Used boat market

8gv · 05-18-2025, 09:09 AM

Sharp boat!

Will you be setting a new MPG record bringing her home?

TiltonBB · 06-21-2025, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 8gv

Sharp boat!

Will you be setting a new MPG record bringing her home?

Maybe, but not in a good way! However, diesel was only $2.98 in Missouri. But, $3.95 on the NY Thruway.

tis · 06-22-2025, 05:18 AM

Irwin told us yesterday that big boats are selling this spring whereas last spring they weren't selling at all.

jazzman · 06-22-2025, 11:46 PM

I thought we were priced really well on a 2014 SeaRay Sundeck 260 with a sports arch and a zero hour rebuilt engine (with only 35 hours on that engine until it was rebuilt). Priced at 44.5K Seems right inline with others. We've had a few lookers but no buyers. We have no trailer which seems to kill off some buyers.

TiltonBB · 06-23-2025, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jazzman

I thought we were priced really well on a 2014 SeaRay Sundeck 260 with a sports arch and a zero hour rebuilt engine (with only 35 hours on that engine until it was rebuilt). Priced at 44.5K Seems right inline with others. We've had a few lookers but no buyers. We have no trailer which seems to kill off some buyers.

You should be able to get a trailer or at least tell potential buyers the price of one if that would help your sale. Call the Trailer Outlet in Tilton and get a price.

I have bought a few trailers there and he always had the best prices. A tandem galvanized trailer would probably be about $5,400, but that is just a guess.

https://traileroutlet.net/

TiltonBB · 07-12-2025, 06:51 AM

This article in the LDS says that boat sales volumes are back to "normal".

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news...8b8b73e72.html

Sunseeker Jimmy · 07-13-2025, 09:03 PM

I have been a boat broker for 21 years and maybe that makes me a bad guy or whatever. But if you purchased a boat during or a year or maybe two prior to Covid, you’re expectations are probably 25-30% to high. Deal after deal I am watching people price their boats too high and until they swallow the pill and take the hit, they just don’t sell. Reality is reality and when price meets market, your boat will sell.

Biggd · 07-14-2025, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sunseeker Jimmy

I have been a boat broker for 21 years and maybe that makes me a bad guy or whatever. But if you purchased a boat during or a year or maybe two prior to Covid, you’re expectations are probably 25-30% to high. Deal after deal I am watching people price their boats too high and until they swallow the pill and take the hit, they just don’t sell. Reality is reality and when price meets market, your boat will sell.

Just like real estate, it's only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it.
You don't really find out what it's worth until it sells.

MeredithMan · 07-14-2025, 09:23 AM

I suspect that there are a lot of folks who jumped in to buy a new boat during "The 'Vid" and with new boats being so darn expensive, took out a long-term, (e.g., 10 years or more), loan. Now, 4 years into the note, perhaps their life situation has changed or they are tired of making the payments and are now saying, "what the heck did I do? I need to dump this thing"

Juiced06GTO · 07-20-2025, 10:12 PM

I've been looking at potentially replacing my 06 24' Four Winns Funship, but I just can't get behind the pricing on some of the used boats out there. In 2017 I was in the $20kish range for a boat that was 11 years old with 435hrs on it. To find something similar now you are looking at $40k+ and jumping up to something in the 26' range which is what I am looking for it seems the pricing is starting at $50-60K.

I think I am going to continue on with my 650hr funship and just keep maintaining it for the foreseeable future.

Lkin · 07-21-2025, 07:56 AM

You would think there would be a lot of boats pushing down prices this year- i am not seeing them on the lake!

Saturday i dont think i saw more than three boats at any point in the day from my view in moultonboro bay by Ganzy. Last year it would be 10-12 boats, 4-5 jetskis, several tubers and at least one playing really loud music!

Now its sometimes just the loud music!

07-12-2025, 06:51 AM	#6
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 3,036 Thanks: 714 Thanked 2,212 Times in 943 Posts	Lake Boat Sales Market This article in the LDS says that boat sales volumes are back to "normal". https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news...8b8b73e72.html

05-18-2025, 09:09 AM	#1
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,120 Thanks: 64 Thanked 750 Times in 484 Posts	Sharp boat! Will you be setting a new MPG record bringing her home?

06-22-2025, 05:18 AM	#3
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,810 Thanks: 759 Thanked 1,469 Times in 1,025 Posts	Irwin told us yesterday that big boats are selling this spring whereas last spring they weren't selling at all.

06-22-2025, 11:46 PM	#4
jazzman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mont Vernon NH & Big Barndoor Island Posts: 323 Thanks: 4 Thanked 184 Times in 62 Posts	I thought we were priced really well on a 2014 SeaRay Sundeck 260 with a sports arch and a zero hour rebuilt engine (with only 35 hours on that engine until it was rebuilt). Priced at 44.5K Seems right inline with others. We've had a few lookers but no buyers. We have no trailer which seems to kill off some buyers.

07-13-2025, 09:03 PM	#7
Sunseeker Jimmy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 15 Thanks: 2 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	I have been a boat broker for 21 years and maybe that makes me a bad guy or whatever. But if you purchased a boat during or a year or maybe two prior to Covid, you’re expectations are probably 25-30% to high. Deal after deal I am watching people price their boats too high and until they swallow the pill and take the hit, they just don’t sell. Reality is reality and when price meets market, your boat will sell.

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07-14-2025, 09:23 AM	#9
MeredithMan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Bedford, NH; Meredith, NH Posts: 974 Thanks: 263 Thanked 820 Times in 337 Posts	I suspect that there are a lot of folks who jumped in to buy a new boat during "The 'Vid" and with new boats being so darn expensive, took out a long-term, (e.g., 10 years or more), loan. Now, 4 years into the note, perhaps their life situation has changed or they are tired of making the payments and are now saying, "what the heck did I do? I need to dump this thing"

07-20-2025, 10:12 PM	#10
Juiced06GTO Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 220 Thanks: 9 Thanked 88 Times in 51 Posts	I've been looking at potentially replacing my 06 24' Four Winns Funship, but I just can't get behind the pricing on some of the used boats out there. In 2017 I was in the $20kish range for a boat that was 11 years old with 435hrs on it. To find something similar now you are looking at $40k+ and jumping up to something in the 26' range which is what I am looking for it seems the pricing is starting at $50-60K. I think I am going to continue on with my 650hr funship and just keep maintaining it for the foreseeable future.

07-21-2025, 07:56 AM	#11
Lkin Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 39 Thanks: 10 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	You would think there would be a lot of boats pushing down prices this year- i am not seeing them on the lake! Saturday i dont think i saw more than three boats at any point in the day from my view in moultonboro bay by Ganzy. Last year it would be 10-12 boats, 4-5 jetskis, several tubers and at least one playing really loud music! Now its sometimes just the loud music!