I am done boating
 

boat is for sale 118k takes it.pm me

Nothing Just I Have Been Thinking This Over For Quite A While Just Want Out

Details???
Pictures???

thanks

Nobody likes a quiter. Keep the boat before you regret it.

another casualty

marina insurance and the least fuel 12-15 k a year

The man's gotta do what the man's gotta do.... It still sucks. Mine's listed as well. Cost of ownership, possible $4/gal gas, sick mother I will be taking care of, probably returning to school, new career seeking, etc... etc...

Hopefully all that is crazy in the world will settle down and I (along with others) can get back into this type of boating because it sure it fun! But if not, I'll just go back to a smaller machine with outboards probably. We'll see.

Good luck in selling it.

Man, sucks. Sorry guys. Hope we dont lose you as permanent casualties.

I know what you mean. I put 7 hours on my boat this year. Kids are getting to the age where they would rather be behind the boat swimming or being pulled on a water toy instead of sitting in the boat while daddy is pushing the throttles (and smiling). Mine is for sale, too, in OSO classified. Wish you good luck selling - seems like the market is rather dismal even for very aggressively priced clean rides.

Im almost at that point also....one problem after another with this boat. Enjoying the Harley while I decide. Good luck!

I'm at 100 hours every year. Rain or shine. Beg, borrow or steal to put fuel in the tanks. Sorry to hear about this

Trying to sell my boat too! I know the feeling!

The time between when I sold my 35, and hadn't yet bought my 38, I just wasnt' right. I felt naked.

But you gotta do what ya gotta do.

BROTHERS> I FEEL YOUR PAIN. I REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN
FUEL WAS <1.50, INSUARNCE WAS A SMALL DETAIL AND SLIP FEES WHERE <200.00 A MONTH. NOW FUEL IS LIKELY TO GO TO 4.00 PER GAL, INSURANCE FOR 525s IS 6K PER YEAR AND A SLIP WITH A SLING IS +400.00 PER MONTH. NOT TO MENTION THE COST OF THE BOAT.

slip in mass just went up to 160.00 per foot for the season may 15 thru oct 15th that's 5600.00 for a dump of a marina.

That is just absurd - that place is just putting their hand in your pocket - bunch of pigs. My marina is absolutly gorgeous and the high and dry was $3165 last year and a lift was $4000 for the entire year - 12 months. I wish you the best in selling it and whatever comes next in your life. All I can say is we are all feeling the pinch and I may not be so far behind you.

Tough times to sell.

More people will be selling because of the higher cost to operate.....gas for instance

Less people will be buying because of the higher cost to operate....again, gas.

Those selling will take a big hit.
Those buying will get a good deal.

I suspect these 28 foot wave crushers will start to become a lot more popular, as they are a lot more feasible for people to store, run, and insure.

Buy a lakehouse and a 28 something and never look back.

Sorry to hear you guys are sellin....I've got one for sale but for an entirely different reason...need to sell my 29' fever and the wifes 20' SeaRay...ever since I bought my Nor-Tech she seems to think it's her turn to get a bigger boat... I pity you guys with Marina rates like that it would make me seriously think about the pluses and minuses of having a boat, but the only way to go is like TexomaPowerboater said, find a lake house and never look back...

Good Luck to all....

i am not going to let a bunch of OPEC crooks mess with my livleyhood and enjoyment.i am not going to worry about insurance either.here is a good motto to live by...we are here on earth for a good time,not a long time.

The evolution of a boater>>> you either evolve to a bigger or
better boat or you evolve out of boating. The boating purist realizes that therapeutic value of boating is the real reason
why we stay in the game. :ernaehrung004:

Well put.

Very true! I was in a boat my first summer of life and I am not going away forever. For me, I need to regroup, get a better job/re-educated, take care of my mom until she gets through chemotherapy.......then I'll get back into it. I figure at worst, I'll just downsize. Maybe a little 20 Outlaw or go back to outboards like a Checkmate. I might not be able to run balls out in 3' swells off Cocoa Beach, but I'll still be "out there"