anybody checked the classifieds lately?
 

Holy Cow! someone sign a blank check for me and let me do some shopping!

You can get two or three TIMES the boat for the price than you could have this time last year or the year before..

In the last few days Ive found triple engine skaters going for under $40,000.. Plenty of cats under $150k that are in awesome shape and even MORE V-hulls with big power beggin for new homes at great prices..

If anyones been on the fence about upgrading, Id do it now..

Theres some REALLY awesome big deal toys out there right now.. I cant believe the prices have dropped the way they have.

ANd theres even quite a few boats that are almost BRAND new with just a handful of hours that are tens of thousands of dollars less than buying a new one..

Anyone plannin on pullin the trigger on something new
this fall?:cool:

Heres an example.. Look at all the cool stuff available between $40,000 and $85,000 right now:
http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.c...ut=&hw_num=100

http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.c...o25744-en.html

Proof that there will ALWAYS be something cool to buy..

I think that the market is getting to where it should be....new boats are way overpriced....I do like that 38 scarab for 45k though...

Ive been shopping for a small cat for two years.. they used to all be over $100k for a freakin 27 or 28' boat.. ridonkilous.. Now im startin to find them in the upper 60's and 70's.. Theres quite a few sweeeeet big power 27s available..

I'm more interested in how many of these "buyers" are actually going to buy when "the market gets right". :rolleyes:

that eliminator is BADA$$!!!!! i noticed it a while ago and it seems like you would make a lot of people cry when you blast by them at 120+!

Lee, did you do much pulling with your 3/4ton on your old gun?whatever boat i buy will be on the lift 90% of the time, but that 5-10% i want to be safe.just wondering what a gun felt like behind a 3/4ton.thanks

That 32 Skater is 18 years old with the old 2.5s on it.

No problem but if ya have a few extra hundred do air bags or load boosters. Load boosters are new to me i just installed some on my 3/4 ton they eliminate any ass end side movement and they are about half the price as bags but bags are super nice.

Yah tell me about it,:mad: I literally dream about boats all the time and still dont have one well i guess i do have a cobalt but it doesnt count.:drink:

The markets been "right" for the last two seasons.. SURELY its bottomed out now?

Im not waiting out the market, Im waiting out our board of directors!:mad:

Looking thru the classifieds causes me to dream a lot too, I agree that now would the time to upgrade to a larger boat. I just can't find the spare dinero to do it. :(

there's a BIG cat that's gonna be in classifieds if I can figure out how to put it there....FIRE SALE!!

Everything MUST GO... lol

Keep the notech.. I gotta learn to drive a cat!

Yes. I bought that truck to pull the last Top Gun I had and it did the job great, even when the boat was full of fuel. I pull the Skater with it now, and it has no problem with that either. It has the programmer, intake, and 4' exhaust on it, and hasn't skipped a beat. A dually would be nice for the added stability, but I don't have room for one when I'm not pulling so this was the next best thing.

wow, i never realized how close those two boats are in colors, you know what you like

funny thing is, it wont pull the new cig though.. :grinser010:

It could happen. ;)

I know! The Skater has a more aggressive version of it, but it does look similar. People seem to like it! :ernaehrung004:


Fund: Go for it man!!

you took the words right out of my mouth....:D

no room for a dually either, thanks for the info Lee, sorry for the hijack waterboy

My boats on that list, but like everyone else I'm waiting for mine to sell before I can buy a new one. I have a few people interested in mine, but they're all waiting for their boats to sell, and round and round we go. Maybe we should all start trading, anyone with a Center Console want to go to a cat?

http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.c...o25615-en.html

Same Situation, The Old Domino Effect!!!!!!

From what I have been told the problem is getting financed at this time. Maybe, maybe not????

I have pulled the trigger twice! Bought a Powerquest 260 legend last Dec,...wasn't exactly what I wanted and swapped it on a Sunsation 288 this summer.

I don't understand people who finance toys. My upbringing taught me this is a serious no no!

If I pull the trigger again it will have to include a tow vehicle! :D