Up here in the country, I see a lot of motor boats parked in driveways. I suspect that most are seldom or never used.
I got curious about cost. Seems like a dinky outboard motor costs $1000, and some are $8K or $25K or even $45K. And a serious speed freak will hang three on the stern.
I can envision some domestic discord.
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John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk
The cork popped merrily, and Lord Peter rose to his feet.
"Bunter", he said, "I give you a toast. The triumph of Instinct over Reason"
"Why buy a sailboat when you can throw your money directly into the water?"
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John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk
The cork popped merrily, and Lord Peter rose to his feet.
"Bunter", he said, "I give you a toast. The triumph of Instinct over Reason"
I used to have a half-interest in a 24' wooden sailboat, marina'd in Lake Pontchartrain. Girls were the main point.
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John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk
The cork popped merrily, and Lord Peter rose to his feet.
"Bunter", he said, "I give you a toast. The triumph of Instinct over Reason"
I've got a little sunfish sailboat... yeah girls are more than welcome. :^)
Still three men in a boat with poles and beer can be a great time*. I caught a nice sized walleye in Silver lake, my $25 dollar fish. ($25 is the cost of the fishing licence.) George H.
*There was one summer ~1990 where I was only working part time and many days were spent out on lake Erie with 'the codger' (family friend) and my old man. The codger was a good fisherman. Dad and me, not so much so.
Yeah, with a fibreglass boat you can keep it looking nice for decades. My Hobie 16 was 20 years old when I bought it for $1200 and 29 when I sold it on eBay for $1k. (I did buy a swoopy new trailer for $750 and a new trampoline for $150, so my TCO was about $120 per year not counting boatyard space.)
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Yeah, My bro's boat is a ~40 yr old aluminum Lund. I helped him rip up some of the floor boards to look at the leaking gas tank... left in place. (not used)
Hobie 16! I've never sailed a catamaran. The fun part of a small sailboat is enough wind to sail along the 'edge'.
Hobies are great fun, but they don't tack too well--there's way more side slip than in a keel boat. I could have spend more money and got a Prindle with daggerboards, which would have sailed upwind much better, but I wanted my kids to be able to run it up on a shingle beach without sinking it.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
Motors are not cheap. The typical pattern for boats is they get used a lot the first year. Second year not as much. Third year even less. But it c ertainly depends on the owner and the situation. Even if a boat is used ev ery other weekend, that's still relatively not very often compared to using your car every day.
It's not entirely unlike the way some people only use their brains every th ird day.
I wonder what makes you think the boat isn't a route to domestic tranquilit y? When the motor is roaring pulling a skier there's not much to argue abo ut.
Heck, I was out just last weekend on my neighbor's boat with some 8 or 9 ot her people, a party barge. You won't see it parked in a driveway. It sits in the water all the time unless it is roaring.
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Rick C.
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