Advice on boat purchase

[_Dan_]

Hi all.

Im fairly new to the site and thought i would seek some advice on the purchase of a second hand boat for the Brisse bay and close in reef trips when weather permits.

I have a few in mind although they are old as the budget and the boss has set a limit, the ones i have thought about include.

Cruise craft reef ranger, 1st choice becuase of the fishing space etc

Nautiglass 150 cuddy cabin

Easy Rider

If anyone could give me a little advice about these boats or others that may come into consideration that would be great..

Cheers

Dan

[Jeremy]

Dan,

give us an idea of the budget you are working with.

Jeremy

[_Dan_]

Thanks Jeremy,

Porbably looking to keep the budget under 10k.

Dan

[Homer_Jay]

Dan, i think you would be hard pressed to find a good Cruisecraft reef ranger under $10,000

I spent quite a while looking for a boat and the reef ranger was one of the ones on top of my list. Anything reasonable is up around the $12,00 to $18,000 mark.

There is one on ebay that doesnt look too bad but dont know what the reserve is. Looks alright, trailer is late model but outboard is old.

You will probably find a 189 easyrider for about that sort of money, but nowhere near the fishing room as the reef ranger. I used to hand around the boat ramps looking at different boats and getting an idea of price from the trailer boat trader magazine. Then narrow it down to a couple and just keep looking. I ended up finding mine about two streets from home!

Aaron

[Homer_Jay]

Sorry, link for the one on ebay


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HALF-CABIN-CRUISE-CRAFT-REEF-RANGER_W0QQitemZ280026936931QQihZ018QQcategoryZ102 698QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[_Dan_]

Thanks Aaron,

I know i am a bit optimistic. ;D

Does anyone know much about the nautiglass cuddy cabin?

[SgBFish]

What about these?

http://www.tradingpost.com.au/iteminfo/adnumber_WB1932770360_loc_locRZSQregtAVSCdistRZSQA VSCstateRZSQ4AVSCregRZSQ_maxp_11000_minp_5000_off_ 1_sect_Marine_show_bnaRZSQFalseAVSCmoaRZSQFalseAVS CcmaRZSQFalseAVSCpsaRZSQFalseAVSCdaRZSQFalseAVSCpa RZSQFalse_sort_otRZSQ1BJDZfdRZSQFirstPublished_sqt _1_stpg_1_subs_Power_

http://www.tradingpost.com.au/iteminfo/adnumber_4809425_loc_locRZSQregtAVSCdistRZSQAVSCst ateRZSQ4AVSCregRZSQ_maxp_11000_minp_5000_off_30_se ct_Marine_show_bnaRZSQFalseAVSCmoaRZSQFalseAVSCcma RZSQFalseAVSCpsaRZSQFalseAVSCdaRZSQFalseAVSCpaRZSQ False_sort_otRZSQ1BJDZfdRZSQFirstPublished_sqt_1_s tpg_1_subs_Power_

http://www.tradingpost.com.au/iteminfo/adnumber_4813805_loc_locRZSQregtAVSCdistRZSQAVSCst ateRZSQ4AVSCregRZSQ_maxp_11000_minp_5000_off_67_se ct_Marine_show_bnaRZSQFalseAVSCmoaRZSQFalseAVSCcma RZSQFalseAVSCpsaRZSQFalseAVSCdaRZSQFalseAVSCpaRZSQ False_sort_otRZSQ1BJDZfdRZSQFirstPublished_sqt_1_s tpg_1_subs_Power_

Cheers,
Scott

[manchild]

find yourself a good cheap hull and trailer,should be able to pick em up under $2000 ,but shop around.You ll be surprized about the bargains to be had.If it got an motor even better ,sell that and put your leftover money and the one for the motor towards a new engine.Bit of a muckin around but this way youll be under 10k and have a new engine as well.
George

[brettski3]

the reef ranger looks nice and straight but needs a new donk, she would come up a treat if you did her up and the perfect hull for moreton bay chop.

[BaysideMarine]

The Nautiglass boats were a reasonable boat, the Vickers EasyRider is the same boat.

Little bit of mold pinching there...... Gee hasnt the last 40 years of boatbuilding in Australia seen PLENTY of that!! hehehe

Cheers

[BaysideMarine]

Dan how bout this Cruisecraft Reef Raider 166 on ebay at present?

Item no: 180028201247

Appears to be no reserve and if it checked out ok its a dead set bargain.

Cheers

[_Dan_]

Cheers all for the info so far,

Will have a look BM ;)

[wayne_cook]

dan if ur not in a hurry bargins do come up.
I just picked up 5.8steber 250 inboard bimini,clears,outriggers,plus usual gear for 5k ;D. Some work to do on the trailor but the boat is ready to go.

[wayne_cook]

dan the email address dosent seem to work.I'll post a cople of pics here.The boat rego papers says 5.5

[wayne_cook]

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[jeffrey_h]

Dan,
We got ours a month ago after only a few weeks looking, got it from a Brissy boat yard who turned out to be the typ. 'used car' salesmen type, but we are happy with the boat.

We got a CruiseCraft Regal 506, 16.5 ft. 90 Johnson. Has good fishing room and does 33knots at 5000rpm. Over 14g, more than it's worth but we wanted it.

Now we just got to find the fish ;D ;D

Jeffrey