Boat Day™ · Clear the path
Costs made simple
Not a spreadsheet — a dockside helper. Rough yearly and hold-period numbers so the money fog clears before you buy, hold, or shop a quote. Guides for the hold-vs-buy call — not quotes, loans, or promises.
Price paid, hours, storage, region, and loan shape the picture. On Maine / Seacoast water, haul-out and freeze-belt lay-up are part of the real story — we bake that in when you pick the region. Owners free forever. All figures are educational demo guides. Pair with the ownership costs guide or Shop a quote.
Hold-period total cost (mid)
$53,890
$10,778/yr · $829/boat day · $216/engine-hour
Clearing this burden protects Quality Boat Days — clarity that shrinks surprise so more days feel like why you bought the boat.
Annual operating (bands)
Mid $8,258 · range $5,821 – $11,281
- Storage: $900
- Insurance: $900
- Maintenance: $2,600
- Fuel: $2,940
- Registration: $168
- Winterize: $750
Hold-period build-up
- Operating × years: $41,290
- Year-one one-time: $0
- Depreciation (→ residual $32,400): $12,600
- Interest estimate: $0
Boat day: Engine-hours ÷ 4 (≈ one half-day outing). Demo data only.
Clear the path
Continue — shrink surprise spend
Clear the fog on cost guides → shop a quote, Find them online · ≠ founding, log real spend — then get back to the day.
- Shop a quote
Clear a yard / insurance / slip number
- Estimate sell valueGuide range · sell / refinance / trade-in — not a promise
- Find them onlineTheir sites · ≠ founding
- Find insurers onlineTheir sites · ≠ founding
- Find marinas onlineTheir sites · ≠ founding
- My boats · cost ledgerOpen a boat to log costs
- Optional · Rent as hostIncome offset blurb — not the north star
- Find your boatMatch the days you want before you buy
- Buy hubMatch the days · then clear costs
- My boatsLog spend against a claimed boat