Buying boats

[colingr]

Has anyone any experience that they are happy to share with BoatQuays as a company and more specifically with Mariah as a manufacturer.?

 

[Whitelighter]

Reletively new company but have a decent reputation. Are you looking at new or used?

 

[colingr]

Probably new. They have some quite nice offers on at the moment and are prepared to add extras.

 

[Whitelighter]

Nice one. Which model, the SC25?

 

[colingr]

Probably smaller as we still like the idea of towing. The 19 with the 4.3 engine looks quite sprightly and gives a good range, /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

or maybe I'll stretch to the 21 although that's getting a tad heavy on the towbar! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[KCook]

Here in the US market the new Mariahs are not particularly popular. A thread on a US site - New Mariah or Stingray???? need help

Kelly

 

[Xenopus]

Hi,

We ran a 21 foot Mariah for 3/4 years at the end of the 90s and it was a terrific boat for its size, beautifully put together and utterly reliable. She was quite quick and behaved well for a small boat with a 21 degree deadrise (if I remember right) in solent chop. I think the firm has been taken over and have no experience of the newer ones.

all the best,

Matt

 

[colingr]

Looking at some of the US forums when Mariah were taken over in 2001 there were some build issues. Later models seem to be getting better reviews. I will go and have a look with my super critical eyes in place.