Comments on: The Cost of Boating http://www.financialfruition.com/the-cost-of-boating/29 a personal finance experience Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Keith http://www.financialfruition.com/the-cost-of-boating/29/comment-page-1#comment-27 Keith Sat, 10 Sep 2005 05:27:00 +0000 http://www.financialfruition.com/?p=29#comment-27 I love boats, but in my experience they are never-ending money sinks. Gas is just the start of it. Payments, storage, slip fees, launch fees, equipment like skis and lifevests and tubes and coolers and floating keychains, and last but not least--REPAIRS. Is it just me or are boats basically always breaking down with one problem or another? We call it our family curse, but I've been assuming for most of my life that it is like that for everyone. :-) I love boats, but in my experience they are never-ending money sinks. Gas is just the start of it. Payments, storage, slip fees, launch fees, equipment like skis and lifevests and tubes and coolers and floating keychains, and last but not least–REPAIRS.

Is it just me or are boats basically always breaking down with one problem or another? We call it our family curse, but I’ve been assuming for most of my life that it is like that for everyone. :-)

]]> By: Financial Fruition http://www.financialfruition.com/the-cost-of-boating/29/comment-page-1#comment-26 Financial Fruition Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:41:00 +0000 http://www.financialfruition.com/?p=29#comment-26 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. 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.

]]> By: Madame X http://www.financialfruition.com/the-cost-of-boating/29/comment-page-1#comment-25 Madame X Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.financialfruition.com/?p=29#comment-25 You can save on gas money by sailing instead of having a powerboat, but that still costs a fortune in other ways! You can save on gas money by sailing instead of having a powerboat, but that still costs a fortune in other ways!

]]> By: mbhunter http://www.financialfruition.com/the-cost-of-boating/29/comment-page-1#comment-24 mbhunter Fri, 09 Sep 2005 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.financialfruition.com/?p=29#comment-24 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. 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.

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