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Byrdman
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 Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:33 am Post subject: HOW MANY HOURS A YEAR-MONTH-DAY DO YOU PUT ON YOUR MOTORS |
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Had to give this posting it's own spot on our C-Brat site. Many of you have read the link of late, Great Loop about GYPSY in the near future setting out for the loop trip. Just take a look at their...local just around the house hours they have enjoyed...
These are motor hours... not total use hours...just when the motor is running.
1584 hours Mike & B have put on GYPSY in about 47 user months....or, an AVERAGE.... of 33.7+ hours a month. Now, that is enjoying your boat!!!!
So now part of me wants to round it up and say that is 4 years, or 1460 days, minus about 30 for the 47 months.... = about 1430 days... or, an average of over 1.1 hours.....A DAY!!!!
Now, ya gotta realise... Mike has owned his own business during these years...and worked about 60 hours a week. So...can ya see him & B getting home, not even going into the house....cranking up GYPSY...and off into the evening... many, many, many times.
Go Brother Go!!!
Byrdman
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jennykatz
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
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City/Region: naples
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:53 am Post subject: Hourly use |
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I though we used our boat a lot around Southwest Florida . We have 530 hours on a f-115 motor (2006) I guess I have to start using it a lot more . WE have put on about 240 hours in about 19months works out to about 150 hrs a yr.
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JamesTXSD
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Just over 1,000 hours in 3 years and 3.5 months... averages out to about 300 hours per year. I think it's good for 'em to use 'em. 
Best wishes,
Jim
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Robbi
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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1100 hours in 4.5 years.
Robbi
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colobear
Joined: 23 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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625 hours in 3.5 years
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patrick and linda
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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4 years and 165 hours on the c-dory. ok, for 3 of those years i actually had 2 boats, but regardless, still haven't put many hours aboard. i'm sure if my boat was docked behind my house the hour meter would be spinning. hopefully within a year that will be exactly the case.
pat
ps: twin 40hp hondas with 315 hours, just about worn out. |
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starcrafttom
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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We are a little off this year but i have 1000 hours since feb 06 .
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breausaw
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| starcrafttom wrote: | | We are a little off this year but i have 1000 hours since feb 06 . |
wow, that's some serious hours!
For us two seasons for a total of 10 months = about 385 hours on the meter; that doesn’t including the 300 hours I put on the meter last winter by leaving the key and battery switch on.
Log says we’ve spent 76 days on the water, 57 nights on the hook…getting my moneys worth.
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JamesTXSD
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| starcrafttom wrote: | | We are a little off this year but i have 1000 hours since feb 06 . |
Bill or Mike, we are seriously in need of a "biting my tongue" emoticon. |
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Aurelia
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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22 hours in 2 months of possession... more than the last owner put on it in 4.5 years, and we promise to build on that number this weekend 
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tpbrady
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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5 years, 650 hours, 6900 miles, 5 1/2 months a year of usable boating weather.
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Spike
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| We have owned our boat 3 years this month and have alittle over 190 hours on the main motor, but I'll bet I have at least 1300 hours on my kicker. And that is a pretty conservetive guess. |
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helm
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Wow, I thought we had a lot of hours -204- cruising from New York to Apalachicola, but we aren't even close to you guys!
Eric
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starcrafttom
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:28 am Post subject: |
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| fisherman will always have higher hours. i have spent up to 14 hours ONE DAY fishing and running on the main. I like to run the boat all day even if Iam not fishing. I only anchor up to eat and sleep. some times we even eat while cruising at a slow speed between ports. I dont like to sit still to much. I have not even started the boat since the first week of september this year. most years i fish sept and nov alot. just no time right now. |
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Byrdman
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:17 am Post subject: |
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This is pretty cool.
Starcrafttom: Now...just which year have you not "been off?" 
Tbrady: Come on down back home Tom... warm, fresh water is waiting.
Eric: Thanks for your hours 204- cruising from New York to Apalachicola. That is about a 30 day trip....if you travel every day for about 7 hours. ......and now my little numbers mind is really starting to go crazy.....    
How many gallons
How many days of rest or just hanging out
How many nights at anchor
How many nights at a marina
How many knots average speed
...how many how many's .... you get the idea.
OK, some of us are sicker than others...
Byrdman |
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