Chris-380
Well-Known Member
The slip fees, fuel and maint will be exponentially more. In central Illinois, slip fees (covered) at a nice marina is $5300 a year, I put 50-75 hours a year on my boat and the bill is 3-5k (just a guess) then avg maint is a grand. If anything breaks or you want to upgrade something, it’s thousands. It’s not uncommon to stick 10 grand into a boat in an offseason.
First boat was a 17’ 1976 mercury marquis in 1994, then a 19’ 1996 rinker, then a 28’ 2002 four Winns vista and now a 2000 sea Ray 380 DA. Insurance will ask a lot of questions when you get to 34’ boat and with no boat ownership previously, will price accordingly, if at all
First boat was a 17’ 1976 mercury marquis in 1994, then a 19’ 1996 rinker, then a 28’ 2002 four Winns vista and now a 2000 sea Ray 380 DA. Insurance will ask a lot of questions when you get to 34’ boat and with no boat ownership previously, will price accordingly, if at all
Do you think it’s better to pay $20K cash and get a used 10 year old 19-21 footer or is it better to get a 10 year old 30-34 footer cruiser and putting 20K down, but having a note of about $100K with a payment of at least $650 a month, depending on interest rate? Then there are slip fees and general maintenance to worry about. Would appreciate any feedback.