Prices are nuts. Most of what you pay for is newness and surface
cosmetic condition. If you can tolerate a little surface wear,
scratches, and age, there are some incredible bargains out there.

We bought this boat for $15,000. The inside looks as good as the
pictures at the end show.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Boat.htm

I walk into a marine store a few days later and there is a four seat
outboard boat with a price tag two thousand dollars more. I was just
at the Maine Boatbuilder's Show and saw a boat with no berths, no
place to sit down except the top of the engine box (which did have
indoor/outdoor carpet on it), compass, wheel, engine, and hull for two
and a half times as much money. Buy, it's new and shiny. Crazy.

You don't need a buyer's broker but you do need a top notch surveyor
and the willingness to walk away from any boat.

Buy fresh water if you can. Prices are lower in the Great Lakes. I
feel about brokers about the way I feel about sharks but Shawn Taylor
who sold us our boat left nothing to be desired. You might start
the

http://www.yachtworld.com/toledobeachyachtsales/

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Roger Long