Re: 1995 Starcraft 17 foot FM
Ive been boating since I was two years old, had my own boat when I was six, that was back in 1966 before the US had an age limit for the safe boating laws, wow am I getting old! Ive owned just about every type of boat you could think of since, from a Sea Snark sailboat that was made out of very dense Styrofoam to a 26 wooden Chris Craft Cavalier cabin cruiser. The one thing that always held true is a boat is just a hole in the water you dump your money into. If you wanna to play you gotta pay, most boats are like cars, they depreciate and boats are worse because when they become antiques very few gain value like cars. Invest your money in something else if you want to be able to get it back someday. If you want to have fun and memories that will last a lifetime buy a boat. I cant tell you what the boating market is like up there, Im guessing its like anywhere else, supply and demand controls the market. I live in a state thats a big tropical swamp LOL, theres water everywhere and its very unusual to go by a house that does not have a boat in its back yard, theres four huge boat building facilities within a ten mile radius of me. Its not unusual to see boats dumped along the road or abandoned in the ICW that people no longer want, so things are a little different here. It sounds like you got some time before you hand over your hard earned money so use it wisely and look around at other boats in your price range and see whats available then youll know if your paying a fair price. As far as the age of the boat goes it sounds like this guy took very good care of his boat, myself, Id rather have an eleven year old boat that was well taken care of then a five year old boat that was not.
