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Originally Posted by Downeast
Look behind the scenes. if it's thrown together where the sun doesn't shine, its probably junk
Hire a private, experienced mechanic and marine electrician to look over the ENTIRE boat. ..or hopefully the hired surveyor will notice (and mention) these rights and wrongs as well as moisture ingress inside the hull.
Avoid a salt water boat if its had enough seasons festering in the salty water..
is it easy to work on and peek into hidden areas? --->
Some twin engine I/O boats such as an early model Formula have so little space between the motors its nearly impossible to access plugs and starters... hard access like this won't make you friends with your service tech..
IMHO Id go with diesel inboard, an outboard, then single I/O.
seek out those with Clean mechanical systems, clean and organized wiring, clean oily free bilge..decent topsides.. hull shape..
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I don't know of any 20 - 22' boat that came with a diesel motor, or twin motors from the factory, (with the exception of some of the smaller jet drive boats, like the sea doo's and the like, some of those come with small, but fast!! twin motors), so those are probably not going to be an option for that size boat. Going to come down to an O/B, or I/O most likely for this size boat.