(It's likely no longer manufactured) Estimate perhaps $200 for replacement of the OLD refrigerant!!!. FAR BETTER and cheaper to have a technician flush your old refrigerant from the existing evaporator system unit (ice cube tray or whatever). New refrigerant might be $20 (not inlcuding labor). Flushing takes only a few minutes.

If you are a minimalist boater, they are a good buy in my estimation. I don't own one now, they don't build slow roomy trawlers that use 2 gph at full throttle but I would guess they soon will.

For self insurance you would periodically set aside funds that would accumulate and build up to a sizable portion of the estimated or depreciated value of the property. Maybe a better way of looking at it is as a function of wealth. If you can't afford the loss, you buy full insurance.

I would estimate that the bow travels 100 feet in 3 seconds. Keeping in mind that the travel is not straight up and down, but approximating a sine wave. The real acceleration forces could be calculated pretty accurately since the time and approx. shape can be determined pretty well.

It took 3 times as long as estimated with various unexpected hurtles, but that in-itself taught us a lesson. My wife kept a blog and updated the record of our experience regularly. I would be honored if anyone would care to take a look.

Some costs ARE predictable or can at least be estimated with a reasonable degree of accuracy. As I continue to work on this concept, it will (in fact, already has) become much more organized. You listed three categories of variables (ownership, boat, operation). As I started to work this up, I quickly came to the same conclusion.

Obviously, since this > > is such a rough estimator, it is unreasonable to put too fine a point on > > this but wouldn't it make sense to use perhaps 15% if I am looking at a > 20+ > > year old boat? > It all depends on how you pay for the boat, doesn't it?

Estimate how many hours a year we will run and then extrapolate that into fuel costs. 4. Figure out the costs for haulout and winterization for said boat. (One marina includes haulout and launch in the spring as well as bottom wash in their annual fee -- not bad). 5. Figure out routine maintenance costs such as oil changes, fuel filters etc. 6.

After about 2 weeks they called with an estimate of $88.00 to replace a defective relay. We asked for some consideration for money already paid. The short answer was "No." This was the same treatment we got when the insulation on our Command Mic's coiled cord fell to pieces after about 2 years in the weather.

The best recommendation I can offer is to add up all of your estimated expenses both for life in general as well as what it would cost to operate and maintain the boat you have in mind and then multiply by 2.