# What makes owning a boat such a "money pit"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 18, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-owning-a-boat-such-a-money-pit/404626 "2007-05-18T18:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-owning-a-boat-such-a-money-pit/404626/41 "2007-05-22T00:55:03Z")
Mr. AdoptaMom has a 21’ Cajun Special, which is a metal hulled power fishing boat, that he bought a year or so ago for $24,000. In addition we spend: Cost of insurance: 600 annually Cost of gasoline: 300 month (includes boat and truck for fishing trips only) Cost of fishing stuff: $ 100 month We haven’t even hit the maintenance phase yet, but in the past I learned it’s very easy to drop $1K on repairs & maintenance every six months or so. Fishing is a **very** expensive hobby and between the boat note, gas, insurance, tackle, etc. we spend a pretty penny on it every month. You know what though? My husband is **happy**. He is truly at peace with the world when he has a rod and reel in hand, especially when there’s a big fish on the other end! Worth every cent and then some! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-owning-a-boat-such-a-money-pit/404626/42 "2007-05-22T01:11:28Z")
Berthing $800 Insurance $500 And its just a big canoe! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-owning-a-boat-such-a-money-pit/404626.md?page=2)