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Currently I have a 2012 230; which at it's release was nautiques' biggest/baddest model, what all the team rider's had, it was the boat to get... then the G23 debuted in 2013.
Everything changed, not that my boat got worse, but demand certainly dropped as EVERYONE wanted a G. Fast forward 6+ years, is there a market for my used boat?
One thing I have going for me, it has nautique installed NSS, I think surfing saved the inboard boating industry, and having this helps separate my boat from all the 2008-2011 236/230's that appear to have been on boat trader/only inboards for months.
My question is, what to do with this boat? Keep it or sell it? Please comment, maybe I'm wrong or looking at things from too simplified of a perspective, but it seems, there are buyers at 30k and 100k (or more), but little middle ground. I assume many young/first time boaters looking at 30k (used prices) is already pricey, so that market I get, but are people going from 30 to 90+ as their second boat? Seems like a huge jump, I was hoping to move up incrementally (going from 05 210 to 12 230), but do most make that huge jump?
Maybe it is long term financing incentive or many buyers see a sparkly 2018 axis at 90 a better value than a 2012 230 at 50-60, because age is more important than build quality to them?
So here I am coming into another season, wondering if there is (or ever will be) a good/better time to sell this boat. After years of ownership this boat is dialed, NSS, FAE, stereo, tower lights, underwater/speaker/cupholder/vent LEDs, board rack upgrades, custom seadek, custom bouy mounts, etc... but is also starting to feel its age and increasing in hours, and tradtionally I have gotten a new (to me, used) boat every 5-6 years. So it is not exactly time, but worry there may never be a time, and maybe I should try to get into an old G now, otherwise the gap may get too large for me as they hold value and mine depreciates. I see what people are asking for these boats but many have been sitting for sale for very long periods... so asking price isn't reflective of selling price. I wish there was an available chart or graph somewhere showing diminishing returns. My thoughts are if it is going to be impossible to move this boat at 60 or even mid to high 50's, I may be forced to hold it for years until it's value bottoms out all the way to the 30 range... and if value does bottom out, at that point I might as well keep it, not only because it's no longer a depreciating asset, but also because the jump from 30 to 90 isn't one I could make.
So if any of you have had experiences (either selling or buying) or work in the industry and could share any insight or just your own personal thoughts I would very much like to hear our opinions, thank you in advance, hope everyone's surviving winter, sorry for the long post, can't wait to be back out on the water...
Everything changed, not that my boat got worse, but demand certainly dropped as EVERYONE wanted a G. Fast forward 6+ years, is there a market for my used boat?
One thing I have going for me, it has nautique installed NSS, I think surfing saved the inboard boating industry, and having this helps separate my boat from all the 2008-2011 236/230's that appear to have been on boat trader/only inboards for months.
My question is, what to do with this boat? Keep it or sell it? Please comment, maybe I'm wrong or looking at things from too simplified of a perspective, but it seems, there are buyers at 30k and 100k (or more), but little middle ground. I assume many young/first time boaters looking at 30k (used prices) is already pricey, so that market I get, but are people going from 30 to 90+ as their second boat? Seems like a huge jump, I was hoping to move up incrementally (going from 05 210 to 12 230), but do most make that huge jump?
Maybe it is long term financing incentive or many buyers see a sparkly 2018 axis at 90 a better value than a 2012 230 at 50-60, because age is more important than build quality to them?
So here I am coming into another season, wondering if there is (or ever will be) a good/better time to sell this boat. After years of ownership this boat is dialed, NSS, FAE, stereo, tower lights, underwater/speaker/cupholder/vent LEDs, board rack upgrades, custom seadek, custom bouy mounts, etc... but is also starting to feel its age and increasing in hours, and tradtionally I have gotten a new (to me, used) boat every 5-6 years. So it is not exactly time, but worry there may never be a time, and maybe I should try to get into an old G now, otherwise the gap may get too large for me as they hold value and mine depreciates. I see what people are asking for these boats but many have been sitting for sale for very long periods... so asking price isn't reflective of selling price. I wish there was an available chart or graph somewhere showing diminishing returns. My thoughts are if it is going to be impossible to move this boat at 60 or even mid to high 50's, I may be forced to hold it for years until it's value bottoms out all the way to the 30 range... and if value does bottom out, at that point I might as well keep it, not only because it's no longer a depreciating asset, but also because the jump from 30 to 90 isn't one I could make.
So if any of you have had experiences (either selling or buying) or work in the industry and could share any insight or just your own personal thoughts I would very much like to hear our opinions, thank you in advance, hope everyone's surviving winter, sorry for the long post, can't wait to be back out on the water...
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