Hour King

[BMANNING]

60 hrs this season. Put more hours on my lawn mower than my boat. Something is wrong with my priorities.

[SoCal G-Man]

60 hrs this season. Put more hours on my lawn mower than my boat. Something is wrong with my priorities.

LOL! I feel your pain. This whole work thing keeps getting in the way of my boat fun!

[j2nh]

swc5150, 7 hours? Your boat is not even broken in yet. Next summer you are going to have to figure out a way to get some hours on that boat. Bring it over for a weekend and we will put the course in for you.

[SkiTower]

just broke 300...after 12 seasons.

[NeverLetGo]

120. We usually only go out when on vacation. But when we go out, we put 8+ hours a day.
Someone is always getting pulled behind the boat. Swim breaks and lunch breaks are quick.


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[Evening Shade]

Am at a little over 50 hours and we will probably put another 20 on it before winterizing.

Having said that, I did put 25 hours on an Albury Brothers center console in the Abaco Islands the first week in August.

[Infinity]

Only 60hrs on my boat, but I have 3 friends I go with 1-2 times a week and we swap boats since we all have one, so over 200hrs for sure so far. We surf till Thanksgiving every week and depending on weather go till xmas. I moved into my new home next to lake a few weeks ago and built a detached heated boat garage so I can go all winter if it does not get too cold. We all keep wetsuits and water does not get colder than 60 degrees here, so it possible!

[lucky7t]

55 here


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[75Tique]

I only put 49.5 hours on my G so far this year, but that's because I put lots of hours on my 1998 Ski Nautique and my 11' Blue Bomber (homemade wooden boat).

Jeff, what is a blue bomber? Got any pictures? Have wanted to build a "vintage" wooden boat for years, specifically a "Crackerbox" something like the one pictured, tho I doubt it would come out that nice. That one was for sale twice, once in the pacific northwest (too far away to worry about) but then again a couple years later in Connecticut. I was tempted and it was priced reasonably, quite a bit less than to build, but I never pulled the trigger. Lack of time, space and cash have stood in the way of the build.

[sixcampbells]

70 hours on our ‘18. Got wetsuits for boys so hoping to go through October at least.


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[NautiqueJeff]

Jeff, what is a blue bomber? Got any pictures?

Mine's not quite as cool as that one, but it is a lot of fun! It'll go about 30 with me in it, and it only has a 25 HP Mercury on it.

We call it the Blue Bomber. It is a Glen-L Dyno Mite that was built by the previous owner in 2003. Fun boat!

[75Tique]

That is still a cool little boat. I dont want to threadjack the hour thread too badly, but one more comment. Glen-L has what they call their "crackerbox" plan that I have stared at for years. I put it in quotes because it is more a small gentleman's racer vs a crackerbox. Even the one I posted is kind of one off. For those that dont know, crackerboxes are a 40s-50s vintage racing class, but are still raced, primarily on the west coast. P-80 here is an example. Probably the best Glen-L crackerbox I have seen online is the first one here. the red and yellow one was for sale near me about 10 years ago. I looked at it. $2000, pretty fair, even including the fact that it had no engine. OK guys, you can have your thread back.

[kdonzi123]

We are at over 150. And a lake draw down is cutting us short this year. Have to put it away in a few weeks.

[swc5150]

swc5150, 7 hours? Your boat is not even broken in yet. Next summer you are going to have to figure out a way to get some hours on that boat. Bring it over for a weekend and we will put the course in for you.

That sounds good! I equally embarrassed to say the boat has yet to see a course too.

[Hogwild]

520 in 2 summers and gonna run till Holloween....