I guess the boat won't going too far from the dock this summer! It will be .20cents per litre more than road price. I got rid of the twin engine SeaRay and put a single big block460 BayLiner in its place. It's going up for sale soon as it hits the water. May have to give it up again until I can retire and get a sailboat
I have not put the jet skis in the water in 5 years because of the cost of fuel back then.
Interesting often wonder why people buy expensive boats and stuff and then fuss about fuel prices ? like beer drinkers and smokers and exotic car owners complaining about gas
Interesting often wonder why people buy expensive boats and stuff and then fuss about fuel prices ? like beer drinkers and smokers and exotic car owners complaining about gas
Just often wondered
I remember selling my '74 Vette back in 1985 and people calling and looking at it and asking what kind of gas mileage I got with it.......???
Got to the point I refused to discuss the car anymore with those "gas mileage " folks.........just told them to go buy a Toyota and walked away.
I guess the boat won't going too far from the dock this summer! It will be .20cents per litre more than road price. I got rid of the twin engine SeaRay and put a single big block460 BayLiner in its place. It's going up for sale soon as it hits the water. May have to give it up again until I can retire and get a sailboat
I have not put the jet skis in the water in 5 years because of the cost of fuel back then.
Interesting often wonder why people buy expensive boats and stuff and then fuss about fuel prices ? like beer drinkers and smokers and exotic car owners complaining about gas
Just often wondered
the last ski I bought back in 2000 burns 17.5 US gal in an hour at WOT. Do the math on that and they built boats with twins of this motor
Sold my boat 7 yrs ago when moorage was 10.00 a foot per month, didn't want to sell, took me a year to restore. 26x10= 260 mth moorage. Was 300 to haul in and out at end of season, 450.00 to fuel up @ 85 ltr when put in water, maintanance etc. 2000.00 before I left the dock. My dad had a 40' tolly craft, twin 350/325 hp 48gph wide open. There is no downhill in a boat, always pushing. Out of 6 of us that used to own boats, 0 owns a boat now ( fuel & moorage ). Didn't want to sell, nice old boat!
That's what I heard on CBC yesterday. I know some of you folks are close to that already. This time the blame falls on the weak Canadian dollar. Funny, I don't remember paying $1.55 when the Looney was only worth 85 cents compared to the US dollar. It's currently $1.39 here in PEI
And the pipeline or lack thereof. With or without Keystone, we're gonna pay, pay, pay.
so only another $2-300.00 for fuel. Not much when you take in consideration of the cost of the boat. You can spend that much on dinner out a couple of times. If you sell the boat you most likely will loose $1000.00,s Buy some beer, enjoy the boat and have fun.
so only another $2-300.00 for fuel. Not much when you take in consideration of the cost of the boat. You can spend that much on dinner out a couple of times. If you sell the boat you most likely will loose $1000.00,s Buy some beer, enjoy the boat and have fun.
When it come to boats it's not just fuel prices, moorage @ 10.00 foot, maintenance, paint, stain, bottom, motor, safety equipment ( flares and a lot more ) etc $$$$$$$. Have been boating all my life, can pull out a chart and plot a course from toba inlet to sooke . Enjoyed every minute of it, but at some time, you have to justify the means. I miss it a lot, but it was time to cut the cord and not just because of fuel prices. One day I will take my kids up to Desolation Sound, warmest water north of Mexico and yet 5 min away your standing under a glacier, just beautifull country. Enjoy what you can afford and boating was getting a little to pricey. Sold the boat for almost what I paid for it, and that was 7 years ago. If I was to hang onto it until today it would not be a "penny wise" I would probably get 1/2 as much as I sold it for. I just wish we all could afford to keep all our toys, past and present.
-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Saturday 26th of April 2014 02:34:58 AM
Just keep ENJOYING LIFE ... what are you going to do about gas prices ... It's just a waste of your time and energy worrying.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
You could always buy an electric car like the Nissan Leaf. I read that they cost $40/month to run. I can't see one of them surviving PEI's roads and climate though!
and they built boats with twins of this motor 
