Cost of owning a boat

[vinalf]

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That is generally what you need to do when anything goes wrong!!

[purple5ive]

most ramps have launching fees between $12 to $17 each time or get a yearly pass for $100 or so
looking at $900 +for boat maintenance
insurance $750
i probably spend about $10k on fuel for car and boat (dive to bermagui lots)
licence and rego's $220
epirb $300 every 5 years
fishing gear $$$$$$$$$$$$

and on it goes

What's a boat ramp ?
What's Maintenance ?
What's insurance ?
What's Rego ?

just a thought

lollll steveo...
odnt you take insurance for kayaks ??? or you just chose not to

[Fishbref]

In other words, if if you are a busy man and are not likely to use it more than a handful times a year, after the initial excitement wears off and you are jaded with long hours and poor returns, stuck at a car-wash half-asleep at 2 AM with 2 undersized garfish in your bucket, the experience may be priceless but it just may not be worth it...

[GTSHoon]

most ramps have launching fees between $12 to $17 each time or get a yearly pass for $100 or so
looking at $900 +for boat maintenance
insurance $750
i probably spend about $10k on fuel for car and boat (dive to bermagui lots)
licence and rego's $220
epirb $300 every 5 years
fishing gear $$$$$$$$$$$$

and on it goes

What's a boat ramp ?
What's Maintenance ?
What's insurance ?
What's Rego ?

just a thought

X1000 hahaha
Cam :sun:

[Kev209]

If you don't use them it still costs you $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
When we had a boat I was in good health and still working, renovating the house, and had teenage kids, something always came up to bugger my plans to take the boat out.
So we sold the boat and started to hire them. For me this was great, it was cheaper and I didn't have to listen to the bull$it excuses why friends and some relies couldn't put in for the ramp, bait, or stay back to help wash the boat and clean up. That's when I started collecting the money for bait and the boat hire before I went ahead and booked one. (Funny how people drop off and don't want to go fishing as much)

[cheaterparts]

lollll steveo...
dont you take insurance for kayaks ??? or you just chose not to

I dont bother they arn't a super high cost thing to replace if I had to
my first kayak ( you've seen that one ) cost me about $ 1200 in total ready to fish with no on going costs
that spread over the 4 years was pretty cost affective

and I've pulled some good catches on that

[purple5ive]

lollll steveo...
dont you take insurance for kayaks ??? or you just chose not to

I dont bother they arn't a super high cost thing to replace if I had to
my first kayak ( you've seen that one ) cost me about $ 1200 in total ready to fish with no on going costs
that spread over the 4 years was pretty cost affective

and I've pulled some good catches on that

THANKS ol mate,
yes have seen your old which i think is the yellow coloured one yeah.
im interested more so as a safety option in case i damage something or someone elses boat perhaps.
id rather have the insurance than not.

cheers

[ducky]

The price differs hugely depending on so many factors. Maintenance required. Size of boat. Amount of usage.

I've been out 4 times since buying my boat. On average I'm looking at about $45 per session. Not including tackle or bait or regos/insurances (Well I'm yet to use bait on it) it's a 4.45m boat with a 60hp motor.

[purple5ive]

ducky, what are you basing your costs on??
ramp costs will be one. where the rest of the $30 come from just fuel??
how long is each session roughly.
keen to know, would be handy as a rough guide if i ever get a boat.

[re-tyred]

I have a 4.3 quintrex with 30HP Yamaha fwd control. Average day out on the lake is about 12-15 litres of fuel. No ramp fees here and 5min drive from my house to the ramp. I do all the maintenance myself. Yearly service, change the gearbox oil pump kit etc is about $100- $200 in parts. This year didn't need a pump kit. I change the gear box oil mid season too just to be sure. ($10). Once a year I take the boat off the trailer and go over it thoroughly. New bearings, clean any rust and paint it. Bearing $70, paint $80. During the year I crawl under and treat any signs of rust with fish oil. ($20). Rego boat and trailer approx. $150 Insurance for$7000 is about $250 and rising as usual. Longer term maintenance. Flare kits extinguisher battery replacement etc, you might need to allow $100 a year. So just to have it you might spend $1000 a year. Then to use it maybe $30-40 each time. For me that would be around 100 times a year. After that it is bait and fishing gear, but you need that even without a boat. I catch a fair amount of my own bait. I supplement it with Pilchards and supermarket prawns/squid. I guess I spend in the order of $2000-$3000 on my fishing per year. Probably way less than the average golfer spends. Money well spent I think.