Back in the day I had a 17' Check Mate V Mate II with a 235 Rude that we used at least 225 days a year on the lake behind the house. ran the engine for 4 years before I took it to a machine shop to tweek it to go a little bit faster (80+MPH is still fast today). So a typical day would run may be 3-4 hours X 225 days X 4 years and you can do the math
Boy did I love that boat and I do have it ducked away at my mother in laws ranch ....Maybe some day it will ride again
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