[thorne]

Yes....experience with boats is a huge thing to have with you when buying. Either yours or someone's else's...inboard/outboard..2 vs 4 stroke..differences in drives, props, hulls and all the fun stuff you will surely get all to familiar with yourself. I bought my first boat new to avoid the unsure aspect....I know know that you can buy 3x the boat used with very little hours in New shape if you know what to look for and where to look. My second boat is 12 years old with only 64 hours on it and its Waaayyy more boat then my last one. It was in perfect condition all around and I paid less then my new one and got 10X the boat. It would of been $80,000.00 of if bought this one new....but I paid under 30....so find someone with experience, get a good used boat with low hours (lots out there in AB) and save $$$$.