15 TIPS BUYING A SECOND HAND BOAT

1. Take it for a test run and engine spits water for cooling
2. Check trailer for Warrant
3. Check hull for any repairs
4. Spin prop to see if shaft not bent
5. Make sure the owner is an ok chap
6. Ask owner if any service receipts kept
7. Keep looking at boats until you find the one you really want
8. A 15 year old boat, well looked after with relatively low hours say 200hrs. Is as good as a new purchased boat. big savings their.
9. Be aware of holes drilled into an old transom
10. Aluminium boats are as good as fibreglass
11. Fiberglass has slightly softer ride
12. Be aware of bollards in petrol stations (Aluminium)
13. check the bung screw area to buoyancy chamber doesn't leak
14. Do not part money for a boat until you can see it physically exists -view the boat first.
15. Bigger boats make you feel more secure at sea - small boats vulnerable to bigger boat wake and have limitations.

17ft -18ft with 70hp-90hp is well balanced
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