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First post here...
My wife and I are thinking of getting a first boat and she's very keen on a '97 190 Bowrider that a neighbor is selling. He bought a larger boat (I think a much newer 270 Sundancer). He's owned the 190 for 22 years and says that it has mostly been in fresh water here on Cape Cod. I think he always trailers the boat whenever he uses it and leaves it in his driveway year round. There is a boat shop and small marina nearby where he get most or all of the service and winterizing performed. He says the engine was replaced about 10 years ago with a 5.7 Mercruiser (w 4 barrel carb) that now has 200 hours on it. Overall it seems in pretty nice condition for being 26 years old. It fires to right up and sounds like it runs, or at least idles, very well. The interior is worn but intact.
He's asking about 8k for it including a good condition tandem trailer which I think is pretty reasonable.
Is this a good first boat to consider? We have 3 young kids and I'm thinking a V8 powered stern drive boat may be a bit much for a first one. It seems to me that a simpler outboard powered vessel with fewer horsepower might be better for a novice but maybe I'm wrong about that. We'll probably go out for a test on a pond this weekend.
It seems like I stumbled across the right forum...Thanks in advance for any advice!
Ethan
First post here...
My wife and I are thinking of getting a first boat and she's very keen on a '97 190 Bowrider that a neighbor is selling. He bought a larger boat (I think a much newer 270 Sundancer). He's owned the 190 for 22 years and says that it has mostly been in fresh water here on Cape Cod. I think he always trailers the boat whenever he uses it and leaves it in his driveway year round. There is a boat shop and small marina nearby where he get most or all of the service and winterizing performed. He says the engine was replaced about 10 years ago with a 5.7 Mercruiser (w 4 barrel carb) that now has 200 hours on it. Overall it seems in pretty nice condition for being 26 years old. It fires to right up and sounds like it runs, or at least idles, very well. The interior is worn but intact.
He's asking about 8k for it including a good condition tandem trailer which I think is pretty reasonable.
Is this a good first boat to consider? We have 3 young kids and I'm thinking a V8 powered stern drive boat may be a bit much for a first one. It seems to me that a simpler outboard powered vessel with fewer horsepower might be better for a novice but maybe I'm wrong about that. We'll probably go out for a test on a pond this weekend.
It seems like I stumbled across the right forum...Thanks in advance for any advice!
Ethan