65 and counting on the new boat, 10 on the old one
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65 and counting on the new boat, 10 on the old one
75 and counting. Only put about 35/yr the first three years so this is a lot for me. Went out Saturday, was 80 degrees and sunny and water temp was still 64-65 at my local lake. 80 again today - too bad I have to work! Hoping to get out a few more times this year!
We had a great summer.
I put 120hrs this year. Total is now 260hrs since 2008.
Last year 250hrs
This year 50hrs
The aquisition of the lake house eliminate the need for spending the whole day on the water. Instead we go for 2 or 3 quality rides and work on our tan the rest of the day.
:)
don't know the exact, but it's around 50. horrible year for the weather. still real nice, here, but she's put up for the winter.
75 hrs this year from May 15 to Sept 5
110hrs currently from April 1st till now.
It is getting pretty cold in WI and finding a third is getting difficult. Even if I don't get out anymore this year it was an amazing first year of ownership.
11 on my boat - running out of people to ski with ...
Does not count the time spent at training facilities. I think I got more passes in 8 days at The Liquid Edge than I did all season at home..
175ish so far hoping for 200 before we have to winterize.
Started the season at 65 hours we have between 240-245 right now.
I have 160 Hours on my boat this year. That is with me having it for only a week between July 24 and now. Geez its been a crappy boating year for me.
Twenty-three hours for me and that includes two weeks of camping with the boat and skiing at home twice a week with the time split between two boats. I also put a couple of hours cruising in the spring and early summer. I don't know what more I can do to get more hours. It seemed like I used it a lot but the math says I didn't.
Damn. Lots of you guys have low hours.
It would be cheaper to pay for lessons on a wakeboard school boat!!!
When I calculate boat loan, gas, docking fees, storage, winterization etc.. It's rougly $10,000 per year.
If I only put 23hrs on my boat, that would be $434/hour!!!!
41 hours, bought the boat August 26th. It's been awesome! Just wish I wasn't approaching a 7-8 month hiatus...
about 25hrs this year, 135 total hrs 08,09,10 .going to be put up in two weeks. Nice thing about a lake house just use the boat when you need it.
also we put about 80 hrs our friends MC x-45 ;) had to break her in.
82hrs this year. Probably will add another 20-25 before Dec when I plan on winterizing. I had about a month's worth of down time this year with a broken axel and two cracked ribs.
put just over 50 on it this year. we have a house on the lake so we don't have to be in the boat all day long, just when boarding, surfing, etc. did the winterizing this weekend so it's done for the year. just to much other stuff going on since school started back. :(
a little over 100 hrs so far- but that's just engine hours. countless hours anchored and swimming, listening to the radio, enjoying beverages etc. When we go to the ski club I probably only put an hour or two engine hours on it, but the boat is kind of a "home base" for the entire day. If I were doing the $/hr calculation (yes I've done it too) I would have to include these hours in the enjoyment calculation.
55 hours so far this year. Still holding out for a few more days.
Tell me about it - Add to that a lakehome purchase and taxes and remodeling and utilities - probably adds up to $5000 a pass...
Our boat is a 1999 and I have 330 hours on it. Granted we use someone elses boat fairly regular. Biggest issues is getting people out there. Over half the time it is jsut me skiing and I have to hunt down a third party for a spotter.
The only cost I have is insurance, tags and fuel. The only thing I ever considered was to split ownership but I like it to be available when I need it. I spent around $620 on my boat this year so my figure is $27/hour. I also have other toys that get seasonal use so they have low hours on them also. I find if I do too much of one thing I get bored and get out of it entirely but at least I use the stuff as there are other people who never get their boat out.
Interesting trend I am seeing on this thread is that those with lakehouses tend to put less hours on their boats. I don't get that at all. All 75 of my hours this year were spent either wakeboarding, surfing, or tubing with very little cruising. We usually back the boat off the trailer, then fill the sacks and start the water sports (mmandley gives me sh$t about this all the time :) ). Once we are done riding, we will sit and float for a while and have a few beverages but we're not putting any hours on the boat so that doesn't count. If I lived on a lake or river, I would think that I would be putting more hours on the boat, not less, cause I'd be going out in the evenings after work as well which I don't do now. Or maybe for those of you that have a lakehouse, it's a second home so you only get out there on the weekends?
Can't quite figure this one out :confused:
I think the reason for that might be that people who live on the water might only go out when conditions are really good and there's not to many people out. For us that live off the water we just decide to go a certain day and then make the best of it.
Just got off the water our total is up to 180 for the year.
Al, ours is a second home so weekends it is, except for a week or two during summer vacation. with a lake house comes lots of other work, sled will chime in now. kinda get spoiled that we pick when the perfect time to go and do "watersports" if its rough we don't go, just enjoy and BBQ , campfires etc.
we have a one year old so with out the house the boat would have been gone already 1 to 2 hrs is plenty for her on the water.
ooh lake house is 60 miles away
ps. let me know when you get the 6600 tuned in to since our setups are similar i can try to emulate your setup.
only about 30 hours or so this year :( Bad Bad weather for boating. Already used the boat more in September than all the rest of the summer! I think I need to start a thread call "how many miles driven per year trying to get to water". Have to tow a minimum of 1hour just to get to the closest source..........Damn I put some miles on my trailer.
Well,
Lake house owners have lower hours for two main reasons. First, lots of friends with boats that want to drive. Second, lots of work to do on the lake house. My 05 LSV just went in to be winterized, a sad day. I spent 6 hours at the lake house doing chores. Still beats being home. I have a dry suit. I wish I had gotten one more set in - oh well.
It is a weekend gig. I added up last year, 36-40 days at the lake depending on how you count. Is a day of work "a day at the lake." (yes, yes it is). Total boat hours this year about 80 but we usually have 2-4 boats on any given weekens.
Showing off for JM :)
Yeah, that makes some sense. But I typically only go out when the weather forecast is good and if turns out to be blown out, we might tube a bit then just throw the anchor and swim and hang out.
Yeah, I think those that live full time at the lake would get more hours in than those that have a lakehouse for a second home.
Yeah, I suppose most lakehouses do need a lot of upkeep. Other than mmandley, I have not gone out on any other boats this summer so almost all my surfing and boarding have been done behind my boat.
So here is my take on low hours on my boat - which is on a lift at lake 65 minutes away.
1. Boat is on lift - weekends only, but normally weekends are Thursday night to Monday night for me so I should get more time - but not...
2. I used to have a boat load of people to ski with. For a variety of reasons it is now down to me most of the time.
3. When I go - I slalom. Slalom runs are a lot more intense than wakebaord or tubing runs. I would be very surprised if the total time above water slalom skiing in any set exceeds 15 minutes, probably closer to 10. At 34 mph a pass through the course is about 18 seconds. When I was in training this summer (somone elses boat) 6 passes was about max in a set. That included coaching after each pass. That takes about 20-30 minutes max and the boat is only running half that. Almost impossible to get 3 sets a day - conditions, people, scheduling, physcial conditioning, wear and tear on your hands..
4. About 50% of my time is behind someone elses boat, and although I try to reciprocate, they prefer their boat.
5. We have ample opportunity but my driver refuses to pull me without a spotter, so the boat sits unless I can round up someone. That would be OK if the spotter was a skier, but despite lots of friendly offers, it is just wierd going door to door pandering for help.
I'm with ya there Benson. Skiing doesn't take long and I'm amazed how little time is put on the engine. My buddy and I share the rides with his Prostar and my Moomba. We agreed to split the fines if we get caught without a spotter but we go out early morning or evening and we are done in an hour. We get glass every time we go out and no boats. I can't imagine what it would be with boat traffic and waves to contend with. I did more skiing this year than the last two years.
They take that spotter business more serious up there. I like Oregon's law and some other states with either a spotter or a mirror. Washington law sucks. The flag and spotter is a good thing when there are other boats but when we're the only one around it's like using a turn signal on a vacant road.
About 42 hours for us. We do the lake house thing on a small lake so no need to travel far to get a ride in...just float off lift and go. Our lake house is 3 hrs away but we try to get up every weekend June thru September. The way I see it I'm paying a mortgage and taxes on it, we are going to use it. There are always chores, but most don't take long. Any major work we try to do in the off season. The spotter thing affects us too every so often as well. The neighbors have boats too so that also limits hours on ours. Next door neighbor is in the process of purchasing a Centurion Avalanche with a Switchblade...can't wait to surf behind that thing.
You guys need to move to bama where all you need is a tiny little mirror.
35 hours, religously
1st summer 35 hours
2nd summer hour meter hit 70
and this summer I'm on the trailer winterized and headed for storage at a whoppin' 105 hours.
The funny thing is, our boat runs just about everyday, this year we added a great big brawler to our stable of water toys thinking it would give the kids something to ride when the water was too rough to ski. Still 35 hours
imagine that