Buying a used sportsfisher presents some fantastic options. The marketplace includes friendly dayboats to serious offshore game-fishing beasts and everything in between.
As these are, theoretically, working boats, you will need to look for signs of heavy use or even damage, particularly on deck and on or under the waterline, where the vessel may have taken the ground. Whilst on-deck cosmetic issues are nothing to worry about, they should be reflected in the price, whilst any damage below the waterline should be carefully investigated.
Buying used also means not having to fully spec your yacht from scratch, you may need to update some of the electronics but it makes sense and saves money to find a sportsfisher that is well-equipped already, as well as providing for the more basic requirements fishing demands.
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