M&M's_Beach_House
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Well the misses and I have been talking and we would really love to upgrade our boat for a few reasons. We have a baby, we have a 70 lb dog and we have a lot of friends who enjoy boating with us. We also leave our boat in the water all summer, love to sleep on it when we can, and enjoy entertaining quite a bit. We never will trailer our boat too.
Our 2007 240DA is small for our needs and doesn't have the comforts we are looking for. AC/Heat, Generator (not required though), more living space, entertaining space, larger head, TV, etc..
So we are looking to upgrade our boat to something in the 29-33' range. However, we have a spending limit and it's close to $60,000. I may be able to eek out a little more but it's close to this. We also owe probably what we can trade out 240 in for so not much to put down from our boat either.
We are looking at the 2000-2003ish 300DA's but was wondering if others had some suggestions for us? We love Sea Ray's and would prefer to stick with them if we can. I've been looking over the internet and most boats we love, in more recent years with a nicer interior, etc.. are listed for around $80-$100,000. Anyone know of a great boar for sale closer to out price range with the amenities we want? We'd love to have it for this summer but don't want to overstretch ourselves while we still have a beautiful boat.
The other option was to buy a portable AC unit from Costco or something and cool the cabin this summer with that and a fan. Just wish we had more room on the boat with a wider beam, etc..
Any other boats you could recommend to us that might fit our price range? We're headed to NYC boat show tomorrow but wanted to see if we could get some advanced ideas before we browsed all the inevitable used listings there. Thanks!
Our 2007 240DA is small for our needs and doesn't have the comforts we are looking for. AC/Heat, Generator (not required though), more living space, entertaining space, larger head, TV, etc..
So we are looking to upgrade our boat to something in the 29-33' range. However, we have a spending limit and it's close to $60,000. I may be able to eek out a little more but it's close to this. We also owe probably what we can trade out 240 in for so not much to put down from our boat either.
We are looking at the 2000-2003ish 300DA's but was wondering if others had some suggestions for us? We love Sea Ray's and would prefer to stick with them if we can. I've been looking over the internet and most boats we love, in more recent years with a nicer interior, etc.. are listed for around $80-$100,000. Anyone know of a great boar for sale closer to out price range with the amenities we want? We'd love to have it for this summer but don't want to overstretch ourselves while we still have a beautiful boat.
The other option was to buy a portable AC unit from Costco or something and cool the cabin this summer with that and a fan. Just wish we had more room on the boat with a wider beam, etc..
Any other boats you could recommend to us that might fit our price range? We're headed to NYC boat show tomorrow but wanted to see if we could get some advanced ideas before we browsed all the inevitable used listings there. Thanks!