What Happened To New Boat Prices? Are Used Boats Selling At Premium Prices Too?

[Chuck Adams]

Sea Ark Big Easy boats are nice but you are right about the price.
They are sure proud of them.
You can still find some deals if you have cash in hand and willing to travel.
Keep up the search and good luck.


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[BigKyd]

Sea Ark Big Easy boats are nice but you are right about the price.
They are sure proud of them.
You can still find some deals if you have cash in hand and willing to travel.
Keep up the search and good luck.


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This was for an Easy 200, the Big Easy's little brother. It has to be a misprint, same site has a Super Easy Lounge for 71K and it is a 26 footer. The Easy 200 is only 20ft, I think the Big Easy is either 24 or 26.

[zummy]

Been lookin at boats for a few years now, was getting serious before the pandemic hit and wiped out inventories, then this inflation hit and wiped out a lot of my disposable income. Just got a promotion that came with a 14% raise and figured it was time to get serious again. Looking for something I can fish out of and take the family out in, the SeaArk Easy 200 caught my eye. SeaArk is one of those manufacturers that doesn't publish MSRP or have any type of "build and price" option on their website. I searched and searched trying to get an idea of what they go for to figure out it it would even be an option. I found a couple used 2017 and 2018 models with 150 horse outboards on the back priced in the 30's, the cheapest 2017 model I saw was around 32k and the most expensive 2018 model was around 39k. In both cases the posting was over 60 days old so who knows how long ago they were available at that price, but still I was thinking new one would probably be somewhere in the high 40s at most since depreciation does not seem to be a thing as far as used boat prices typically go. I mean, I often see used boats less than 5 years old listed at just a few thousand off what a new one would go for. Well boy was I wrong, I finally found a dealer that has some in stock and has the pricing on their website, they are asking 73k for a new one. A 20ft aluminum boat for 73k, the world has lost its mind.

Same boat I bought last year in Aug is sitting at the dealer right now. Mine was a 21 its a 22. Its $12k more than mine.

[Les Young]

IF you can look around and buy a smaller boat from a private seller you might get something reasonable but do NOT sell your boat first. wait for winter when folks sell a lot of toys they didn't use much and some arn't aware of what market is doing. if you don't find something you can live with just be glad you have something to use now. Plus have CASH in hand when you go to dicker as it makes a huge difference when you wave new $100 bills under your chin while your haggling with someone. buddy taught me that many years ago and I have bought some unreal bargains because of it. when they start to drool and stare at the cash, you have them.

You can definitely tell you & i haven't tried to deal. I don't care if they wave cash or not i either get my price or i sell it to somebody else.

[Ketchn]

it is a brave new world for sure , everything is price NOT to sell and still selling like hotcakes , no worries it will come to a screeching halt somewhere in the near future , the "bubble" will pop and all the kings men won't be able to put it back together again ....

[Central Minn]

Used prices have went up a lot for boats too.If you own a boat make sure your insurance is some what keeping up with price increases...Most Insurance company's don't keep up with true values on recreational toys.

[MCG1]

Yep, recreational toys versus real needs and the fact that the new prices or price increase rates don't even cause a blink of an eye to many. The boat dealers won't refuse the money either!