Real Cost Of Boat Ownership - Lift out & Jobs overview 6 months in

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Hi guys, welcome to East Coast Sailing. I'm Rob & In todays episode, Evania AKA the "Money Pit" has finally been lifted on the hard. I'm going to talk you through detailed running costs from the buying process including surveys and lift out, annual running costs for mooring fees & standard yearly maintenance as well as all of the upgrades I have done since owning her over the last 6 months. Ill also talk you through the lift out process as well as all the jobs that need to be done under the waterline before the boat is relaunched in 10 weeks. Ill also talk you through some of the characteristics of the boat, and why it suited our sailing needs as a number of you have asked why didn't we buy a deep keel boat. Hopefully if your thinking of buying a boat you will know exactly the kind of commitment you need to make financially as well as time. Now the cost I mention are for parts only and there's well over 100 hours of skilled labour not included which could easily be another £3000-£4000. Evania is a Beneteau Oceanis 343 lifting keel built in 2006. I purchased the boat back in September 2023. I have had enough time to enjoy her & learn how to sail this new boat since upgrading from a 22 foot bilge keel, finding out all of the problems along the way. Ill also be creating lots of how to videos of the jobs mentioned. I'm a big fan of preventative maintenance. The jobs list seems to grow by the day. Ill also show you how you can make massive savings on parts from the automotive industry rather than buying Yanmar parts saving you 99% in costs in some instances such as bearings & drive belts. Sit back, relax & enjoy the fact its not you money being spent.

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@themexicannon Ай бұрын

When a guy at the boatyard told us that boat stood for Break Out Another Thousand, we genuinely thought he was joking. A spot of engine work later, that's a thousand; we blew our Genoa out at exactly the same place you did on our first ever trip out, that's over a thousand. That being said, every time we're fortunate enough to be out on the water all of that cost is forgotten, it's the value that counts 😊

@EmptyNestSailingAdventures 4 ай бұрын

We are just starting our sailing adventures and this was really helpful! Thanks!

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Anytime! Plenty of useful videos coming up for maintenance, servicing and all the things you will need to learn owning a boat. Thanks for watching 🥰

@lorrainearzon1909 4 ай бұрын

I love these videos , the scenery is amazing❤🎉

@BrotherHoodofTheDogxix 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info. It is very helpful! Please keep it up, you earned a new subscriber. Cheers!

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou for the positive comment, glad to have you onboard. I promise the content will be much more exciting in a couple of months when she's back in the water. All the best Rob

@essexrowleys 4 ай бұрын

Great video! Was at the marina and had a quick shufty at Evania, lovely looking boat!

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Hi Steven, she is a lovely looking boat. Cant wait to get her back in water for some big adventures in summer. Come and say high if you’re about over the weekend ! Thanks for watching

@essexrowleys 4 ай бұрын

@@EastCoastSailing_ Yes I certainly will! I won’t be at the marina much in March as there’s jobs to do at home but after Easter I’ll be busy getting my boat back in the water so I’m sure our paths will cross.

@Frana1990 4 ай бұрын

Had too look up “insurmountable” 🤣🤣 every day is a learning day

@theoriginalrabbithole 4 ай бұрын

Great video! Very well presented and informative. I'm not sure about the U.K. but here in the U.S., one of your larger annual cost is Property Tax, which is determined by the insured value of your boat and the local property tax rate of where the boat owner resides, not where the boat is kept. Also, if the insurance is not paid and kept valid, the insurance company notifies the government agency and the boat's registration is invalidated. All these cost are why I decided to just rent a boat as close to my destination as possible. All these headaches are someone else's, not mine. 😊

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou, that's crazy having to pay property tax on top of everything else. Hopefully the mooring fees are less in the US compared to the UK. I tried to give up boating but salt runs through the veins 😆

@gingerbard2607 4 ай бұрын

Wowza!! My elderly 27-footer cost £5k and my swing mooring (owned outright) was £800. Yearly insurance / club fees / mooring service come to around £300. So sailing can be cheap!

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching. Of course you can make sailing cheaper but for us, rowing out wouldn't be practical as we have a little one. Also what ever swinging mooring you have, you will still need to get lifted out once a year which is no different cost wise and you will pay more not being a member paying per month when your boats on the hard. The mooring fees are pretty negligible if all your electronics get stolen off the boat as theres no security as well as other boats bumping into your boat or your boat breaking free from its mooring in a storm. It's all relative. Also we wound t be able to get on the boat rowing out as theres no water until 3 hours before and after high water so jobs would be really difficult timing it round tides. If I had a cheaper boat and more free time to be down there, swinging mooring would be good option. All I will say is boat ownership is not cheap regardless of how cheap a boat is. My last boat was £1400 but I spent 6k over 9 years on upgrades. If you cut corners on maintenance then you're going to increase your chances of breaking down or sinking. All the best Rob

@geofferyrobertson6608 3 ай бұрын

total with boat = 80,000 Pounds

@kate37w 4 ай бұрын

Hey Rob. I would love to chat about jeckells. I am also on the east coast.

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Hi Kate, what would you like to know ? If you click on the about section my email is on there if you have a specific question. My advice with them is they make nice sails. I would personally upgrade the material and have a woven fabric to make it a bit stronger and they are terrible with deadlines so you need to keep nagging them or set an earlier deadline a few months before you need it. You want to be pressing the button now before the season kicks off or the sails won’t be ready til May…

@user-ee4tc9sg8u 4 ай бұрын

🤩

@geofferyrobertson6608 3 ай бұрын

64,000 Pounds cost of boat

@geofferyrobertson6608 3 ай бұрын

how are the bulkheads

@EastCoastSailing_ 3 ай бұрын

Hi Geoffrey, what would you like to know about the bulkheads? They seem strong and intact with no damage?

@geofferyrobertson6608 3 ай бұрын

@@EastCoastSailing_ , just asking as you never mentioned them

@EastCoastSailing_ 3 ай бұрын

@@geofferyrobertson6608 ah ok didn’t know if there was some known defect with this model I didn’t know about. Great boat. Stay tuned as just finished a full refit 👌🏼

@geofferyrobertson6608 3 ай бұрын

@@EastCoastSailing_ , can't wait , looking forward to seeing .... cheers

@alaneverett2531 4 ай бұрын

398 bloody hell thats expensive mate im in Southend i only pay 150 same size boat 👍

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Hi Alan, what marina is your boat at? Ill have to take a look into it. The annual fee for me was £3480 a year. We do get discount at the marina restaurant, access to tennis courts and an outdoor pool in the warmer months. Thanks for watching.

@alaneverett2531 4 ай бұрын

R that explains it lol no im in a boat yard at great Wakering no tennis or swimming pool 😂😂 hopefully catch up with you sometime regards Alan

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

It helps me sleep at night trying to justify the marina fees 🤣@@alaneverett2531 il see you in summer !

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

@@RoyClare Hi Roy, based on my experiences, it’s much better to do the jobs now than take a chance wishing you did it on the water when you have a major issue. Im fastidious about maintenance and spares due to having a malfunction once coming into Burnham. Gear box blew out and had no wind in 35 degree heat. We were sailing going backwards against the tide. Didn’t have a spare engine and it wasn’t pleasant waiting for 4 hours to get a tow in which has lead me to be a bit over the top with spares and back ups. I shouldn’t have anything to do for a while. Given how high the cost is for the lift out and back in, it’s not worth taking a chance for the cost of parts in comparison to do the jobs. The leaking water pump is a prime example of having an issue that had the potential to end my once a year trip in summer. The more I read on forums of folding props losing blades and leaks, I feel better knowing it’s all done. Most importantly you cant put a price on safety or the distress of losing your pride and joy. Also there are too many tell tales of things not being maintained so I’ll sleep easy knowing I only have my self to blame 😉 look forward to meeting you. Tap on the boat on Saturday from 10am onwards if your about. Would love to see your boat also 👍 all the best Rob

@tonywardle4764 Ай бұрын

Hahaha - I have my 323 in Hythe Marina Village at around £7k per year

@dustinfrost5214 4 ай бұрын

64000 not bad😂

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

You must have reaction times of a formula one driver 🤣 Thanks for watching 🏎

@cooldazs6556 4 ай бұрын

All boats are money pits no matter what you buy .

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

This is very true. One saying I have heard many times is the best day of boat ownership is the day you buy it and the day you sell it. However when I sold my last boat, i had so much free time and money I didn't know what to do with myself and knew i couldn't give up sailing. Thanks for watching, all the best Rob

@LondonCarnaval 4 ай бұрын

One big issue: Too much noise/music 🎶 😪 😫 🙉😳 I thought this channel was about sailing 🤔. That's why i clicked on it.

@EastCoastSailing_ 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, there are some sailing videos on the channel however I brough this boat at the end of September at the start of the off season. People typically get there boats lifted out and start doing maintenance over winter which is a big part of sailing. The thumbnail is clear on what the content will show however if you come back to the channel in May, there will be nothing but sailing videos. I'm only a few months in learning how to edit so I should have got much better by May. I’ll look to reduce the volume on the next video however filming outside is very challenging, I have to do voice overs to keep the Audio quality and cannot control background noise which the music masks. If I talked for 10 mins straight about costs and maintenance it could be a little bland to the majority of viewers. All the best Rob😁 Reply