My husband and I are new to the boating world. We are looking to purchase our first boat in the next month and are looking at a 24-26 foot Sea Ray cruiser. Looking forward to reading posts for any information helpful to a novice.
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A 24' or 26' will seem big and overwhelming at first. But that will fade very quickly, especially when you overnight on it. If you are not going to trailer, then I'd recommend you go bigger. I think the 280 is a fantastic boat, and very easy to handle. Obviously, I think the 320 is even better, but the 280 would be a great first boat that I think you'd get at least 3 years out of it before the itch to go bigger set in.
Going 280 first will probably save you some money in the long run.
Scott
A 24' will feel a little more top heavy...depending on your experince go with the biggest you can afford....you will learn to contol It after replacing the dock....lol
I can't stand going to the same lake every week, so we trailer ours. That way we can visit friends on any of the lakes around here when it's convenient(or avoid other "friends" if we need to!). We can head to the San Juans, Idaho or Montana as the mood strikes us.
Thanks for the input. The dealer I met with told me that you couldn't trailer anything larger than 26' because of the width. I was hoping to keep it in a slip, but be able to take it to other lakes if we wanted to. Since you have a 30', it sounds like that might not be true.