Hi there.
I'm willing to buy my very first boat. I'm looking for something easy to launch/retrieve from the water (19 feet is ok) and a sport cuddy since it will be used on a big river, very close to the Atlantic sea. Also, I also set a maximum budget of 10k€.
After almost 1yr searching I'm focused on the 2 boats above. They are both well preserved (they seems so), both are powered by mercruiser 4,3lt v6 190hp and both come with a single axis trailer. The Maxum is about 300 hours and Mariah 200 hours (owners values since both hour counters are not working - maxum stoped around 200 and Mariah around 30). At the end of the 2014 summer I've tried the Maxum in the river and I like it. It's very well preserved. It is on the river for 2 or 3 months a year and then maintained, winterized and hosted by a specialized boat company. I did not tried Mariah yet. It's still winterized. it's also on the river for only 2 or 3 months a year but is hosted on the owners garage the rest of the year. I'm more confident on Maxum maintenance but this engine seems very nice too.
2000 Maxum: 8500eur (nadaguides price 7596eur, racio of 1.12)
2005 Mariah: 10500eur (10180eur which makes the requested price a fair price)
I love Maxum. Inside, outside, everything on it! I like it very much. But I'm afraid of construction and the bad reputation of Brunswick corp products... And it's 5y older!
I don't like much the Mariah lines/design, it looks bearish and it shows less importance on construction details, any way it's something on the budget set. I can't find something looking better within this budget. In the other side it's newer. Engine is newer.
Reason tells me to go with Mariah, but emotion makes me focused on Maxum. Can't explain :/
Any experienced opinion, please?
Thank you!
I'm willing to buy my very first boat. I'm looking for something easy to launch/retrieve from the water (19 feet is ok) and a sport cuddy since it will be used on a big river, very close to the Atlantic sea. Also, I also set a maximum budget of 10k€.
After almost 1yr searching I'm focused on the 2 boats above. They are both well preserved (they seems so), both are powered by mercruiser 4,3lt v6 190hp and both come with a single axis trailer. The Maxum is about 300 hours and Mariah 200 hours (owners values since both hour counters are not working - maxum stoped around 200 and Mariah around 30). At the end of the 2014 summer I've tried the Maxum in the river and I like it. It's very well preserved. It is on the river for 2 or 3 months a year and then maintained, winterized and hosted by a specialized boat company. I did not tried Mariah yet. It's still winterized. it's also on the river for only 2 or 3 months a year but is hosted on the owners garage the rest of the year. I'm more confident on Maxum maintenance but this engine seems very nice too.
2000 Maxum: 8500eur (nadaguides price 7596eur, racio of 1.12)
2005 Mariah: 10500eur (10180eur which makes the requested price a fair price)
I love Maxum. Inside, outside, everything on it! I like it very much. But I'm afraid of construction and the bad reputation of Brunswick corp products... And it's 5y older!
I don't like much the Mariah lines/design, it looks bearish and it shows less importance on construction details, any way it's something on the budget set. I can't find something looking better within this budget. In the other side it's newer. Engine is newer.
Reason tells me to go with Mariah, but emotion makes me focused on Maxum. Can't explain :/
Any experienced opinion, please?
Thank you!
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