£25000 for new boat. Which one would you buy?

[ricky_s]

Think I have convinced the wife I need a new boat. My current boat is an open sports cuddy type where you get soaked if it gets a bit rough so want a hard top.

What would you get? Merry fisher? Finnmaster? Would want new ish around 20 feet or so.

 

[Whitelighter]

I would go for the Merry Fisher. The french yards just understand how to do that sort of boat on a budget really well.

 

[BrokerBen]

I can show you round a variety of boats in the Hamble area in that price range if you like, including a selection of Merry Fishers...

 

[Nautorius]

Have you thought about the Quicksilver 640 Weekend?

See Here
All looked nice at Excell!

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ricky_s]

Thanks for the offer Ben. Might take you up on the offer at some stage. Was hoping to go to SIPS and get a good discount from the dealers there.

Nautorius, the Quicksilver is a nice bit of kit but £25K really is my max. Wife will kill be if I go over.

 

[Nautorius]

Ricky,

It is a quicksilver so expect 10% discount plus free kit!

Well within £25k

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Simonk]

Surely it has to be one of these Westline's I've been reading about on this forum just recently. Rumour has it that for a small mention on the YBW forum it's possible to get a free trip to Sweden all expenses paid.

However this is only a rumour!

 

[Whitelighter]

For a new user, your posts certainly have a lot of Panache

 

[Simonk]

Thats the wife, she's always pan aching when we come into moor.

 

[Whitelighter]

Just so long as she remembers to take all the lines off when you leave you don't have a problem /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Sneds]

I like a little panache! Certainly made me smile a bit.
Now, about Sweden..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[vanoord]

From the looks of the price on the Weekend 640, it's either a petrol sterndrive or an outboard powered one. The 1.7 diesel is by a long way the best choice, but that pushes the price up to £30k.

The 640 sits on a new hull for Quicksilver which rides very well - I'm told it's the best Quicksilver have built so far but the opportunity to try one has been hard to come by: the UK had several boats that were on order for this summer cancelled due to demand from elsewhere in Europe.