Guesstimate how much participating in this forum has cost you

Congrats techsas!

The difference between a hole in the water where you throw money and a boat is boat mechanic labor costs.  Sh!ts gonna break, that’s a given.  If you can work on your boat it’s not that expensive except for consumables.  New boats don’t need much maintenance but they are expensive and depreciate as fast as your typical boat loan (which can be much longer than a car loan).

I mistook the 23 foot for 2023.  My bad!

I have to imagine boats are cheaper than horses.

My sisters family showed horses all over the USA. I told her that a horse was an animal that you shoveled gold in one end and garden fertilizer came out the other. Anyhow niece number two got a scholarship to that school in Lubbock based on her showing horses. What that has to do with engineering 🤷‍♂️

Gulfcoastguy said:

Probably not as I sold my boat 20 years ago. But back then Boat was a hole in the water that you randomly shoveled cash into.

Bought my boat over thirty years ago. Still on the same 115 Merc.  Pretty much haven't spent much on it at all. The motor is maybe 30k hours past it's life. Not explainable. put a six horse on the boat and try not to run the big motor as much now, it's starting to scare me

TechsasJim said:

Break Out Another Thousand...always on repairs

I got psuedo lucky and was about to grab a 23' Majek and the day before I was to buy, my wife said she was pregnant with our 2nd kid.

Kiddo will cost me a lot more but I'll love this kid 1000000x more...

TechsasJim said:

alaskanassasin said:

TechsasJim said:

Break Out Another Thousand...always on repairs

I got psuedo lucky and was about to grab a 23' Majek and the day before I was to buy, my wife said she was pregnant with our 2nd kid.

Kiddo will cost me a lot more but I'll love this kid 1000000x more...

Kids love boats

Yes they do, that’s why I have in laws that live on a freshwater lake as opposed to my saltwater dealings and the maintenance associated with it.  

Everyone wins—right?

Best boat is a friend's boat.

TechsasJim said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

TechsasJim said:

alaskanassasin said:

TechsasJim said:

Break Out Another Thousand...always on repairs

I got psuedo lucky and was about to grab a 23' Majek and the day before I was to buy, my wife said she was pregnant with our 2nd kid.

Kiddo will cost me a lot more but I'll love this kid 1000000x more...

Kids love boats

Yes they do, that’s why I have in laws that live on a freshwater lake as opposed to my saltwater dealings and the maintenance associated with it.  

Everyone wins—right?

Best boat is a friend's boat.

You know the old saying:  if it flies, floats or f…s it’s best to rent

Unless you can write it off as custom fabrication for your company…..

fishlessman said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Probably not as I sold my boat 20 years ago. But back then Boat was a hole in the water that you randomly shoveled cash into.

Bought my boat over thirty years ago. Still on the same 115 Merc.  Pretty much haven't spent much on it at all. The motor is maybe 30k hours past its life. Not explainable. put a six horse on the boat and try not to run the big motor as much now, it's starting to scare me

2-stroke?  Maybe it’s time to invest in more strokes…

nolaegghead said:

I have a pair of 200 HP Yamaha counter rotating 2-strokes and they aren’t worth much.

ill be watching for a second hand two stroke merc, 90 to 115 hp. i also have a 4 stroke evenrude on back to get me home if needed. reminds me, need to get the starter off and rebuilt before april. thats the week link in that motor. 

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I would love a Hacker-craft 30' runabout.

No joke, me too.  A buddy of mine refurbished one….I had no idea until I saw him with it at the Mandeville wooden boat fest across the lake.  Beautiful.  Some painstaking work.

nolaegghead said:

Actually it was smaller than 30 feet

I would be happy with a smaller one too.  Just the shape, the craftsmanship, the everything.