@SethroIt does seem that way, but when you start getting into specifics it really changes. I have a few choices laid out and there are all sorts of reasons why I am unable or choose not to buy. I'm looking for any 196, any 200 except 18-19, and Prostars. It's easy to look at SIA and see a ton of boats and point the finger at me for not having purchased something yet. But let's pick any of the following dealbreakers:
- location: right boat in the wrong place, especially over the southern border (Canadian here) can add significant cost or difficulty in properly assessing a boat
- price: depends on boat, year, hours. Prices are still high but they're starting to come down. Can get reasonable prices for high hours.
- hours, year, model, options, etc. Add a heater or heated seats to your must have options and the list shrinks again
- nuance: my funds available at any given time, life situation, work schedule, other extracurricular expenses, having to sell my current boat in a buyer's market, etc.
Now to be fair, if I had 100k set aside these problems pretty much don't exist and I'd be able to buy the boat I want easily. That is not my current situation so I'm stuck searching for the boat that I simply can't pass on price and condition wise, and that simply hasn't come up yet. Perceived value is still high even with nothing selling - try talking a dealer down on any used boat, they're not budging.
@Sethro sorry, I guess I never actually answered your question lol. My budget would be 20-70k CDN depending on the boat.