I've thought of those things as well...~$10k for a new motor and the amount of time I spend out in the water...if I ever sell the boat I would basically take a loss. I want reliability and economy and not have to worry about breaking down or running low on fuel. I went fishing recently and covered about 80 miles. Reading the posts, I'm suppose to have a 60gal tank. At the end of my trip my fuel gauge read about 1/4 tank. My gauge may not be accurate, but that would put me at about 1.7 miles to the gallon. :( 80 miles is not a lot of range based on the location of fishing spots here.
Other things I've thought about are:
o Do I just sell the boat and buy another that has a nice motor?
o I like my V20 CC. I got an aluminum trailer for it, put a T-top on it and made a
custom bait tank.
o If I buy another boat, then who knows about the condition of the motor. With a new
motor I basically know.
o I have some buddies that have a 24' cuddy with a new 250 e-tec. I do go fishing
a lot with them on their boat so they said I don't really need my boat(I would buy
in on their boat).
I don't know....:)
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