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Old 07-10-2014, 04:43 PM   #101
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Kevin-a lot of what you say makes perfect sense and is good advice for anyone. We did buy the million $$ boat, but we worked on a specific plan for about 15 years to be able to do so. We lived pretty far below what most would at our income level to be able to have the boat we wanted early enough in our lives to really enjoy it. (we actually got some criticism for that!) We had (and have) no debt and could make the purchase for cash without mortgaging our future years. Even at that, we did buy it used and from a guy similar to your example above. A 5 year old boat, originally bought by a guy in Colorado who thought he would be able to spend up to two months a year on it and take off in 5 years or so. As a business owner, he found he was not able to do that, he could not leave his business for extended periods. His kids got to the age where they would not leave home for such long periods-all with other things going on in their lives. Consequently we were the beneficiary- a five year old boat, professionally maintained with less than 400 hours on her, at about 60% of new cost.

As to Bayliner, if they are not good boats, there are a lot of owners (and more than a few of our friends) around the PNW that are going to be surprised to hear that, there are only about a million of them around here. The waiting line at the Locks each weekend looks like a Bayliner rendezvous.
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