1986 Silver Nautique

[functionoverfashion]

Brownt2, nice boat, love the black! I sold the 87' in my profile pic with 1,400 hrs, tower, board racks,6 speakers,12" sub, amps etc for $7,500 this past July. It had a lot of new parts and I owned it for 20 yrs. True, there are some out there that are looking for OEM boats but there are also a lot of people looking for affordable wake boats. Your boat is just that, and that is probably your market. If she runs strong and her stringers are solid, I don''t see why you couldn't get 7-8k from the right buyer. There is not a boat that can touch these wakes for under 10k, period. A wet sand, buff and good detail will go a long way, 303 should be your new best friend!

This is about right - I sold my 1989 Supra with a tower, bimini, stereo, heater, dual batteries... for a little over $6k. Partly, the values of those are less because the name isn't Nautique, MasterCraft, or even Malibu for that matter. And I may not have always kept it spotless, but of course it was perfectly clean when I showed it. Oh, and my boat had a newer engine (the GT-40) but also had 1,630 hours.

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Jeff, that's funny - I knew it needed a ton of work; I wish my son was 14 instead of 5. I would have bought it to work on with him, so he could have it at 16.

[funkster]

Function, funny you mention that. My son and I rebuilt my 87. It was a blast. Here in Washington state you need a boat license, he had his before his actual drivers license.


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