has a 46 gallon tank and I can use half of it in a day at my lakehouse if I do a lot of watersports.
The occasional $50 bux a day is cheap when compare to the moorage cost. The true cost on a boat is moorage & insurance fees that can run upward to 10K per year for a 30 footer pending which club/dock you are using. And, maintain cost is relatively high for boat because of the wet/salty condition. It would cost less to have a trailer and drop your boat into the water because the launch fee is low when comparing to moorage.Originally posted by: Ronstang
If you have to worry about gas consumption then you shouldn't have a boat. It really depends upon which type of boat you want and how you intend to use it, but all boats suck down the gas. My ski-boat has a 46 gallon tank and I can use half of it in a day at my lakehouse if I do a lot of watersports.
Originally posted by: OffTopic
The occasional $50 bux a day is cheap when compare to the moorage cost. The true cost on a boat is moorage & insurance fees that can run upward to 10K per year for a 30 footer pending which club/dock you are using. And, maintain cost is relatively high for boat because of the wet/salty condition. It would cost less to have a trailer and drop your boat into the water because the launch fee is low when comparing to moorage.Originally posted by: Ronstang
If you have to worry about gas consumption then you shouldn't have a boat. It really depends upon which type of boat you want and how you intend to use it, but all boats suck down the gas. My ski-boat has a 46 gallon tank and I can use half of it in a day at my lakehouse if I do a lot of watersports.
Owning a boat is like owning a swimming pool because you will be flushing your money down the drain.
Nice to see there are avid boaters here.Originally posted by: Ronstang
Originally posted by: OffTopic
The occasional $50 bux a day is cheap when compare to the moorage cost. The true cost on a boat is moorage & insurance fees that can run upward to 10K per year for a 30 footer pending which club/dock you are using. And, maintain cost is relatively high for boat because of the wet/salty condition. It would cost less to have a trailer and drop your boat into the water because the launch fee is low when comparing to moorage.Originally posted by: Ronstang
If you have to worry about gas consumption then you shouldn't have a boat. It really depends upon which type of boat you want and how you intend to use it, but all boats suck down the gas. My ski-boat has a 46 gallon tank and I can use half of it in a day at my lakehouse if I do a lot of watersports.
Owning a boat is like owning a swimming pool because you will be flushing your money down the drain.
You have a point, but my boat costs me NOTHING except gas and maintenance since I have a lakehouse with 300ft of lakefront and a huge boathouse to store 2 boats. I wouldn't even consider owning a boat if I didn't already have the lakehouse. I don't even consider the costs of the lakehouse in regards to the boat either as I only use the boat when company is there for the most part.
Now my son in law has a 51 foot SeaRay and he spends about $500 a month in moorage and at least that much in insurance (I have none anymore as my boat is paid off) plus with a 600 gallon tank it takes him ~$750 to fill that sucker up....he can keep that thing.
Originally posted by: bapace
Is there an online resource to find out expected gas consumption for boats? I'm planning on buying a boat soon and this is something that I haven't found a lot of information about.
Thanks,
-bapace