Operating cost Sport Fisher - 47 to 53 feet

I had a 32 foot SeaRay and it was $1000 per month just for Insurance and slip. $500 in fuel every week, constant maintenance, etc…

 

That sounds about right, my cost are:

Slip - $ 8,400 per yr.
Fuel - $ 1,200 per season
Repair, normal service, upgrades - $6,500 per yr. (average)
CA Property Tax - $500 per yr.
Insurance - $ 700 per yr. (I get a sizable break, Power Squadron classes (Piloting, Seamanship and Junior Navigator)

$17,300 or $1,441 per month

MB

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Dang only $1200 in fuel for the season? You must not go anywhere or your boats gets 1o miles per gallon?

 

Boat gets a little over 2 miles per gallon under good conditions and at cruise speed, holds 200 gallons. That said, most of what we do is around the harbor, adjacent harbors, bar/restaurant hopping, etc. Wife has a back issue and does not handle the Pacific chop very well, happy wife is happy boating. The longer trips are for fishing (just the guys), out to Catalina and San Clemente Islands, still just less than 100 miles roundtrip.

MB

 

This will be the first summer for a while without a big boat going to miss it .Of course we have a Boston whaler 35 outrage on the lift in the back yard…but noting like having a yacht at the neighborhood marina.
We really enjoy cruising up the Chesapeake to a variety of destinations. Then in the fall heading down to florida .. in no particular hurry..a combination of inside and outside depending on weather and other factors..we always try to stay somewhere with a nice restaurant…

 

I’m looking at buying a big boat again too. Smaller than before but big enough for my wife and me to do Bahamas runs in moderate conditions. Looking at wide 45ish expresses.
Seems like a good time to buy.

 

Have got a model or manufacturer in mind.. and yes the market seems to have softened a bit. ..from a few years ago..
Be sure to let us know how it goes…

 

I guess it depends on the size and engine sizes but my last boat burned about 65 gallons an hour at about 20 knots so roughly 3 gallons per mile.
We would cover about 150 to 200 miles per day and use somewhere in the 500 to 550 gallons ..but the good news is the boat held 1200 gallons of diesel which gave us a nice range which in trip planning can be the most important thing..

 

Thinking Viking 44' Open. So many popular outboards now in the same size range but I need to sea trial a few. I don't doubt their flatwater performance but I have a hard time thinking they have diesel torque when fully loaded in rough seas in the middle of nowhere. I'm also not a huge fan of gas on the water. That said, the maintenance and ease of use of the outboards is much better than straight shaft diesels.
Having a bigger boat with washer/dryer, ice makers, water makers and lots of freezers makes it hard to go without that stuff. However, that stuff adds a lot of complexity.
I'll start shopping and will know it if I see it.

 

Wish I had that fuel bill...

I couldn't fill my tanks for $1200! (But, I could fill them with $4k....)

Then empty them on a weekend.

Twin DD's putting out 735HP per side, turning 30 X 30 props, uses some fuel.

48' Egg Harbor (Golden Egg) Convertible.

 

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