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My boat owning back round is 1st boat was a Carver Monterey 23' Single engine, My second and current boat I actually went smaller but newer to a Sea Ray 215 Express Cruiser 5.0L/Bravo III and simply fell in love with the Sea Ray hull.
We do allot of cruising around the Bay of Green Bay and the Lake Michigan Shoreline from Door County down to Kewaunee.
I am currently looking at a 1999 340 DA,7.4L V drive, 500 hours on engines, 500 hours on genny, the boat shows real nice and has been well maintained, the owner is asking $79,000.00.
First of all does this seem like a fair asking price for a boat with this many hours, my concern is if in the next 3-4 years I have 700+ hours on it will it even be salable and if so how big of hit should I expect.
I know this is a big jump from the 215 to the 340, one engine to 2 engines and a heck of allot more boat and I have been fully briefed on this forum in respect to the ongoing cost of owning, running and maintaining a vessel of this size, but I turn 52 in a month and I feel that it is now or never and it seems like this is a good time to buy.
I have to be honest, when buying my first 2 boats I new nothing about hours or surveys or risers or water ingestion, I just saw what I liked and bought it, I never even Sea Trialled either of them, how naive I was and how very fortunate I was to never have had a problem.
I will probably hire a captain to give me a few lessons, especially around the docks and hopefully after a few summers earn the respect of my fellow Marina mates.
If you have anything that you know about this boat or have any sound advice I am hear to listen and appreciate your time spent.
Regards,
Tracy
We do allot of cruising around the Bay of Green Bay and the Lake Michigan Shoreline from Door County down to Kewaunee.
I am currently looking at a 1999 340 DA,7.4L V drive, 500 hours on engines, 500 hours on genny, the boat shows real nice and has been well maintained, the owner is asking $79,000.00.
First of all does this seem like a fair asking price for a boat with this many hours, my concern is if in the next 3-4 years I have 700+ hours on it will it even be salable and if so how big of hit should I expect.
I know this is a big jump from the 215 to the 340, one engine to 2 engines and a heck of allot more boat and I have been fully briefed on this forum in respect to the ongoing cost of owning, running and maintaining a vessel of this size, but I turn 52 in a month and I feel that it is now or never and it seems like this is a good time to buy.
I have to be honest, when buying my first 2 boats I new nothing about hours or surveys or risers or water ingestion, I just saw what I liked and bought it, I never even Sea Trialled either of them, how naive I was and how very fortunate I was to never have had a problem.
I will probably hire a captain to give me a few lessons, especially around the docks and hopefully after a few summers earn the respect of my fellow Marina mates.
If you have anything that you know about this boat or have any sound advice I am hear to listen and appreciate your time spent.
Regards,
Tracy