Re: Boat similar to Boston Whaler...
I've owned Whalers and lots of other boats and I know lots of people will say this or that brand is ALMOST the same and cheaper or Whalers are overpriced, but as was said above, once you have owned a boat a while and used it hard, you will find out what the extra dollars get you. I bought a new Whaler in 73, used it hard for 9 years and sold it for more than twice what I paid for it new. Many navies, the USCG and even the US Navy SEALS use Whalers! I never had to worry about things like bilge pumps or forgetting to put the drain plug in with a Whaler. The next boat I buy will be a Whaler, new or used, because I own a boat to USE it, not to work on it and replace a whole lot of the oem parts, because they built it to a price and not a quality standard. Buy a Whaler now, use it a LOT for the next 20 or 30 years, wax it occasionally and then sell it for at least as much as you paid, make use you keep a list of the repairs you had to make(it will be short). ALL boats look good when they are new in the showroom, go look at a bunch of 20 or 30 year old boats and tell me which ones held up. The thing is a lot of boats won't be useable in 20 or 30 years.
