4 Years Engine Hours Update

[Raleigh]

Got new vinyl this year so got a late start but the decline in usage is alarming! I rarely idle. That first year prob did more so. Next year I’m aiming to break 100 again! 

Engine hours 
2020 start  272.2
2020 end   417.2
2020 total 145 hours 

2021 start 417.2
2021 end 536.8
2021 total 120 hours 

2022 start 536.8 hours 
2022 end 639 hours
2022 total: 102 hours 

2023 start 639 hours
2023 end 723.6 hours 
2023 total: 84.6 hours

[Woodski]

A typical trend for most, first year excitement prompts higher usage.  On my lake, the decline over time for others is more dramatic.  My guess, Bu Crew members usage would remain higher over time given being more avid water sports participants.  Have fun eclipsing the century mark next year.

[dwc032]

Nice!!  We bought our 2020  23MXZ August of 2020. We put 413 hours on it since we got it. So about 130+ hours a year. 

[redrooster]

damn... i put 40 hours on our boat and i thought we were out all the time. Lol. But that is run time.  We did a lot of rafting up and swimming with friends on their boats. 

[dizzygti]

12 hours ago, Woodski said:

A typical trend for most, first year excitement prompts higher usage.  

That's me currently, 229 hours since May 23rd, and wife hasn't even put her wetsuit on yet this year.   It'll be interesting to see our second year usage and if we can maintain this usage.   Since we can mostly surf year round, I'm tracking it on a calendar basis, 6 weeks to go til 2024!  

[Slayer]

We usually put 120-130 per season on the Wakeboat.  About another 40 on the pontoon.

[Steve B.]

Our crew is 3 with two boats. We often take them both on an extremely small public lake about the size of 3 slalom courses. It's fun to switch between them randomly for skiing. So each boat gets low hours but lots of skiing. This summer 40-50 hours between the two. 

[granddaddy55]

1127 hrs 4/5/14-11/20/21 on the a 20

that was mainly two people me and wife, boat didnt get used from 7/4/15-04/7/16 (broke my femur) so really 6.75 yrs    166/yr actually in increasing hours per year (150 inc the injury time out). 2/16/20-11/20/21 was about 450 during covid ( BUT WE TYPICALLY HAVE A 10.5 month season but since covid we are 12 mo/yr) 

623 hrs 11/20/21-11/20/23 on the new boat for 300+yr , so we increase every year as more people want to come in the new boat

Edited November 21, 2023 by granddaddy55

[dalt1]

On 11/20/2023 at 7:43 PM, granddaddy55 said:

1127 hrs 4/5/14-11/20/21 on the a 20

that was mainly two people me and wife, boat didnt get used from 7/4/15-04/7/16 (broke my femur) so really 6.75 yrs    166/yr actually in increasing hours per year (150 inc the injury time out). 2/16/20-11/20/21 was about 450 during covid ( BUT WE TYPICALLY HAVE A 10.5 month season but since covid we are 12 mo/yr) 

623 hrs 11/20/21-11/20/23 on the new boat for 300+yr , so we increase every year as more people want to come in the new boat

New boat? Info still says Axis. Go ahead and update it, crew won't kick you out. At least they didn't for me.

[dizzygti]

38 minutes ago, dalt1 said:

New boat? Info still says Axis. Go ahead and update it, crew won't kick you out. At least they didn't for me.

Has the same thought.... haha

[granddaddy55]

On 11/21/2023 at 8:00 PM, dalt1 said:

New boat? Info still says Axis. Go ahead and update it, crew won't kick you out. At least they didn't for me.

gotcha, no comment on the hours?  you know the point of the op,  

my pic on fb still has my axis, i was quite fond of that boat, the wife not so much.  the new boat is actually her’s 😂, and her decision to buy.  i bought a stripped boat with a head unit no amp and four speakers and modded it up, i do miss  its rock solid reliability and no boat note