Johnnydee
New Member
- Aug 17, 2015
- 14
- Boat Info
- 2004 sundancer 340
Raymarine c80
- Engines
- twin 8.2 merc inboards
Hello everyone I know this is a personal question but I’m driving myself crazy. I have a 2004 sundancer 340. This will be my 6th season with it. When purchased it we used it on weekends and slept on it at marina for the first 4 years. We moved on the water last year in NJ, still have the boat which by the way we love it. The problem is we don’t sleep on it anymore we keep saying we will do a trip and haven’t yet, also to be honest we like sleeping at home and just day boating. Everyone says we don’t need a big boat like this. The Barnegat bay is always choppy especially on the weekends with all the boat traffic. We love the fact we never get knocked around we love we don’t care how rough the water is as this boat just barrels thought it. We also love the fact when we get to our boating destination we have the big boat and the big cabin, my daughter does use it she’s 14 and When she’s hot goes on her iPad etc. My wife likes the boat, she likes the big kitchen which she is always using. We toyed with the idea of like a big crossover bow rider or even something like the new sundancer 320 with the bow seating. The Whole idea is I feel like I’m lugging this big boat around wit this big bow and not sleeping in it. The thing I’m looking for is something faster and more maneuverable where I can go for a quick ride some days or nights, but with this the options out there aren’t great, you know with boats anything that’s compared in Size to this and has a bow rider crossover and goes fast most likely outboard (although I hate the way they look) is super expensive probably like 300-500k. So the question here is how about a 21-24 foot center console like a sea hunt etc. or maybe a jet boat but people here in my area don’t love the jet boats due to the fact they need to be lifted, also like I stated earlier it gets choppy around here. If I went this way I’d keep the sea ray 340. At least this way I’m spending like maybe 50-70k as opposed to 300k after I sell my dancer. The downside.. double maintenance also the sea ray has 500 hours and will I ever use it?? Again just to be clear let’s say I get even 90 k for my boat I feel like I can’t come close to replace it. Looking for some input on anyone who made the downsize or added 2nd boat. Thanks for listening.