Originally Posted by BraceYourself (Post 3831999)

[/B]

100% the owner of a boat like this ain't doin shxt. The owner is smart enough to know he's not smart enough to work on a 80k motor. If he was smart enough he wouldn't be spending the money to buy a boat like this.

Originally Posted by wannabe (Post 3831881)

About 5-6 years ago I visited McManus in Ft Myers at Christmas. He had a triple 47 in the back and I casually asked him what the estimated "maintenance costs" per year were. He said about $ 150k-plus per year average to keep up the engines, drives, interior, etc. That does not include fuel, insurance etc.

When I get those 6 powerball numbers in my head I 'll be back down there...

Wannabe

Originally Posted by Nykamp (Post 3832283)

B A is an amazing boat, Tommy has done some really nice work to this boat since this owner bought it years ago. Apache with Tommy's turbos awesome combo.

Originally Posted by wannabe (Post 3831885)

Costs of rebuilding 3 1200 hp engines, 3 drives, every 150 hours is not cheap. Not trying to start a fight. Just remember these are HIGH MAINTENANCE boats.

Originally Posted by 302Sport (Post 3831891)

I agree 100 percent but when you do the math it is not that bad. Most people who own a boat with some kind of big power, also have a center console or cruiser that they use as their main boat. These boats are like exotic cars and if you use a boat like this as your every weekend boat, then yes it will cost you a fortune, but in reality nobody does. Look at these two for example:

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o48316-en.html 100 hours divided by 23 years old = 4.3 hours of use per year.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o48146-en.html 221 hours divided by 26 years old = 8.5 hours of use per year.

Now that I think about it, when is the last time you saw a big power #6 boat with more than a couple hundred hours on it?????