Used Ski Boat Market

I have been in a 16' donzi just like you have been looking at.

It rode really bad in any chop. Maybe it was the extra hp it had? The origial 4.3 was toast, and the guy dropped in a stroked 350.

Always a possiblity Dude, but not likely. I believe I'm here in CA for awhile. BKH

I have never ridden in a mid 90s Correct Craft, which is probably what my budget would afford. How would the ride compare to mine?

There is a 18' Donzi in Texarkana right now..nice boat, but out of my price range. I think I will just hang on to mine and see what happens with the market next year. Thanks for the advise.

No, they are not the same. Nautiques of the 80s generally handle rough water a bit better than other brands. You'll still get bounced but not as much. BKH

I saw two 88 supremes listed. One was aking 6400, the other was 5200. BKH

Cobalts are nice boats, but they are a little out of my price range. I am only looking to spend about $12k or less.

I would take it out before I placed a bid...I assumed that the ride would be better because of the hull design...maybe not.

No move JB. Company HQ'd in TX. I would run the CA business. BKH

Moving from beautiful CA to Lewisville ...thats a change of scenery. I live in Lewisville, so I can tell you more than you want to know about this area. We (pretty much Texas in general)are one of a handful of places in the nation almost unaffected by the housing crunch. According to the city of Lewisville, neighborhood comps, and other sources, my house had an INCREASE in value of about 8%-9% in the last year.

Well, I'm hoping it was for business. Job interview. I believe it went well, but we shall see. BKH

eric lavine wrote: people have a tendency if you finance a boat or car, say you pay 20k for it and you finance you end up paying 30k over the life, its a factor you need to include

people do have that tendency. I do not. No cash, no boat. BKH

I keep a log and execpt for gas, know every cent I've put into any boat I have. You can't really charge oil changes or tune ups against what you have in a boat, that's just normal operating expenses. I look at it as price/year. If you only get $5k for your boat, that's $1,000/year. New boat owners like BK are in at $3,290/year. If you really want a different boat and you've got to sell your boat, I'd say you're not doing too badly.

jb,

Mojo comes up with the grand because you were willing to sell for 6, so if you sell at 5 that's a grand.

If you're selling for a grand less than you expected, you probably are also going to pay a grand less than you expected, so it may well be a wash.

Even if you've spent 8K on the boat in the three years you've owned it, it's not typically reasonable to expect to get it all back. If you spent just 50 hours per year on the boat, and you sell the boat for 5K, that's only $20 bucks an hour for the boat, which is pretty cheap.

By comparison, my boat was about 55K up and in, and it's probably worth around 32K in this market, maybe a little more. I've got about 500 hours on it, which is $46 an hour .

Obviously sell it for as much as you can get, but if you only get 5K, doesn't sound to me like it would be so terrible.

I think I'd tend to agree with HW, most people don't know and don't keep track of how much they have tied up in a boat. When you start to figure impellars, oil changes, props, repairing upholstery, blah blah blah, not to mention gas, it can get a bit overwhelming. I think most people just focus on the fun they have.

BKH

nice boat but the beam seems a little narrow for the length of it.