jjdrummer
New Member
- Jul 16, 2020
- 8
- Boat Info
- 1993 Sea Ray Sundancer 370DA
- Engines
- MerCruiser 7.4L V8
Hello everyone,
My wife and I are interested in purchasing a 1993 Sundancer 370DA that we recently came across. The boat has always been in the Great Lakes and that's where we'd keep it.
I guess I'm risking the wrath of the forum gods in asking such an open-ended question but what is the "typical" opinion on buying a 27-year-old boat. Based on what we've seen and know it has been well maintained, has around 800 hours on the engines, and overall looks in pretty good condition. Understanding that we'd need a survey, compression tests, etc... to really get a better sense for the overall condition of the boat before we invest in those, is there a general "no-no" in buying boats this old? I'm not so much interested in making money on it say in 5 years from now, but were we to decide to want to sell it in 5 years would we be able to recoup any of the costs? Would there be a market for it?
Again, I understand that's an open-ended question but would like to know if we have options for potential resale down the line once the boat is past the 30 year-old mark.
Thank you for your time and responses in advance.
My wife and I are interested in purchasing a 1993 Sundancer 370DA that we recently came across. The boat has always been in the Great Lakes and that's where we'd keep it.
I guess I'm risking the wrath of the forum gods in asking such an open-ended question but what is the "typical" opinion on buying a 27-year-old boat. Based on what we've seen and know it has been well maintained, has around 800 hours on the engines, and overall looks in pretty good condition. Understanding that we'd need a survey, compression tests, etc... to really get a better sense for the overall condition of the boat before we invest in those, is there a general "no-no" in buying boats this old? I'm not so much interested in making money on it say in 5 years from now, but were we to decide to want to sell it in 5 years would we be able to recoup any of the costs? Would there be a market for it?
Again, I understand that's an open-ended question but would like to know if we have options for potential resale down the line once the boat is past the 30 year-old mark.
Thank you for your time and responses in advance.