Spent the day looking at a few boats today, I have a fixed budget of about $7000 and am amazed at the garbage boats i looked at today. At least I can easily spot the damage to the boat above. Sad thing is I asked all the right questions and get either direct lies or the owners pretend they are clueless. Can they really be that clueless? I was prepared to buy either of the boats I looked at today based on email and phone conversations with the owners. When I arrived to check them out (2 hour drive) I knew I was wasting my time. The second boat was awesome. It was a 99 Four Wins. Looked great in photos, but it was in BAD shape. Soft floors, lots of time in salt water, told me it was a dual prop, it was not. Lots of busted little stuff, and the perfect interior was nice and moldy. I could see a water line inside the cockpit, but he claimed it never had any water sitting in it. The perfect motor shock worse than a small dog. The best part was the trailer. It had a fresh coat of spray paint. I thought that must be hiding something. There were all of these little square things under the paint... Yep, he had taped and painted playing cards over the rust blisters and holes, then painted over them. Nice! He tried to play dumb and blamed everything on the previous owner, yet he has had the boat for 4 years.
Are there any good boats out there in my price range?
