Originally Posted by
volfo
I can't say what most people do, but I can say what I did. I would not consider a boat I had to finance for a long period of time. I have a monthly payment on my slip at the marina, my cabin at the lake, and don't even get me started on the hundreds of dollars every month from May through September that go into the fuel tank. Last thing I wanted was to have a monthly payment on top of all that. I bought a used 2001 Moomba LS in 2007 because it was a good, well-cared for used boat that had low hours and I could afford it without a lengthy loan. It served me well. I just bought a brand new boat at the end of this summer. I shopped every brand I could get my hands on to compare, and price was very much a consideration. Value was an even bigger consideration. I shopped and compared all brands before deciding I felt happy buying new in the lower price segment. I strongly considered the Mojo and think it packs a lot of value. But the price was high enough I was surprised to find that it did have some competition from other brands, too. IMO, to stay relevant in the market, SC needs to keep making good products like the Mojo and delivering them at a price where it only makes too much sense to ignore the extra bling on the MC / Nautiques. The main thing it needs to do is what it has been doing, and be careful of price creep that starts to put it into the realm of more expensive boats. When you get up around $60k there are lots of nice wakeboats you can buy if you can negotiate a little. At least that's what I found.