Why hasn't anybody grabbed this deal?
05-26-2016, 09:46 PM
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Hey Tim, that's not true. I bought your old boat!!!! We still enjoy it every chance we get. PM me your number and we will meet you guys at the yacht club and go for a ride. that will get you back into it!!!
05-26-2016, 10:07 PM
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I may ruffle some feathers, but what the hell....
It's a gorgeous boat. Beautiful performance boats always catch my eyes and ears. Thought I'd never be interested in any other type of boat. BUT has anyone been to a boat show lately? There is no market for our beloved boats anymore. The sport isn't dying. It's dead!
You can pretty much count on one hand how many manufacturers are left (actually building and selling boats). You can probably get away with using the other hand to count how many each sell per year. It's all tooners and CCs anymore. I will never buy another go fast, because when you go to sell, there aren't any buyers left.
And it's not about the money. Pontoon manufacturers can't build $100k boats fast enough.
It's a gorgeous boat. Beautiful performance boats always catch my eyes and ears. Thought I'd never be interested in any other type of boat. BUT has anyone been to a boat show lately? There is no market for our beloved boats anymore. The sport isn't dying. It's dead!
You can pretty much count on one hand how many manufacturers are left (actually building and selling boats). You can probably get away with using the other hand to count how many each sell per year. It's all tooners and CCs anymore. I will never buy another go fast, because when you go to sell, there aren't any buyers left.
And it's not about the money. Pontoon manufacturers can't build $100k boats fast enough.
The bigger part of the market has changed and sadly the biggest losers are the manufacturers trying to build affordable go fast boats and owners of go fast boats who want to sell them. CB's boat looks sensational and certainly priced right. Hope he can find a lucky buyer.
Maybe the market will change back one day and all the cc owners will be saying "If only this thing had a closed bow with a small galley, stand up head and vee-berth. Maybe even move the helm to one side behind a sleek windscreen, add nice stand up bolsters and a rear lounge would be awesome. A pair of big V-8's would sound so much nicer than the humm of these Verados........"
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05-26-2016, 10:15 PM
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That's a terrible post but there's a lot of truth in there too.
The bigger part of the market has changed and sadly the biggest losers are the manufacturers trying to build affordable go fast boats and owners of go fast boats who want to sell them. CB's boat looks sensational and certainly priced right. Hope he can find a lucky buyer.
Maybe the market will change back one day and all the cc owners will be saying "If only this thing had a closed bow with a small galley, stand up head and vee-berth. Maybe even move the helm to one side behind a sleek windscreen, add nice stand up bolsters and a rear lounge would be awesome. A pair of big V-8's would sound so much nicer than the humm of these Verados........"
RR
The bigger part of the market has changed and sadly the biggest losers are the manufacturers trying to build affordable go fast boats and owners of go fast boats who want to sell them. CB's boat looks sensational and certainly priced right. Hope he can find a lucky buyer.
Maybe the market will change back one day and all the cc owners will be saying "If only this thing had a closed bow with a small galley, stand up head and vee-berth. Maybe even move the helm to one side behind a sleek windscreen, add nice stand up bolsters and a rear lounge would be awesome. A pair of big V-8's would sound so much nicer than the humm of these Verados........"
RR
But most of the CC's though this day have all that.
05-26-2016, 10:33 PM
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05-27-2016, 06:44 AM
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That's a terrible post but there's a lot of truth in there too.
The bigger part of the market has changed and sadly the biggest losers are the manufacturers trying to build affordable go fast boats and owners of go fast boats who want to sell them. CB's boat looks sensational and certainly priced right. Hope he can find a lucky buyer.
Maybe the market will change back one day and all the cc owners will be saying "If only this thing had a closed bow with a small galley, stand up head and vee-berth. Maybe even move the helm to one side behind a sleek windscreen, add nice stand up bolsters and a rear lounge would be awesome. A pair of big V-8's would sound so much nicer than the humm of these Verados........"
RR
The bigger part of the market has changed and sadly the biggest losers are the manufacturers trying to build affordable go fast boats and owners of go fast boats who want to sell them. CB's boat looks sensational and certainly priced right. Hope he can find a lucky buyer.
Maybe the market will change back one day and all the cc owners will be saying "If only this thing had a closed bow with a small galley, stand up head and vee-berth. Maybe even move the helm to one side behind a sleek windscreen, add nice stand up bolsters and a rear lounge would be awesome. A pair of big V-8's would sound so much nicer than the humm of these Verados........"
RR
05-27-2016, 06:53 AM
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Ortho kind of touched on this but I think you have to take TIMING into consideration too. Some just bought a boat before this AT hit the classifieds, others must sell a boat in order to buy their next toy. Basically the exact scenario Greg is in. I don't think there's anything wrong w/ the cat he's interested in but it's still for sale but I don't automatically assume there's something negative or wrong with it.
Boats may be toys to some but they are luxuries to most of us. I don't know too many Performance Boaters here on OSO that can just plop down $150k EVERYTIME they see a boat they'd like to own or think is a KILLER deal. Every so often I'm thinking things like, shopping for a new home, the kids braces, college tuition & or retirement savings have to be considered prior to making an impulse buy.
IMO I believe the sellers ability to accept a trade is PARAMOUNT in being able to sell a desirable boat that's priced right. Greg & I have discussed this.
Just my $.02!
Boats may be toys to some but they are luxuries to most of us. I don't know too many Performance Boaters here on OSO that can just plop down $150k EVERYTIME they see a boat they'd like to own or think is a KILLER deal. Every so often I'm thinking things like, shopping for a new home, the kids braces, college tuition & or retirement savings have to be considered prior to making an impulse buy.
IMO I believe the sellers ability to accept a trade is PARAMOUNT in being able to sell a desirable boat that's priced right. Greg & I have discussed this.
Just my $.02!
05-27-2016, 07:39 AM
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I may ruffle some feathers, but what the hell....
It's a gorgeous boat. Beautiful performance boats always catch my eyes and ears. Thought I'd never be interested in any other type of boat. BUT has anyone been to a boat show lately? There is no market for our beloved boats anymore. The sport isn't dying. It's dead!
You can pretty much count on one hand how many manufacturers are left (actually building and selling boats). You can probably get away with using the other hand to count how many each sell per year. It's all tooners and CCs anymore. I will never buy another go fast, because when you go to sell, there aren't any buyers left.
And it's not about the money. Pontoon manufacturers can't build $100k boats fast enough.
It's a gorgeous boat. Beautiful performance boats always catch my eyes and ears. Thought I'd never be interested in any other type of boat. BUT has anyone been to a boat show lately? There is no market for our beloved boats anymore. The sport isn't dying. It's dead!
You can pretty much count on one hand how many manufacturers are left (actually building and selling boats). You can probably get away with using the other hand to count how many each sell per year. It's all tooners and CCs anymore. I will never buy another go fast, because when you go to sell, there aren't any buyers left.
And it's not about the money. Pontoon manufacturers can't build $100k boats fast enough.
You are correct on many counts. Go fast boats are expensive to own/maintain/fuel/insure and have limited use. CC's/pontoons are cheaper alternatives with more flexible uses and appeal to a lot more buyers. Years ago go fast guys wouldn't consider a CC because they were slow.......today almost any triple engine CC will outrun any go fast vee bottom from the 80s-90's with stock power. CC's closed the gap and tossed in more usable space, a great shaded T Top and most even have an enclosed head for the ladies.
I posted a thread a couple years back, Hypothetically if you had 500K to spend and run the boat for 3 years and you could keep what was left over after selling the boat, what would you buy?........keep in mind this is hypothetical money being spent and I don't recall a single person saying they would buy a new go fast boat.
