Seriously though this has been one of my karaoke go to's for like 15 years now and this makes me incredibly happy seeing everyone jump in with this lol
I was listening to this today along with a bunch of other lonely island songs because I just remembered their music exists for the first time in a few years, cool timing lol. Gotta say Finest Girl is probably my favorite by them tho😅
“Poseidon, look at meeeeeee” It was me and a couple buddies go to for a while. I was the only one that could half-ass sing so I always had to be T-Pain lol.
They say if you want to know what it’s like to own a boat, get in the shower in all your clothes, turn on the cold water (not warm!) and tear up hundred-dollar bills.
It's also oddly cathartic knowing that the boat can't punish some other poor bastard. My family has owned a series of boats over the past 30 years. Whenever you sell a boat, the sense of relief you feel is tempered by the guilt you feel for the buyer who is inheriting all those problems. Good luck, buddy. You're gonna need it.
A LOT of maintenance, on my to-do list I have like 10 things I need to fix. Probably like 20-40 hours of work.
And my boat is in pretty good shape.
At Minimum I put like 40 hours of work into that boat a year, and that's just the basic yearly maintenance. Beside that there are repairs if anything break and if you're unlucky that could be days of work.
It's worth it for me, there are a lot of hobbies that require much more work. Ever owned a horse? Or a few? That's like an hour or two of work every day.
Yeah, boating can be time and money consuming. You are right though, there are definitely hobbies that cost more of both. We have had horses for a long time now, and the running joke with horses is: "if you want to make a small fortune raising horses, start with a large fortune."
LOTS of maintenance. Boat engines (and electrical systems) are notoriously unreliable and require frequent repairs and part replacements. And since boat mechanics are way less common than car mechanics, the wait times and cost of repairs can be pretty high. And even aside from repairs there are a lot of normal recurring costs with boat ownership, specifically storage. Unless you own a house with your own dock, you have to either rent a slip at a marina (very expensive) or you have to pull the boat in and out of the water using a trailer each day you use it (this is called "launching" and most marinas charge you a fee to do it). You also then need a place on land to store the boat/trailer when it's not in use. If your own property can't accomodate it, you have to rent a lot space somewhere (another recurring cost). If you live in an area where it snows, you also have to have the boat winterized every year (drain the fluids and wrap it in a protective cover) so that the freeze-thaw cycle doesn't damage it.
Also, the cost of fueling a boat is way more expensive than fueling a car, for two reasons:
First, price gouging. Even though most boat engines use standard automobile gasoline, the price of gas at a marina is usually double what you pay at a land gas station because there are fewer choices available (even large lakes / boating areas usually only have a handful of marinas). So they can gouge the shit out of you on fuel and get away with it because where else are you gonna go?
The second reason is that motorboat engines have horrendously-bad fuel economy. Think of the most gigantic, inefficient, gas-guzzling SUV you've ever seen on the road - it has better fuel economy than even a medium-small motorboat. The physics of propelling a boat are very different than propelling a car because a boat constantly has to overcome water resistance to maintain speed. You know how in a car you can be going like 30 mph, take your foot off the accelerator and just coast for a long time? That doesn't happen in a boat. If you're going 30 in a boat and you cut the throttle, it will come to a near-complete stop within seconds. Boats don't have "brakes" because the water itself is the brake. Overcoming that water resistance to maintain cruising speeds requires the engine to continuously run at high RPMs, which guzzles gasoline. Boat engines don't really measure fuel economy in "miles per gallon" but a typical motorboat gets the rough car equivalent of like 3-5 mpg at moderate speeds. Even just cruising around at 25 mph in a boat eats up the tank crazy-fast and you can easily burn through over $100 in fuel in a few hours. The constant high RPMs required to maintain cruising speeds is also incredibly taxing on the engine and is a big reason why they break down so much.
I know it's not the same thing but that's how I felt when I sold my motorcycle.
My father and his brothers were riders so I really wanted to be a rider but after a few years of owning it I just didn't enjoy it that much and I felt kind if guilty about it. Selling it was a nice relief.
I don't get that at all. I've picked apart most things on my boat and put them back together again, sometimes more than once because I didn't get it right the first time. But first spring day I go out sailing, man, it's all worth it. Best feeling in the world to raise the sails and tame the winds.
I like fixing things though and not everyone does so I guess you have to have the right mindset?
My experience is specific to motorboats. Don't sail so I can't speak to what sailboat ownership is like, but motorboat engines are unreliable as hell and shit is always breaking down on them even if you're maintaining them well. I'm handy enough to fix/replace little things on my boat, but I'm not a mechanic and engine repair is way beyond my expertise. We have a regular mechanic for our boat but he has a lot of customers so when something breaks during summer boating season it can be a long wait before he's able to look at it.
It's definitely true. My grandparents had a 35-40 foot (can't remember exact size) boat that could seat 10 people up top pretty comfortable. Ended up selling it for less than $10k after trying for like half a year lol
As someone who has sold a boat and had a boat sink… this is 💯% accurate.
Never mind profiting, breaking even by selling a used boat is about as likely as winning the lottery. But my boat that sank? It was not only insured for more than I could ever sell it for, but more than I paid for it in the first place.
My father in law apparently called his wife once and said, “I’ve got good news and bad news. Good news is the boat caught on fire. Bad news is it didn’t sink.”
I understand that hahaha. I was just curious if they were unreliable from the factory. I’ve heard several ppl say Jeeps were money pits. Just wasn’t sure if it was self inflicted or not
Yes, since like 2014, I think it was private equity, but their quality absolutely plummeted they are absolute shit boxes with terrible reliability now.
100% true. My ex husband & I had a 26 ft pontoon. I got the boat in the divorce & I had to sell it (no money to store & no way to pull it to the lake). It was a great day when the judge ordered him to turn the boat over to me 😁
Nah, that's a myth. The happiest days are when the weather is perfect, and you are enjoying the outdoors. It's truly cathartic to get out on the water and completely forget about stress. Be it a slow cruise, a WOT rip through chop, fishing, swimming in a calm bay, or anchoring in a place you've yet to explore, there are many of the happiest days in between the first and last financial transaction dates.
Yeah my dad has owned boats his entire life and fucking loves them.
He also worked in the marine industry for like five decades so there's that I guess. But yeah, plenty of people love their boats... it's just not something to purchase lightly because they do require a fair bit of work.
I don't get the saying at all after seeing my dad and his experiences with owning a boat for the past 10 years. I'm guessing it comes from the envy of people that think they can't afford a boat or something.
I love boats more than almost anything and have had 3 (not yachts). Sadly. Yes. You’d think I learned my lesson after the 1st. I just love the water too much.
Nope, not for those of us who actually like boating and have the common sense to know it’s not a completely expense free venture. It’s literally like anything else with switches, engines, and batteries. You have to take care of it, maintain it, kinda love on it.
And I wouldn’t buy a boat from the guy that says “it’s the best day/worst day” spiel. I know he likely didn’t care about it or maintain it like he should have.
Also the bUsT oUt aNoTheR ThOuSaNd crowd. Dude, yeah, sometimes things go wrong and you have to pay for it.
Yeah, I don't get the "boats are nothing but money pits" crowd. Things cost money to maintain and that needs to be factored into the cost of ownership.
Do these people think "car" stands for "Calls for Another Repair"?
It's not always true! My husband cried like a baby the day we sold his meticulously maintained fishing boat he had had for over 20 years- because we had already bought a bigger one to fit our kids. Our boat is frequently used and very loved.
ah yes. i’m all too familiar with the “i need to laugh but am in an inconvenient public situation so i guess i’ll just suffocating mouse noise to tide me over till i can comfortably let out a chuckle”
Exactly. The idea of owning a yacht - even if I had yacht money - isn’t really appealing to me. The idea of renting a yacht for a week or two every year is much more appealing.
Everyone says this;but I've seen clips of below deck; having some total stranger with the gall to just toss a used condom on my boats nightstand means if I'm rich enough I'm never renting my boat out.
I worked at an Auto-Auction when I was 18-19, I was always surprised when I’d drive a 2 year old Maserati through the lane and get zero bids. Less than $30k for a car that was just $70k, and nobody wanted it. because you’re stuck with all of the maintenance and parts-ordering of a 70k car.
As someone who loves boating and has owned a series of different boats over the last 30 years, I always tell people interested in owning a boat not to buy one. Boating is not a hobby or a lifestyle. It's an abusive marriage to a machine.
so true. I grew up with a small boat we would use to water ski/ wakeboard and tube with and had a lot of fun with it but man it was so much work to keep that thing running properly. Our boat wasn't even in the water 24/7 like larger which can cause a lot more work to keep going.
My Grandpa owned a Boat Marina, and he had a few boats(not Yachts)and I wanted to get a small boat for fishing, maybe going out on the Bays, and I’ll never forget what he told me, when I asked him about buying one…he said “Son, go stand in the shower and tear up hundred dollar bills, it’ll probably be cheaper”. Thats always stuck in my head, and I never did get a boat.
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u/Iriss21 5d ago
5,000 yachts!! Then I would try and sell 4,999 of them