Sold MY Boat!

[triumphrick]

Just two weeks ago I put my 2002 Key West 2020 DC up for sale. Through word of mouth a friends neighbor came by and made a deal! NADA listed it for around $12k. Because of the condition, I was able to get more. So now we are on the lookout for a newer 23'-24' WA. I can tow up to 6500# and will need a trailerable boat. The leaders so far are Sea Hunt, KW, Scout, Robalo. They have the size, but lighter weight hulls.

There are a ton of them for sale within 150 miles of the Tampa area, so will begin the process of seeing how well the owners want to deal.

I know Gus has a similar thread on his boat buying process. Mine will not use a broker. Or a surveyor. My sale should make up about half our budget. I hope to arrange a little financing and begin my search soon! Wish me luck...

[Blue Bayou]

Just two weeks ago I put my 2002 Key West 2020 DC up for sale. Through word of mouth a friends neighbor came by and made a deal! NADA listed it for around $12k. Because of the condition, I was able to get more. So now we are on the lookout for a newer 23'-24' WA. I can tow up to 6500# and will need a trailerable boat. The leaders so far are Sea Hunt, KW, Scout, Robalo. They have the size, but lighter weight hulls.

There are a ton of them for sale within 150 miles of the Tampa area, so will begin the process of seeing how well the owners want to deal.

I know Gus has a similar thread on his boat buying process. Mine will not use a broker. Or a surveyor. My sale should make up about half our budget. I hope to arrange a little financing and begin my search soon! Wish me luck...

The ball is in your court so use it to your advantage. Good luck!

[welder]

That's good news Rick , any luck on the Classic tinny sale ?

[wiley]

Awesome! Signs of life in the economy!

[triumphrick]

Hey, Les...not too much activity, so I turned things over to Bob at AnglersEdgemarine. He just got everything listed yesterday. I won't need both sold to get the newer one, however. Yeah, Wiley, it seems as if a nice, clean, well presented boats will sell. I have a friend on another forum sell his KeyWest in just a few days as well! All is good....

[mrrobalo]

HMMMM I wonder which brand I would say......

With me though it would be what year and how much do you want to to a used one.

[Drailey]

Cheers! Good luck with th new hunt!....Be patient!

[marlinchaser]

I second Mr Robalo!! Not sure I would call a Robalo a lite weight hull though; they are closer to tanks!!

[triumphrick]

I second Mr Robalo!! Not sure I would call a Robalo a lite weight hull though; they are closer to tanks!!

The Robalo 225 I was researching using the Yamaha performance data showed that hull to be about 800# lighter than a Grady, Hydra Sports, Seaswirl & Wellcraft. But it is about 600 - 700# heavier than both the KW, Sea Hunt & Scout of comparable sizes.

[triumphrick]

One boat that has popped up so far is a Key West 2300 bluewater that has twin Yamaha 115 4 strokes. Since my previous boat was a KW, we are good with that. Reading posts on those motors, I see very little to indicate any problems. If anyone has that boat or boat/motor combo I sure would like to hear from you!