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just drop it 115k

I think I want out. 2001 35 Lightning 750 motors with whipples, 95,000. add myco trailer 5,000 add hydro hoist 5000.

Wow!
Never would have thought there would be so many quitters on the board! :throw:

A truer statement has never been spoken. I'll complain all day long about the stupid money I spend to play with this toy now but I would go nuts in the spring without it. I'll still complain about the stupid a$$ hole greedy oil executives and those pig sultans but I'll burn up another $6,000 in 08 as well.

And I'll be idling around waiting for you to get off the damn gas dock so I can fill up and get out there and burn up some hard earned $$$$$ as well. It is, after all, what we choose to do. :D

Lets turn some gas into noise!!

Yupper

I will also be in line at the gas dock. I may give up something else, but it won't be my boat!!!
Thankfully here in Southern CA, and AZ we can go boating year around.

forget the gas as I always stated its the cheapest part of boating.damm marina cost 165.00 per foot for a dump its more like a boat yard docks are falling apart and so on.the marina is the only one close to the open ocean and they know it even thou they were only 2/3 full.I will not trailer every weekend.that sucks.

only money
 

guys,its only money and you cant take it with you.when was the last time you saw a brinks truck following a funeral??besides,its better than spending the money on ho,s and beer.

You really ought to throw a match to that place - from your description the owner of that garbage dump ought to be hung from a yardarm. 165 per foot - what greedy pig the owner is. Sounds like you are just boating in the wrong place.

No, No - according to my friend you can take it with you and he is going to be buried with it. I invested in a shovel and told him to drop dead. I call him everyday and tell him to die but he just keeps on living which sucks for me. I hope he dies before May 1st before my marina fees come due.

If your boat is big, fast and hot looking, the ho's will come and bring the beer with them. :D Just keep in mind that the bigger, faster and hotter looking your boat gets, the higher the caliber of ho's you can attract. :cool-smiley-027:

I cant blame anyone for wanting out. check this out. 2 yrs ago I had a 92 crownline so I seen this boat called Fountain herd they were th best so I got a 2000 27. las summer(07) ALL my friends moved from bow riders to powerboats. There are 2 Baja outlaws, 26 sonic, 25 Nordic, and my Fountain THEY ALL BROKE. none of them lasted mine broke upper gear set. So between high fuel and dock fees it is no wonder ppl want out. Boats are not reliable. MY .02 cents worth....

My 35 Fountain Classic never breaks (I hope this post doesn't bring me bad luck). I am easy on my equipment and treat it with respect. I do spend money on maintainance, but that is part of the price of admission. I think that if you take care of your boat, do regular preventive maintainance and fix things as they require attention that the boating experience is a fun and rewarding hobby. I will never be without a boat. I have been a boat owner since I was 14 years old, that was 46 years ago.

I NEVER EVR NEVR abused my boat planed off easy and stayed running at 4500 rpms and still had outdrive failure (there are ppl that run wide open th whole time)
dakhnjob u are very lucky hope my luck turns around cause I love boating and love my Fountain but so far its not been a reliable hobby.

Son - 4500 all the time is abuse - My 04 35 X has been stone reliable - never left me stranded - runs like a champ and gets all the book recomended maintenance along with the oil changed every 25 hours and the outdrive fluid changed every 40. You bought a seven year old boat, you didnt mention the number of hours. The person who had it before you may not have been too kind to it also. Everything will eventually wear out.

Try aircraft......

I've also owned boats since I was a kid, with the pink slip for several 8 footers when I was in elementary school, for a 27 footer when I was a freshman at University, many many other boats, and now, a 32 Fountain. I've also been master on multi-million dollar boats that others have owned, and many of my close friends own boats, so I see how much they spend. I'm 50 now, so that's a lot of boats, in a lot of oceans, for a lot of decades.

If you use your boat: The rule of thumb is you should expect to spend 10% of the new boat cost (not what you paid used) each year. Some years less if you are lucky and/or you are delaying maintenance. Some years more. 25% will happen probably 1 or 3 times per decade.

If you are passionate and particular about your boat, you may find -- like I do -- that the typical yearly budget is more like 20% the new price of the boat, and the high years are more like 35%.

The costs of owning a boat, from cheapest to most expensive:
1) The girls
2) The booze
3) The payments (or cost of lost opportunity when you pay cash)
4) The fuel
5) The depreciation
6) The maintenance.

If its a sailboat, then the cost of sails is number 7: a sailboat has exactly all the same costs as a powerboat, but more.

Hate to say it,but a grand a month in payments,the fuel
is the cheap part!
I have my own house on the lake,so no marina fees.
Just 10k a year in taxes.

I didnt know that about sailbotes. Good for them.

Try aircraft......

I do aircraft also. Same drill. Expensive!!

Carcrash,
I never thought about the formula that you have stated, but you are right, that is about what it costs. That is good information when thinking about an upgrade, what it will really cost to run and maintain a given boat.
Thanks for the info.
David

And knowing that, and still doing it, should be an indication of my intellectual abilities ;-) or lack thereof...