Hi! Potentially new owner!

[Lawn Dart]

Lately, I've been hearing the call of the water... I used to ski and kneeboard as a kid, scuba dive as an adult, etc. Anyhoo, I've been spending way too much time at marinas, drinking and watching others on boats have more fun.

So, I started researching a ski/wakeboard/kneeboard/tubing boat... and arrived at Tige. The RZR looks awesome, does everything I want it to do. Then I saw the price. Then I saw the horror stories on the owners' forum. Not good. Tige is out.

In my dismay, I started looking around for something not nearly as troublesome, and found a 2006 Moomba LS w/ 5.7L Indmar. Direct Drive. Looks like it has around 280 hours.

As a newb, I'm still learning in leaps and bounds, and I'm more or less an inquisitive idiot at this point. How would a used boat like this fare as a "beginner boat", and what would one expect to pay for such an item? I've done price research, but like a car, used boat prices seem to be all over the map for the uninitiated. If I were to look as this, what sorts of things would I need to look for? (I know a few obvious things - cracks in the hull, water trapped under the engine, basic engine items like on a car) What else am I missing or should I know?

Thanks,

Dart

[KG's Supra24]

Unless you plan to use the boat for slalom ... you will want to sell the LS within a year for a v-drive boat.

direct drive, like the LS



v drive boat ... more user friendly interior

[Lawn Dart]

I knew that would be a catch. Trade it in in a year? Maybe, maybe not. I'd prefer a V-drive, but I'm about hip-deep into this endeavour, and what I'm seeing is that prices vary wildly by only a couple of buzzwords, and that seems to be one of them. :/

[KG's Supra24]

That is certainly a price factor. What budget do you have in mind? How many people do you plan to have on the boat for a normal weekend?

If looking direct drive. Supra has a lot to offer at a good price point in their older boats, in addition to the Moomba you mentioned above.

[KG's Supra24]

Also, what area are you in?

There is a 2002 Supra v-drive near me that is sub 20k. It made me do a double take.

[Lawn Dart]

Middle TN.

I don't have a range right now other than "less than a new Mercedes" LOL. Almost everything I've seen is $42K or higher, used. Or it has lots of hours on it, or some other problem... I didn't think boats held their value that well....

There's so many "new" boats out there at 65-80K, where are they going? I'm a little shocked that there aren't more deals to be had. Maybe I haven't looked long enough.

[snyderaaron]

Are you looking into surfing as well? I would definetely look into a V drive


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[patrick232]

Look around there are some new 2014 leftover Mojo and Mondo boats that can be purchased in the high $40k to mid $50k
Check out Aqua Marine in Indiana, not too far from middle TN or Denny Marine by Cumberland. What part of middle TN? I own a small plastics company in Cookeville.

[wolfeman131]

I'm more or less an inquisitive idiot at this point.

Oh, you're going to get along just fine here . . .

[jmb]

I'm going to interject here and probably step on some toes but I have yet to want to get rid of my dd for a v-drive after 10 years. It does all I need it to do and when I want to haul a@#, it does. Sometimes I dont think a dd gets a fair shake on here. Just my opinion