Looking for a boat 46-58 ft

[nevergiveup]

Hello everyone.
I decided to buy in next few weeks a motor boat with a fly bridge, between 46-58 ft, not older than 2006, in good condition, without damages, ready to go to the sea, no more than 500 hours, maximum price 250 000 EUROS
I’m wondering which boat is the best from these ones:
aicon 58, 56
intermare 50 fly
azimut 46 fly
cranchi atlantique 50
raffaelli compass rose 50
Aicon boats have very good prices and they are the biggest ones, so it is very intresting, but I read some bad opinions about these boats.
I would like to know reviews from real owners. Can you help me?
I will be very grateful for any help.
If you know someone who wants to sell a boat like in my description, please let me know on my email:
eagle.haslanded@onet.pl

 

[Nick_H]

As always, it depends what you want from it, and how likely you will need to sell it again easily.

Aicon is less money for a reason. The layout isn't great with a small saloon and flybridge, although the cabins are nice and the carpentry seems a reasonable quality. I don't know anything about the rest of the build, or how good they are at sea. The company stopped building boats, which usually makes used prices lower. These boats are very hard to sell, and always have been.

If you want a big boat at a low price, and you're not too worried about selling it again, how about this one? http://www.seadreams.it/it/detail/4a5aa066-0be1-494a-8b9f-666c63bae6f2 It's cheap because Rodman are not an established brand in luxury cruisers, but they have a great reputation for making good quality sea fishing boats with strong hulls. It has more than 500 hours, but still fairly low for a 2006 boat.

Do you understand the running costs of these size of boats?

 

[nevergiveup]

Thank you for answer.
I know some Rodman boats but I don't like this style and design, so I'm not interested in these ones.
Small saloon and flybridge in Aicon boats is acceptable for me. The most important thing is how good these boats are on the sea.
I would like to travel around caribbean islands so the boat should be without technical problems because the trip will be long. Thats why i'm looking for reviews from owners of Aicon boats.
You said that it is hard to sell Aicon boats, but the problem is around the world or only in Europe?
I would like to buy a boat in Italy because I realised that there are the best prices now.

 

[Nick_H]

I don't know if they are good sea boats, although it would have to be quite a bad hull to be worse at sea than a boat which is 6 feet shorter and 8 tonnes lighter, like the other boats on your list. When it comes to seakeeping, displacement usually counts for a lot.

You could try sending a private message to a user on here called "Poweryacht". He has a good knowledge of most Italian boats, and will probably have some better information.

It's a good idea to look in Italy for low prices, although I think the effect has spread out across the med, so you may find the best deal in France or Spain.

Have you looked at the cost of shipping the boat to the Carribean? I would have thought it would be cheaper to buy something suitable in Florida or the East Coast US and cruise it down. A US built boat would also be easier to sell there. I would guess that Aicon never sold a boat in the US, though I could be wrong.

 

[MedMilo]

I had a Cranchi Atlantique 48 (became the 50) for a couple of seasons - ok layout and build quality but not, IMHO, much good in a lumpy sea. Shocking in fact! Flat-ish hull to get high top end at the cost of seakeeping. Would definitely go for the Rodman 56 for much better seakeeping, stronger hull, commercial pedigree etc etc. But the US/Caribbean adds a different dimension and tbh I've not seen many planing flybridges scooting about the Carib islands, possibly due to limited range vs fuel stops. TBH I'd be inclined to go for a Grand Banks or similar displacement for that part of the world. And probably not Volvo engines...

 

[MedMilo]

And probably not Volvo engines...[/QUOTE]

...before I get in trouble I should say I suggested this because I imagine Volvo spares / engineers are harder to come by in the Caribbean. Not because Volvo engines are less reliable etc

Anyway, I think the OP has bigger factors to consider before he worries about engine type!