Ft. Myers Boat Show

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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I guess you guys have nothing better to do with your money. 
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  • TonyWalkerTonyWalker Member Posts: 744 ✭✭✭
    That is probably the simple solution.
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,227 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steve, we're boaters, is that supposed to be a trick question?
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  • F1100F1100 Member Posts: 292 ✭✭✭
    God forbid if something happens to my stock 5.7l mercrusier engines. My wife is gonna go nuts when she sees what I will do :)  Twin Ls7's ...boosting power from 260 per engine to 505 :) and will save over 400lbs too :)
    1993 300 FIESTA VEE TWIN 5.7L ALPHA GEN 2
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  • BellevilleMXZBellevilleMXZ Member Posts: 732 ✭✭✭
    Michael T said:
    Steve, no question that the new turbo and supercharged diesels are really neat but .....the cost to me after converting $CDN to S$US would now be $66K+ I ran the numbers before the advent of the greatly strengthened US dollar and even then I could could never get that initial cost back. The lost investment on 66K (at least 6.6K at 10%) or the interest on a loan of 66K extra would pay for ALL of the gas I use each season! The only way to do diesels imo is to buy them in a used boat and let the first guy take the hit!

    Woooooowwww 66k more for diesels??? That's crazy, you'll NEVER get that payback. Personally I don't think they are needed until you get into the weight of around a 40-45 ft. Diesel is nice, but high maint. cost, and BIG $$$$ if anything goes wrong out of warranty. I know some bills at work on diesel truck are huge, and not at that high of mileage, but out of warranty.
    2005 Rinker 270 FV Volvo Penta 5.7Gi
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  • BellevilleMXZBellevilleMXZ Member Posts: 732 ✭✭✭
    Handymans342 said:
    I guess you guys have nothing better to do with your money. 

    You'd have to be nuts to pay an extra 66k for diesels .......your like a broken record on here, gets old.
    2005 Rinker 270 FV Volvo Penta 5.7Gi
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  • BellevilleMXZBellevilleMXZ Member Posts: 732 ✭✭✭
    F1100 said:
    God forbid if something happens to my stock 5.7l mercrusier engines. My wife is gonna go nuts when she sees what I will do :)  Twin Ls7's ...boosting power from 260 per engine to 505 :) and will save over 400lbs too :)

    I'm curious why they haven't moved towards the LS either.....
    2005 Rinker 270 FV Volvo Penta 5.7Gi
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  • F1100F1100 Member Posts: 292 ✭✭✭
    Its a more expensive engine than a iron block. I would think cost is a major factor. As engines go however the LS and family are so much more advanced than the Iron block engines. However If they are charging 66k for a diesel upgrade it seems that Boat markup must be HUGE :)  You  would be better off asking them to deliver it un powered and have a shop install your engine choice.

    I guess like all things industries get entrenched with certain engines, and just keep using them cause its easy.

    Also boats dont really have the same weight concerns like cars do, soo a 800lb engine vs a 400lb engine is not a big factor like it is in a car.
    1993 300 FIESTA VEE TWIN 5.7L ALPHA GEN 2
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,227 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Speaking of boat shows. I just received my e issue of Boating. It was largely devoted to the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show. Have you seen the prices of those boats? Who is left with that kind of cash or credit?
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  • MarkBMarkB Member Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think credit is easy to come by in the US as long as you're not on a black list. I know some guys down south buy a boat instead of a house and live at the marina. No property taxes, cheap utities, perfect holiday mode setting...

    Boat Name: King Kong

    "Boat + Water = Fun"

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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,227 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @MarkB - Interesting, and why not?!
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Living on a boat is cheap but you still have to do maintenance.
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  • MarkBMarkB Member Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Handy for sure. But it's still way cheaper than living in a house.

    Boat Name: King Kong

    "Boat + Water = Fun"

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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As much as I love my boat, even if I had a bigger one, I don't think I'd want to live on it....I have a "cheap" house, a very "cheap" truck (work at a Ford store) and bought a "cheap" 270 so if I wrap up all I owe, I probably owe much less than most with a house and car payment. At the marina in the town I live in, there are lots of liveaboards on some really nice house boats or really large boats-I never see them move and some I'm sure can't. One guy who had just bought a 2nd house boat, probably 50' said when I asked him if he ever takes it out, he could not even drive it. He'd have to hire someone to move the boat if he wanted.  I think liveaboard is a whole different life than what most of us seem to be doing with our boats.  At least for down here in FL where taxes are pretty low anyway.
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  • MDboaterMDboater Member Posts: 298 ✭✭✭
    Michael T said:

    @MDboater. There is a guy at our marina who has a 350 Rinker (essentially the same boat as my 360). He has twin 6.2s. He told me it was great for displacement cruising but when he took it on trips the 6.2s had to work way too hard, He had to have people move to the front and he got far worse gas mileage than mine. So, that's another perspective of the same model of boat with different engines.

     


    That's very helpful to hear as well.  This confirms my impression that the performance of the 6.2s would be pretty marginal in a boat of that size. 
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