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Old 05-12-2012, 04:55 PM   #3
twiisted71
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LOL, this is a very open ended question, that you will have to provide LOTS more criteria for.
1) single/married/kids?
2)will it be used as a boat or just a floating condo?
3)Inshore cruising around or voyaging with some open water thrown in?
4)Cockpit/sundeck/single stateroom, Galley up or down?
5)Flybridge or just lower helm?
6)Do you need a trawler or would a houseboat make more sense for you?
7)single/twins
8)Danforth/Rocna/Bruce?
9)How much brightwork so you want to deal with
10)Whatever other criteria that may be particular to you.

They offer some stuff online for free but I'd suggest trying to buy some older issues of the Powerboat Guide. It is great having a hard copy of this to flip back and forth through and see the different layouts and power packages that a huge segment of the boating world had to offer. I say to buy and older copy because they have a cut off year of boats that they cover and the price range you are looking in will have a lot more options in the older section.

The market is perfect for buyers right now, you've just got to shop and see what boat has the most things which fit your list of wants. And is the $40K for the initial pruchase or is that your total budget? This will make a HUGE impact on what level of boat you purchase.
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