Bigger boat fever!!!!

[Sea Saw]

On a very dum move, I went to the lake today to shop for a new sea doo. The next thing you know I am walking through new/used boats and I stumble upon a 1998 FV 330 715hrs on 350 mags, bravo 3, gen, air/heat,extra.

It is in excellent shape, one owner, only dorve it drunk on saturdays and hung over on sundays. I don't to move back from an 01 to an 8 year old boat, but it is nice and big and $68,900.00. My 01 fv270 is very nice, and meets our needs well. I would have to move to a covered slip from dry stack. I would be able to get on my boat 24/7 365 then. I have a long range plan to move up but I tend to trade every year and this would be a normal move for me. I honestly need help, but its probably cheaper to buy boats!

The admiral is going to go look with out any excahnge of jewlery tomorrow. Thats a first!

Please let hear what the board has to say on the FV330!!!!

[Talon]

Go for it! I've never been on or seen a 330, so I can't offer any advice:cry:


Sounds like we are in the same situation with big boat fever. Went to the boat show today
and decided I really, really, really liked the 390. Been joking with the admiral about the 390 for weeks now, and she has not been joking with her 'NO' response. Got her on the 390 and was pointing out the features when she said, 'what would our payments be?', immediately followed with, 'NO'.  I now have chink in the armor. Maybe by the fall boat show I'll have her convinced

[chesbay]

Talon & Sea Saw,

I sympathize with you both!  

I waited 7 years for my wife to come out with the Holy Grail of boating statements" "If we had a bigger boat....."  

Raced home, pulled out my secret boat research notebook (which I began working on 6 months after buying my previous boat) and got down to business. Bought the 270 two months later!

Phil

[merwin10]

Bigger boats mean less availability here on Cape Cod. Length isn't an issue but when you start getting above 14 foot beam availability becomes an issue. You need to plan way ahead for a slip when you want it! Friend of mine moved from a 42' egg to a 59' by 17' beam sunseeker and found out quickly that his planning needed to change! Booking slips had to be completed no later than the end of February. Out of all the marinas we have on Cape Cod he found that he was limited to about 5 that could accomondate him as a home slip. The price well we won't go there since there is a shortage of wide slips you already know the answer $$$$$. When buying bigger make sure you don't limit yourself as to where you can cruise to. Electricity also becomes a issue, few marinas can supply 100 amps at a slip. Of course he could always anchor out but that is not his idea of fun, or convienence.

Mike -  

[Talon]

Already got that covered - we can stay in our existing slip   . It will be a little tight, but no big deal.

[Mikes342]

I was just going to be happy with a 32 foot boat when the admiral said we have been through this enough you need the 34 so I went from the 270 to the 342.  I am sure happy that she likes boating.  

Mikes 342