One thing i have realized, unfortunately even cheap yachts are expensive for the average person 😞 These boats are for the upper class, and its not only the initial price to buy the yacht but also the cost to run it can be expensive. I dont know many jobs that give you the possibility to buy a 500k yacht unless you own a bussiness or be wealthy already. But there are smaller and cheaper boats that a person can buy that are pretty good and not so costly to maintain. Another great video Zip, we may not be able to afford these boats but they are a beauty to watch them 😊
I've got a brother in law who owns several airplanes. Everything is about having them make money. Even a "fun" flight is a "paid" delivery of some sort. He's not what you would call upper class, but he has figured out a way to own a bunch, by using them to pay for themselves. It's a lot tougher to do that with boats, but not impossible. If you get your Captain's license, you can make a living out of delivering brand new ones to customers. There's always a way. May take a lot of effort, but not impossible. If you really want it. That's what I thought America was all about. But what does an alter boy, Eagle Scout, Veteran, and productive member of society know about anything?
I’d love to see a video of more affordable center consoles, sub 30 foot. Sea hunt, key west, sea chaser, ect. That’s a huge part of the boat sales market and while I love seeing big midnight express and the like crushing waves, it would be nice to see something a little closer to most peoples financial reach.
For the money you're suggesting, you could go for something like a princess 65 or fairline squadron 65, from the early 2000s. Proper build quality and solidity. And elegant.
I have always been suspicious about windows in the lower side of the hull. Too easy for someone to bump into, or have sealing issues. The ones that look the safest to me are the ones that have rounded corners. Just like in aviation, they learned that square or pointed corners are the weak spots. These boats are twisting all the time. Most windows on older boats are above the hull split line. Way above the water. Also, at the 8:00 mark, nobody on the top front of that Azimut/43 Atlantis had a life jacket. None of the children had life jackets. Common sense is not so common.
There's a reason you're getting such low prices on those Sea Ray's for their vintage. The saltwater, and sun! You can tell those boats rarely come out of the water and are getting slammed by the sun. Up here, in the great lakes, you see the Sea Ray 420 of that vintage, (@2004-2005), and they're still in good shape. Only in the water 5 months of the year, stored indoors during the winter. We commonly see Sea Ray 390 express Cruisers from late 80's, early 90's. About $50,000, low hours, good shape. You never see those in Florida, anymore. The reason Sea Ray gave up on the 40 plus foot yachts was because they just weren't being offered the money they thought they were worth. They made that "L" line, (luxury), and they were as nice as anything from Europe. No one wanted to pay for it. Too used to Sea Ray's being cheaper.
@@mkp3824 for sure, it may not be my number one manufacturer of ‘reasonably’ priced boats (I can’t afford one), but they have made some beautiful boats. More recent 45-50footers are pretty darn nice
@@brettwierenga5848 yes, they're beautiful! There's a 2003 550 Sundancer for sale in Harrison township, Michigan, right now. Best looking boat, ever. In like New shape, only 500 hours. They just age too fast in Florida.
You had some great yachts, but any with open flying bride with canvas top with plastic window does not trip my trigger. That takes away from the yachts shape and style, they need to back to the drawing board.
I have a chevrolet 2022 . I got it for 50K and it was to much. Just like over priced boat's. It's really crazy knowing that they should be about half the price people are paying for them.
If you compare the audio to a craft that costs $300k to one thats$1mil you can hear the difference. The more expensive boats are so much quieter, no engine noise, barely any noise from the front end. Im not sure I like these yachts that look super cool, like the Pardo or the 42 GLS, from the front you pan around to the side, ok beautiful boat, then you see the outboard motors. Blah, that ruins the look in my opinion. 32ft Sea Ray, who decided to put outboards on everything? Is it so that you can service the engines easier? Easier maintenance? So ugly!
*Canadian Truckers for the win!* "most people with a good job could afford to have one of these yachts." lolololol Why are all these boats so GD fugly?
