www.iFourWinns.com

Just a quick poll about this summers usage of your boat....

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Jvalich
http://www.badcock.com

'04 FW 288 Vista "Mental Floss"

Just as much as last year. Which wasn't much .

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Will be single this year, sad story for another time. Will be cutting back on many things anyway, but the boating fund will be a mainstay at all other costs.

I work with a guy who pulls his $65K Nautique with a $2,500 Suburban.
Priorities!

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum

Damn the gas companies... full speed ahead.
If need be I'll cut back elsewhere.

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"ROCKHOUND"
2005 Vista 298
Georgian Bay, Ontario.

Actually hope to be using the boat more this year, if I only burn the same amount of gas that I did last year, I'll be disappointed.

That's not to say that I won't be doing everything I can to make the overall cost of gas as low as possible, filling from gas stations rather than marinas. Using cash back gas cards, the occasional hauling of jerry cans down to the dock, etc. I just won't be limiting use of the boat more than free time allows.

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2007 Horizon 200
4.3L GXi/ SX 225 HP

We will be hopefully using the boat more next year. The wife was a bit down on it last year. It was mostly myself and my son. Oh the looks he got putting Mental Floss on the trailer. Most couldn't believe an 11 yr old could handle the boat so well. We will be looking for ways to save and economize the trips. Like our trips to Caladesi Island. Normally we would run across Tampa Bay which made it a 60 mile trip one way. Now we will be pulling it across the bay and cutting the trip to about 30 miles one way. That just means two trips per tank instead of one I also just finished the genset maintenance last weekend. New plugs, impeller, oil and filter so some anchoring out is in order... a bit of cash saved on marinas. It's hard to believe we brought Mental Floss home almost 5 yrs ago... man time flies!

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Jvalich
http://www.badcock.com

'04 FW 288 Vista "Mental Floss"

Definately want to increase the use especially when the new boat arives
Ardy

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Ardy
Adelaide South Australia
Red H180 3.0 Merc

With a brand new V358 to be delivered next week we are planning on several longer trips this year. Jersey shore to the Hamptons being one of them.

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2008.Fourwinns V358
1999 SeaRay340 Sundancer
1989 SeaRay 260 Cuddy

About the same for us. We don't do a lot of towing watersports yet so we usually sit anchored somewhere. Probably a good thing this summer.

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2005 Horizon 210, 5.7L Volvo

As much as possible. Now that I've paid for the launch for the season, I'll save at least $75 on launch fees (about 3/4 tank)

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-Rob.


Current boat: 2011 Yamaha AR210
Previous boat: 1998 Horizon RX 4.3GL SX

Yeah, I'm burning what I can. It's only in the water for 5 months anyway!

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2009 H180 w/3.0 Merc
Homebuilt Minimax Hydro
2011 Zodiac Cadet 310

With the purchase of the new V248 we plan on doing more boating than last year. In the past we cruised out of our home port in Clinton Connecticut to ports all over Long Island Sound, Block Island RI and as far as Newport RI. This year we have relocated our home port to Mystic CT. which will help with our overall gas usage. We found that we spent most of our time in the waters near the RI/CT boarder. Moving our slip removed roughly 2-1/2 to 4 hours from our journey (each way); that is based on sea conditions.

When you really think about it gas prices is not the determining factor in owning a boat. Once you add in the initial cost, insurance, registration, taxes, slip fees, upkeep, storage, launching, removing, winterizing, transient slip cost etc. the fuel is really just a small part of the total cost. I may fill differently if we had a large cruiser with twin screws.

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“Growing Older, But Not Up”
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2008 Four Winns V248
2004 Stingray 220CS

Trying so hard not to let it get me down, gas prices that is. Just fill it when it's low on fuel and try not to let conserving fuel enter into my thought process. If it comes down to it, we'll start eliminating eating out as much or something, but not boating. It's very frustrating to finally have my first boat and then gas goes through the roof. It's not staying in storage and on the trailer, damn it.

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2008 H210SS VP 5.7 Gi/SX
2011 Ford F150 FX4 EB

My boating life would not change due to gas price. I would go out more since there would be less traffic in water... That is good and bad.

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08 H260 VP 8.1Gi DP.....Previous
2013 Crownline E6 Merc 8.2MAG BIIIX, DTS/SC

Wheres the checkbox that reads "Bring the cannon to bear!, I plan to use as much gas as I did last year. Life is too short; but I will still ponder as to where exactly 40% + of my earnings & 25% in hidden cost in the goods we purchase & the 13% fee for the privalege purchasing those goods is going - and why exactly do I have to pay +30% for the same goods than they do in the US ?"
Must be the world class social services, amazing buisness sector and heavenly 2 months of summer we have here.

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2008 Four Winns 210 5.7 GI/SX
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew
1966 Fed-Up Wife