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yeah. Maybe it's bubble time. I have been looking for quite a while. At this point, anything that is available is junk or has an unrealistic seller. My marina, which has sat half empty since 2009, is filling up. That is nice to see.
 
I'm have been thinking about buying a bay boat and keeping it in Florida when I return to SWF instead of dragging our CC back and forth. But I may wait until this silliness subsides.

Niles
 
Its a bubble, when life returns to normal and those boats sit and don't get used there will be alot of cheap boats on the used market.
We have seen this before.
I am waiting for prices on used to drop!
 
Of course, FL is a different market, but here in VA, it looks like we have hit the peak and the market is finally starting to slowly cool. I'm seeing some boats on the market for weeks at a time when a month or two ago, they would sell within a few days. Also seeing price drops on some boats as well.
 
We've been looking for something in the 24=26 foot range in a center console, something newer and well maintained. There is nothing to be found and the few things out there are priced at full insanity.

We also looked at a 2005 28' Grady White that the owner is holding very firm at a crazy asking price, maybe he'll get it but it won't be from me...

I think we're going to wait until buyers remorse sets in with the people who went buying crazy this year over Covid and see what comes up for sale.
 
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Originally posted by Brian N

We've been looking for something in the 24=26 foot range in a center console, something newer and well maintained. There is nothing to be found and the few things out there are priced at full insanity.

We also looked at a 2005 28' Grady White that the owner is holding very firm at a crazy asking price, maybe he'll get it but it won't be from me...

I think we're going to wait until buyers remorse sets in with the people who went buying crazy this year over Covid and see what comes up for sale.

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right about winterization time. :)
 
Yep, right when the boat yard explains the const of shrink wrap and winterizing the engine....WINTERIZING? What the heck is that and it cost HOW MUCH?
Or the wife says ok, divide the number of times on the boat into the cost.
 
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Originally posted by WALSHIE

Or the wife says ok, divide the number of times on the boat into the cost.

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That was what put a stop to the new boat we were going to order in the late winter.... :D
 
I have a great wife. We got out of boating 5 years ago. Two years later we moved. On Kent Island with a marina behind our house. Spring of 2018 we start boat shopping- at her prodding. Two months later we once again were boaters. All her idea!
 
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Originally posted by jpowell

I have a great wife. We got out of boating 5 years ago. Two years later we moved. On Kent Island with a marina behind our house. Spring of 2018 we start boat shopping- at her prodding. Two months later we once again were boaters. All her idea!

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Same here...when we moved back North to New Hampshire in 2006 I swore off boating...this year we bought an 18' dual console to get our feet wet and now she's the one pushing for a bigger boat...

Yup...she's a keeper.
 
Spring time will bring a flood of good hulls with cracked engine blocks. Those who have the time and some mechanical sense may be able to make some good deals. Machine shops will be busy with engine swaps!
 
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Originally posted by Stephen

Spring time will bring a flood of good hulls with cracked engine blocks. Those who have the time and some mechanical sense may be able to make some good deals. Machine shops will be busy with engine swaps!

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That happened here in Georgia a couple of years ago. Lots of long blocks got sold that spring.
 
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