The Cost of Boating
A friend of mine who,, I would consider a semi-pro fisherman put $100 worth of gas in his boat this past weekend. It ended up filling half of the 60 gallon tank. Seeing as gas prices are so high, he pondered how much gas he has used since he purchased his boat. Fortunately for him, the gauges on his boat monitor everything in his engine and this information was readily available.
In the past 2 years he has used just over 1200 gallons of gas. At a conservative gas price of $2.50, that's over $3,000.00. He didn't even know that it was that much. All I can say is that I am glad I don't own a boat!
In the past 2 years he has used just over 1200 gallons of gas. At a conservative gas price of $2.50, that's over $3,000.00. He didn't even know that it was that much. All I can say is that I am glad I don't own a boat!
posted by Financial Fruition @ 9:13:00 PM
3 Comments:
My wife and I have an ongoing joke whenever we see a boat in someone's front yard. We say "Look, Honey! It's a boat! And it's for sale!"
Seems like a lot of people buy a boat, realize that to haul around said boat you need a trailer and a muscle truck that get gallons to the mile, and that's even before you get to the water! Then you chug through $hundreds boating around, and have to haul the thing back.
You can save on gas money by sailing instead of having a powerboat, but that still costs a fortune in other ways!
Very true Madame X, but it is very hard to fish out of a sailing boat! I definitely would agree though there are trade offs to both...one example being the ability to trailer a power boat and not pay docking fees as opposed to most sail boats sitting in a harbor and paying a dock fee.
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