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I think there is a fundamental assumption that “if I buy this Old boat I can get in the water real Cheep” that assumption is really not correct. Again this is my opinion so if you don’t like it forget about it. But anyway if you want to buy the best value for the $$ buy a boat 2-4 years old that someone kept in dry storage or under a tarp that never uses it much and wants to sell. That boat probably is the best bang for your buck probably everything is in good shape including the motors and you can get it for 60-70% of new with No Work needing to be done. Not that’s said buying a 70 something SeaCraft is going to cost you $$$ + time + Beer to get it to be the boat you want it to be. Someone told me before I bought my boat to add 30-40% more $$$ than I thought it would cost and to add about 40-60% more time than I thought it would take and that is about right. When you buy a old boat plant on redoing Everything and if one or two things don’t need to be done lucky you. So what are we talking about spending for me 50% of a new boat cost and for me I had to re do just about everything and for me 150 days of working on the boat. If you don’t spend approx 40-60% of a new one you probably have cut a lot of corners in fixing her up and in a year or two something will have to be done that you didn’t do when you should have. That’s just the way it is. Redoing a boat is not fundamentally a logical decision at least for me it was first off “One Man’s Dream” and then second it was cheaper than buying a new boat by approx 50%.
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