How realistic to have a motorboat? Hello
I plan to buy a motor boat for recreational use, for up to 4 tickets £ 6 8 k.
I know very little about boats to bring a person who knows a lot about themselves.
What I need to know based on the occasional weekend use, how should I plan for - the cost of mooring permits water and nothing else like insurance?
Thank you very much
Steve
Costs vary widly depending on where you are and the type of rigging you have.
If you are looking for a 4-6 motor boat dock I guess it will be less than 25 feet, so if you're looking for a good marina i would probably suggest about £ 2500 - £ 3,000 per year. If you are looking for a swing mooring in deep water may be around £ 700 - £ 1,000 and may be about £ 500 for dry docking at low tide.
Other costs to consider are: 1) insurance (varies depending on your experience and power of the craft) is £ 600 per year, a figure Ball Park, 2) antifouling (varies by size of boat and type of antifouling need for speed boats) say £ 750 per year, 3) service (depending on the size and number of engines) is £ 250 per engine, 4), winter storage (varies according 'where and how you will transfer the boat and the storage area) that £ 500 and 5) fuel (varies depending on the extent and speed with which you intend to go) say £ 60 for a weekend.
Overall you probably need to budget for about £ 2,500 - £ 5,000 per year.
Should be worth it though! Good luck.
Boats get a bad reputation because people run the crap out of them, do not drive often, let them sit in time, and expect them to work perfectly every time. 2-stroke engines, which most boats outboard use, are simply not going to last with this kind of abuse. Heck your car would not run the most people treat their boats.
I used to drive a board / ski boat outboard. He drove for 5 summers and probably took about 500 hours on the engine itself and was in the boat for at least another 500 hours without the engine running. Needless to say, this boat has seen a ton of use and it was not babied. If all he has been mistreated.
When the boat was sold to one of my friends he would always go as fast as it did the day it was new. His family did not take care of it and let it sit in the weather, rain and sun. The boat began to gather mold on the carpet, the paint has started fading, and it went downhill fast. It is used to retrieve a skier out of the water with 4 people in the boat and now you can barely pull with a 2 in the boat.
Buy what you want, but take care of her attention to detail when something goes wrong, and it will be the most fun you've ever had.
5m min normally and could cost between £ 15.25 per meter port fees, liability insurance 40 parts 200 350
I suppose you want the boat to the river or use the canal. First job check the width and maximum height of a boat for your water. Boats for channels to be thinner than the riverboats.
Keep the boat as short as possible. Anchors load over time.
A boat of 24 feet on a good mooring on the Thames will be about £ 2,200 per year. Everywhere else will be less!
You'll probably need a boat safety certificate (BSS) is like an MOT for a car, but it lasts 4 years. Better to buy a boat that has a course. No need for the sea and water.
Then, you may need a license from the River. Thames same boat, about 250 pounds per year.
Have a look at the Environment Agency website at the following address:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/sub ...
It will cost you your left testicle, unless you have an ego problem, in this case it will cost you two testicles.
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Posted on April 27, 2010.
