Cool Beans,
"Nothing happened, I hope my post didn't imply that My response was in context to BandB's original post and list of things to budget for. I used my boat as an example, and made a rough estimate based on her list. Unless I misread the list, it basically asks you to eventually plan on rebuilding/replacing everything on the boat. When I estimated a rebuild/repower it really throws the budget into a whole 'nother category for me. Outside of major engine work or catastrophic drive train issues, the budget looks a lot more friendly "
Whew!!! - that sounds a lot better. FWIW we had our 38 Bay with 175 Hino's for 4 seasons (bought used) and the total expenses came to about $14K over all 4 years (fuel not included). When we sold the boat to buy the 45 we recouped more than that with the sale proceeds.
Good luck with you new boat.
"Nothing happened, I hope my post didn't imply that My response was in context to BandB's original post and list of things to budget for. I used my boat as an example, and made a rough estimate based on her list. Unless I misread the list, it basically asks you to eventually plan on rebuilding/replacing everything on the boat. When I estimated a rebuild/repower it really throws the budget into a whole 'nother category for me. Outside of major engine work or catastrophic drive train issues, the budget looks a lot more friendly "
Whew!!! - that sounds a lot better. FWIW we had our 38 Bay with 175 Hino's for 4 seasons (bought used) and the total expenses came to about $14K over all 4 years (fuel not included). When we sold the boat to buy the 45 we recouped more than that with the sale proceeds.
Good luck with you new boat.