darrendbeck
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- Mar 2, 2019
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I am currently working towards the purchase of a new to me 2004 220 sun deck and have spent hours on this site as it is very helpful! I’ve found a boat through a dealer that really appears to be in good shape and the dealer has agreed to correct most of the small cosmetic deficiencies we’ve found. The boat is a 220 sundeck with a factory wakeboard tower, 5.0 MPI, bravo 3 outdrive, 370 hours, all freshwater use, good canvas, only a single battery, non pump out head, etc. I’ve really tried to research the sea ray brand and have looked at hundreds of boats online during this process. I’ve never owned a sport boat or deck boat, always fiberglass fishing boats and I’m admittedly ignorant in the pitfalls that could be lurking with buying a used boat. The price with a tandem axle trailer is between $24k and $25k. From what I can tell this appears reasonable for a good boat in good cosmetic shape. I’ve found better prices but it doesn’t seem like the quality compares to sea ray and other sea rays in this year that are priced less just have more cosmetic deficiencies. No rips/tears or holes in vinyl, no stains, great gel coat, no oxidation, the dealer will detail, etc. if anyone has any advice or comparables I would appreciate you putting my mind at ease if possible. We still have a lake test to do and compression testing before anything is final. Thanks in advance for any advice.