I have never added up my cost for gas in a given year. I would likely get depressed doing so... Thinking about what else I could be doing with out that expense.
There was only a single time I did so... I wanted to see if the road tax rebate was worth my time. When I found out it really wasn't I just stopped caring.
Rather I look back on the season and reflect on the number of hours on the boat... Be it at anchor, or running, and how much fun it was..... now of course the pontoon I bought last year (used) doesn't have an hour meter so I have to guess some...
Normal cruse length for me 2-3 hours
Number of cruise each weekend 2-4
Number of times this year I anchored out:0
Number of weekend per month averge 2 from May-Sept: 10
Plus a weeks vacation in May; equalling 3 weekends...
so lets see 2*2*13 = 52 - 3*4*13 = 156 average those together 104 hours approximate on the boat this year.... say the boat costs me around 10$ per hour to operate.... $1040 worth of fun for my wife and I... I see no problem justifying that.... even at double that 2048$.... for a summers worth of enjoyment... is better then paying for a week in a hotel at some resort... at least in my eyes....
Anyway sorry for the ramble here, I am not even sure where I was going with this....
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Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....
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