Boat Maintenance Cost Comparison 2022-2021

[@tjborekvideo]

Thanks for another helpful video. As someone planning his first "big" boat purchase in the next few years, this gives me with some rough budgeting. This has to be one of the best channels for powerboat cruising!

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Thanks so much! We love to share our experiences to help others.

[@eoedi1669]

​@@AdventuresofHappyOurs Hi sorry for bothering you. It is the following: I had seen a video talking about the Mercuiser engine which was not above 3000 rpm when it was running, but if it was stopped it was above 3000 rpm. Could you tell me if you managed to overcome the same problem? And what is the procedure to be to make the same boat return to normal. I've already changed almost everything, even the electronic schematic of the other boat I put it in and I still wasn't successful, I don't know what to do anymore, please give me a tip!😢

[@johnm5714]

Labor will make your knees buckle and if you keep your boat at a Marina here on LI-The Marina takes a percentage of any repair work preformed on their property--adding .Insult to injury

[@doncritzer2798]

Wow thanks for info on fire extinguishers, now I need to go buy six of them mine are ancient but still in the green

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

You very likely don’t need 6! Depends on the size of boat, horsepower and if you have an automatic system installed in the engine room. My 35’ boat technically only need one portable fire extinguisher as I have an automatic engine room system installed. I would need 2 if I didn’t have that system.

[@doncritzer2798]

@Adventures of Happy Ours I need two, I own a grand banks 36, a friend of mine gave me the extinguishers years ago. So I put them everywhere

[@newclientelechannel9733]

Very Helpful Video!!

[@comeandtravel1]

Not that bad! Cheers!

[@doncritzer2798]

I throw all my receipts in a folder, I'm too afraid to add them all up don't want a heart attack ha ha....

[@captainjohn7551]

Nice meeting you today, sometimes I don't want to know my total annual expense but I always total it up also.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

You too John! How long you in Cape Coral for?

[@captainjohn7551]

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs We're leaving April 1st

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Maybe we’ll run into each other out there again. Let us know when your out on the water again. We’ll drag along After Ours!

[@davidzoltan5263]

What a fortune 😱, I feel payne for you. Thanks for sharing it, that was interesting.

[@heyjules2008]

Thanks for the update. Wondering if you leave your boats in the water always?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Yea down here we leave them in. No lifts.

[@marcusharrison3141]

Would you do it all again? I have got to get into doing as much work on the boat as I can. Whooooaaa... FL don't allow you to do your own work. Thanks for being transparent. How did those sun pads turn out?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I would definitely do it again! Can’t wait to take a ride north or transport a boat for a customer. Not all marinas in Florida prohibit owners working on boats. My next haulout I’m going to one that does. The sun pad is great! The admiral loves it.

[@jbrat1967]

Thx

[@aidanmurray11]

Great video! What about stuff like mooring fees and insurance?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

That varies widely. Marinas are about $600/month. Insurance depends on hull value insured. About $2000/year for every $100k of boat value.

[@Prototheria]

Out of curiosity- if you were to buy this boat again, would you go diesel or stick with gas? Why/why not? Bonus round: If you were planning on 450- 500 hours a year, would the answer be the same?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

Gassers don’t bother me and I wouldn’t turn down a boat either way. 500 hours per year is a lot for any motor. Diesels do last longer but some of their maintenance costs rival total engine replacements for gas motors.

[@Prototheria]

@@AdventuresofHappyOurs When you say gassers don't bother you, I'm thinking you might mean that whole "diesel safe, gasser go boom" debate. I'm not even trying to bring that up. lol... I figure, there's way more gas boats than diesel out there, a lot of which are 40+ years old, so they can't all be ticking time bombs. I'm asking more from a MX and fuel burn standpoint. Your reported fuel burn/MPG on your cost analysis of your NYC-FL trip surprised me and that's what caused me to reconsider my aversion to gas boats. I started looking at parts costs and scheduled maintenance like oil changes, impellers, zincs, ect... and comparing the bog standard 454 inboard to stuff like a Detroit 6V92 or 8V71, a Cummins 5.9M or 8.3, or a Yanmar 6L. Starters, alternators, oil changes, and even rebuild kits are 1/2 to 1/3 the cost on the 454, to say nothing of a reman. Over a 500 hour year, the 454 seems to be cheaper on paper, even if it burns 20% more than the diesel, which flies in the face of everything I've read on discussion boards and FB groups. The only thing I can think of is they're all comparing planing cruise speeds, where I'm looking at hull speeds. I'm looking at the lower acquisition cost of a gas boat, too. What's saved there on either a cash purchase or a mortgage seems to more than mitigate the reported extra cost of a gasser. One small request- when you do the breakdown of the upcoming maintenance you mention at the end of this video, would you mind separating parts and materials costs from labor costs if you weren't going to do that already? Even just a number at the end showing what could have been saved overall if you were able to do it yourself would be awesome. Either way, I appreciate you guys making these videos and this subject in particular has created a great deal of discussion and research between my wife and I.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I’m never concerned about the boom aspect of gas on my boat at least. Other boats may not be as well maintained. I’ve seen bad gas leaks in boats that were ticking time bombs. Don’t let it get that far. Lol Going hull speeds, diesels are very efficient. The big props and torque push a lot of water at low rpm so fuel economy will likely be better than gas. When you start getting on plane, you start throwing hundreds out the window every hour.

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

I will definitely share the repair costs. May be a couple months though. Lol

[@ironhead5263]

Just wondering what part of NY did you leave from, are you guys from NY?

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

We last lived near Albany NY. We had the boat on the Hudson River before driving it down to Florida.

[@ironhead5263]

Ok , we are about 50 miles south of Albany, we boat on the Hudson river, we keep our boat in marina in rondout creek near Kingston ny 😂

[@AdventuresofHappyOurs]

We have visited there often!

[@ironhead5263]

Ok cool, the Hudson river may not be the best place to boat, but it's all we got, unless we want to trailer our boat somewhere

[@whatta7793]

Watched this video to find the name of your boat, you can ignore that part of the comment I left on your other video a few minutes ago!