Wanted to buy: 28ft Baja or Sunsation powerboat
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Naaa, no need for me to go bigger. I've had bigger. I could have bought a 32 for a little more dough. And of course it would be a good bit faster and have more space. but I don't need faster, 65 -70 is plenty fast enough for me. And it is usually just the wife and I. Plenty of room for the two of us. and those that come onboard during our all day tie ups. And I only have to service ONE engine. Works for me.
Not yet. Today I should get the cash for the boat I'm selling, a 2020 Manitou tritoon with a 350 on it. Hope to do the road trip to pick up my new ride by next weekend.
It all depends what you want out of life. We went bigger! But we do weekend and one to two week long trips a year. My bigger boat only has one engine but my old Sig 290 had twins. I will say that twins are nice for add insurance. On one trip a belt broke and the engine compart was way too warm to work in. We limped into a yacht club 5 miles away and waited and hour to install a new one.
Now I have a genset and solar panels to keep the house batteries up when we go on shore.
We had a 50 houseboat for 6 years. Had a blast with that baby. Loved sleeping in it floating with waves lapping up the side. Peaceful. Then we figured out we were not rich and had to pick one or the other. Speedboat won out since we live on the water and we are 25 miles from the restaurants, and most of our friends have speedboats. We have big ole tie ups and have a blast all day. Lots of laughs. Works for us.