What kind of hours do you rack-up?

[Sdfish]

So how are you racking up 2x the hours only going out ½ as much as I do?

Most of my trips are all offshore - 50-100 mile round trips on average, with motor running the entire time.

 

[GH02050]

I average about 200hrs per season in the Northeast. I can only imagine how many hours / engines I would burn through if I lived down south.

 

[Ekea]

There are plenty of days where we only head out to behind the break wall or go to a cove. 30-40 minutes round trip.
Even with fishing trips, I rarely have to go more than 5 miles off shore.
I guess I'm spoiled. Lots of good spots close to home.

depends on how you look at it. thats a fishing only mind set. my favorite thing is actually running the boat, just feeling the waves, hearing the spray, the sound of the motors. neither is right or wrong, just different ways to look at it.

 

[SkunkBoat]

just shy of 1000 hrs on my 5 seasons with the new Zukes. 100 to 200 mile roundtrips for tuna, mahi, tilefish. Trolling time also...

oh, and that is 6 month seasons

 

[SeanC]

I don't get out as much as I like but a 2 day heavy tackle game fishing trip would rack up around 20hrs.
5hrs at cruising speed the rest trolling at around 9knots.

 

[family affair]

depends on how you look at it. thats a fishing only mind set. my favorite thing is actually running the boat, just feeling the waves, hearing the spray, the sound of the motors. neither is right or wrong, just different ways to look at it.

I do as well. I just don't get those opportunities often enough in part due to weather. 50 mile trip was amazing conditions. 34 mile trip was rough as @#$&!

 

[Rhumbline306]

First year with my 306. About 2400 miles over 130 hours of engine time.

 

[glacierbaze]

I wish I had a clock which recorded the time I spend on my boat in the driveway, and in my slip.

 

[family affair]

I wish I had a clock which recorded the time I spend on my boat in the driveway, and in my slip.

If that were the case, I have 30 hours on engines, at least 100 hours on the water, and another 30+ in the garage!

 

[JJF]

I wish I had a clock which recorded the time I spend on my boat in the driveway, and in my slip.

gotta be at least 5x running time

 

[Sardinia306Canyon]

gotta be at least 5x running time

I would guess many hundred or thousand times more.A year has 8760 hours , minus engine hours and boating without running engine would be about 8500 - 8600 hours doing nothing, occupying space, needing repairs and modifications and costing money.
Chris

 

[family affair]

I've spent countless hours on boats, motorcycles, fast cars, and women. The rest, I squandered!

I know that isn't how the saying goes, but it isn't far off from the truth!

 

[Ekea]

I wish I had a clock which recorded the time I spend on my boat in the driveway, and in my slip.

my goal is to some year put more hours on the boat than the lawn tractor

 

[family affair]

my goal is to some year put more hours on the boat than the lawn tractor.

my goal is to some year put more hours on the boat than the lawn tractor

If only it were the same...

 

[Squidder]

SIX lousy hours this year. If the %$#@ wind would just stop blowing every time I get down to the shore...

 

[GEII]

I am averaging about 65 hours a year. I do full day trips and a lot of half day trips. Engines are always on. 99% fishing. My guess is 50% of the time is trolling. Hopefully, I can get my hours back up next year. I used to do 100 per season.

 

[family affair]

As I suspected, seems like most with high hours are putting on a lot of low rpm hours. Had I fished like years past, this would have been a 40-50 hour year from trolling. My 20 hours of troll time would equal 40 total fishing hours alternating between engines.