Used boat market

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

Quote:

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

Quote:

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"

07-12-2025, 06:51 AM	#3
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 3,022 Thanks: 704 Thanked 2,203 Times in 937 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

06-22-2025, 11:46 PM	#1
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	#4
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.

The Following User Says Thank You to Sunseeker Jimmy For This Useful Post:
Biggd (07-14-2025)

The Following User Says Thank You to Biggd For This Useful Post:
WinnisquamZ (07-14-2025)

07-14-2025, 09:23 AM	#6
MeredithMan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Bedford, NH; Meredith, NH Posts: 958 Thanks: 263 Thanked 818 Times in 335 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"