[C320-list] engine hours

[Jim Sweet]

We just ended our 8th season on the boat and we have under 300 hours.  We 
have around 4000 miles on the boat so we don' really use the engine much.

Jim Sweet
TGIF (Thank God It Floats) 901

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james_delong" <james_delong at bellsouth.net>
To: "List Catalina" <c320-list at catalina320.org>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 9:50 AM
Subject: [C320-list] engine hours


Y'all,

This is really an unimportant question, but this group is full of opinions 
and that is what I'm looking for!

What is an excessive number of engine hours on our boats?  Is there any such 
thing as too few hours?

Mine is a 1997 with 1650 hours.  I only put about 50 to 60 per year, but I 
think the previous owner spent most of his time plying up and down the ICW 
under power, which is not uncommon here!

When I bought the boat it had about 1500, but the surveyor called it 
'lightly used'.  And when some one finds one with just a few hundred hours, 
it's considered a 'find'.

Anyway, what are the pluses and minuses to the hours argument?

Jim  #453