Moving up! Maybe

Being a broker myself, I say go looking at a lot of boats and narrow it down to 2 or 3 that you would make an offer on. Make an offer with what you are comfortable with on your first choice and work your way down. The worst anybody can say to you when making an offer is no.
 
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Originally posted by sabrejocky

...he was telling my one of his a/c unit broke and needs to be replaced and that he spend $27000 on repairs last year; 1 a/c unit and an engine overhaul. Point is his bout is a 2005 with only 200 hours on his Cummins engines. Later that day I pasted by his boat an he had the engines running and they where blowing blue smoke so you know there is more engine work coming up soon!

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Something wrong there.... A couple hundred hours on a 2005 boat isn't much per year...

Maybe lots of no maintenance followed by LOTS of labor costs?

-Chris
 
This what I am talking about, this what that kind of money can buy

www.yachtworld.com/boats/1998/Vitech-Eurostyle-1231933/Fort-Lauderdale-U.S.V.I./FL/United-States

Cor
 
Nope the guy employs professional help to maintain the the boat for him full time. Things will break when installed wrong. His engine had locked up and I would not be surprised if it has a very badly designed exhaust, many boat builders fall short on that part.

Cor
 
Unless you are a dock queen, once you get into the 16,000 lb (loaded) catgory diesels become less of an option and more of a necessity.

Seriously.
 
That is kind of a broad statement. Somewhat depends on how fast you want to go. My 20 plus thousand pound boat can get up on plane and cruise at 20 mph with 454 gassers. You need to fill the gas tanks more often than you would with diesels, but it can be done and is done all the time. She maxes out just under 30 mph, so it all depends on what you want.
I don't want speed in this boat, I want comforts of home and travel most often at hull speed, only because it is more economical, and we don't need to go that far to get to nice places.
Preference, not necessity, imo.
 
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Originally posted by sabrejocky

Nope the guy employs professional help to maintain the the boat for him full time. Things will break when installed wrong. His engine had locked up and I would not be surprised if it has a very badly designed exhaust, many boat builders fall short on that part.

Cor

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Hmmm... still seems odd, to me. Which model (boat/engine) was it? I suspect there could well be several hundred of the boats out there, maybe several thousand of the engines, so would have thought any defects would have become well known...

Of course there are still always one-off manufacturing hose-ups (aka lemons), but I haven't heard of any that would have accounted for that kind of engine expense...

-Chris
 
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Originally posted by sabrejocky

Nope the guy employs professional help to maintain the the boat for him full time. Things will break when installed wrong. His engine had locked up and I would not be surprised if it has a very badly designed exhaust, many boat builders fall short on that part.

Cor

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I am willing to bet the boat in question had 3126 CAT's?
 
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Originally posted by hackalar
Heres the million dollar questions.. Looking for thoughts here..

35 debt free including home. Make decent money.
I have a 36 foot Silverton paid for. (going up for sale)
We have two kids 11 and 5. With our current boat being a cruiser we don't have enough room. We are thinking about moving up to a 40 foot ish carver from 2000 to 2005. Found some great deals out there. around 130 to 160.

The questions:
1) Should we go for diesel?
2) what company would you recommend financing with?
3) would not having thrusters kill the deal?

Btw did I mention I have a boat and 36 foot motor home for sale? :-)

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1st off congrats!

1)the diesel issue. I've got the same issue. My concerns are availability of fuel on my waterway and also there aren't many if any marine diesel services in my area :(
2) sorry can't help here
3) I'd think of it as VERY nice to have but not a deal breaker.

We are somewhat like you minus the kids part. Also looking to move up to something with 2 staterooms. Headed to the Miami show next week to get the juices flowing.

Good luck with your search.
 
Thank you to everyone for the replys! All the information was very helpful. We have had another change in life and have decided to pull up roots and move to destin Florida area! Sooo the new boat idea is shelved for at least a year. In the meantime I will have to learn saltwater boating. I grew up in panama city until age 21 but never had a boat. I know the river but have a lot to learn when it comes to the gulf. Dream come true! Thanks again all!!!!
 
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