In The Market

Hello Everyone - I am in the market for my first inboard. I have recently picked up wakeboarding and just enjoy being around water. Does anyone have any recommendations for a first time inboard purchase as far as model, year, in and outs, etc. - what to look for in regards to a nice used inboard such as a super air or others. (Best bang for the buck...)I am looking to stay around $30K give or take. Any recommendations or advice would be appreciated! Thanks.

it seems the wakeboarder guys prefer the rear engine v-drive boats instead of the mid mount inboard, i would imagine that the boat BKH mentioned is a a boat with this configuration. the v-drive boats have all the weight aft and provides a better wake, and i think the v-drive boats have a touch more room. somebody please correct me if i am mistaken

Here is a 2000 SAN in San Diego for 27K. In San Diego, perhaps a salt water boat, but a good price. BKH

2000 SAN

ss-supersport is the same hull as 210. if that were my budget, i would buy an ss/210 or the original xstar/205v/x2/x1{all those are the same hull. probably get bashed for recomending the "wrong"craft, but i can take it. imo those two hulls are the best wake hulls to date.

87BFN owner wrote: It's just an SN but I would look at it.

A great boat, but if your passion is wakeboarding this is not the boat for you.

These are the super airs listed in the for sale section, when I selected a price range of $20-$32K

super airs

Super sports listed same price range.

super sport

I did a SS in the summer and the guy was wanting to dump it, i posted his number somewhere on this site, from memeory he was in the 25k range. it was in good shape. it was a wife sale...she said it had to go
does anyone remember the post?

Just gauge issues, the digital gauges go bad and have to be replaced. So watch out for the ones that are advertised as low hour boats. When the gauge is chnaged there is no way to put the original hours on the boat on the new hour meter. No different then any other boat though. AS it has been discussed hours on a boat are not the problem. Maintaince or the lack there of is the key.

Well if you want to spend 30k I can sell you one hell of a 1983 Ski Nautique.

But seriously the things to look for would be floor/stringer softness (these boats all still used wood in the stringer and up front around the seats/cooler/battery box area. Floor and stringers will set you back 2-3k if you have someone do it. Engine problems such as water in oil, etc that will require an engine replacement could bring you 4.5-5k if someone else is doing the work. You could spend 2-3k on vinyl and a cover if you needed it as well. Transmission problems could be serious as well but less expensive (1k or so) you also want to check for drive train vibrations as you could spend a grand on a prop/strut/driveshaft combo replacement.

Or all these things could be great on a boat that you pay 5.5 to 6k for and you could be in wakeboard bliss. Well after 2k for a tower 1 k for a perfect pass and 5-600 for some sacks and pumps.

2001 series boats run from 82 to 89, you might also want to check out www.the2001.com

I like this one myself. It will still require looking into further before considering a purchase.

for sale

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Get us a link and we will take a look.
Joe.

If your talking about the one Joe linked above, you might be able to get him to come down a little more. Looks good from here, but it would still need to be checked out in person.

You can ask to see maintaince records if they have any. Lots of guys here do their own maintaince, so don't be to suprised if he doesn't have any. Can asked what parts have been replaced or updated. A lot of your other questions are going to come from looking at the boat. You can ask about the floor/stringers, are they original have they been replaced. Most everyone here agrees a test drive is a must, that will stem some questions. Ask about the trailer maintaince how old are the tires. When is the last time the bearings were packed/replaced?

I would say a compression test and maybe a leak down test is in order for an over all health essement of the engine.

Thanks for the link to the checklist I appreciate it. What would the depreciation be on a boat such as the 83 that Joe linked from above in 2 yrs with another 200 hours. Assuming the boat is in good condition?