WTB $300 000 Boat for $100 000. Serious offers only please.
- Thread starter Rain City
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ab1752
Crew Member
Rain City
Crew Member
I liked the one that the broker showed me but they're really just overnighters. Great for fishing Im sure but wouldn't want to make more than a pot of coffee inside.
Ruff
Active Member
Looked at one before we bought our 30. No comparison. Fishing machine but definitely not a family cruiser.
Rain City
Crew Member
Man those are so cool. I couldn't deal with the 11 mph cruise speed though.
BCI
Well-Known Member
Let us know how that 92 Commander 30 looks when you see it.
Rain City
Crew Member
I felt that for such a big boat it didn't feel that spacious. I think the beam is only 9.5'. I think.
dmurph
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Ya fair enough, I ve never really been inside one. I’ve looked at the one at our marina right when you pull through the gates. Looks like a pretty big boat, but yes looks like massive rear deck and maybe not such a luxurious cabin inside
ab1752
Crew Member
I wonder the same. The way it appears in the pics, it isn't presented well at all for sale so perhaps it is an estate sale? I think the pilot house makes it seem larger with the bigger presence but agree it could be cramped for extended family cruising.
Charlie415
Crew Member
8.5' beam. For the price of the the boat with D6 Volvo power. I would assume some major repairs are needed.
Rain City
Crew Member
Welp. We went and looked at the 30. The wife just isn't feeling it. In her opinion if we're spending 100k or more she wants something that looks like 100k or more. Yes I've explained that isn't that much in the boat world. She also says that she now realizes that having outside lounge seating (built in) is important to her. News to me but she no longer feels like she wants a living room on the water. She'd rather have enough room inside to sleep 4 comfortably but doesn't feel like we need as much room as the commander has. Another thing is she can't stand the command bridge. Especially on this one because it had the brow/apron thing off the back door and the full canvas enclosure up top which she said makes it feel top heavy and more closed in at the back. I'm trying to take this as a positive thing because I can now focus more on performance and don't need to worry as much about amenities... I hope. She's reminded me that it was the layout of the Merry Fisher that got us into this style boat and the Cutwater that really sold it. So here I am back at square one. Last she's now also put her foot down on the 100k max budget.
For better or worse...
For better or worse...
Rain City
Crew Member
The new checklist:
- built in "lounge" seating on deck (no folding deck chairs)
- table option on deck (collapsible is fine)
- must sleep 4 plus have storage (drop down dinette is fine)
- head with shower
- no longer cares about the level platform inside and out
- doesn't need a big kitchen. She's feeling nostalgic about the "struggle" of outside cooking. I'm cool with that.
- I'd like a fishable deck but it doesn't need to be 60 sq ft. Something with a larger beam but short platform is fine for me.
- NO CANVAS
- not a must but something with easy-ish bow access would be nice. Titties and Fireworks and such.
- 28'-30' (32' LOA max)
My guess is that in a couple years she'll be thinking back to the Commander she didn't want.
- built in "lounge" seating on deck (no folding deck chairs)
- table option on deck (collapsible is fine)
- must sleep 4 plus have storage (drop down dinette is fine)
- head with shower
- no longer cares about the level platform inside and out
- doesn't need a big kitchen. She's feeling nostalgic about the "struggle" of outside cooking. I'm cool with that.
- I'd like a fishable deck but it doesn't need to be 60 sq ft. Something with a larger beam but short platform is fine for me.
- NO CANVAS
- not a must but something with easy-ish bow access would be nice. Titties and Fireworks and such.
- 28'-30' (32' LOA max)
My guess is that in a couple years she'll be thinking back to the Commander she didn't want.
