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PEBKAC
08-08-2005, 12:10 PM
This is possibly my first new boat purchase and I was wondering if $44,000.00 sound fair for 2005 Chaparral 236 Sunesta fully loaded w/trailer out the door?
Creator
08-08-2005, 12:41 PM
It's a production boat, not a custom so the cost is less. What engine, Drive, etc.? Not a bad price and if your new to boating not a bad starter either. You may be able to find one a couple years older for much much less. Don't go overboard (no pun intended) on your first boat, most likely you will only keep it for a few years as you learn what you like and dislike.
HocusPocus
08-08-2005, 12:44 PM
you could possibly get down a little lower being as its coming to the end of the season.. but thats about the going rate for one of those. i have talked with someone who owns one and they really like it.
RiverOtter
08-08-2005, 01:12 PM
This is possibly my first new boat purchase and I was wondering if $44,000.00 sound fair for 2005 Chaparral 236 Sunesta fully loaded w/trailer out the door?
Why not buy a 2 year old one and save thousands.
NashvilleBound
08-08-2005, 01:19 PM
Why not buy a 2 year old one and save thousands.
Only a...well...uh, who in their right mind would do that????? :))
famaffair
08-08-2005, 02:07 PM
Chapp are great deck boats. A good friend has the larger one and it is great. He has had some service problems with the local Chapp dealer in Ontario.
PEBKAC
08-08-2005, 02:12 PM
I'm asuming the dealer in question is Sun Country? Thanks for the head up!
PEBKAC
08-08-2005, 02:29 PM
Thanks to all for your replies. My orginal plan was to wait until the LA Boat show or look for a used one in the off season, so it look like I'll wait till then. Thanks
Creator
08-08-2005, 02:36 PM
If you can buy around October you'll save some money, your other option is to wait until the new year when other guys are ready to buy a new boat and want to get rid of their's quick. Good Luck.
ECeptor
08-08-2005, 05:22 PM
Check www.nada.com for the price of 2-4yr old used ones then decide if you want to buy new.
Beer-30
08-08-2005, 05:55 PM
Why not buy a 2 year old one and save thousands.
Amen, brotha!
Beer-30
08-08-2005, 05:56 PM
Only a...well...uh, who in their right mind would do that????? :))
Well, I hear Chaparral is putting the Ilmor in that boat now. He'll save 100K!
Seasday
08-08-2005, 06:20 PM
That is a very fair price. They are blowing out all of the 05's as we speak, but even at that $44k is good. You may want to check new before you buy and at least use it as a bargining chip on the boat you are looking at. They are taking about $7k-$8k off list on that boat. The unfortunate thing as was already pointed out is you have to deal with Sun Country. As soon as the warranty runs out find a local shop you like.
NashvilleBound
08-08-2005, 06:51 PM
Well, I hear Chaparral is putting the Ilmor in that boat now. He'll save 100K!
LMAO..... :cool:
jbtrailerjim
08-09-2005, 04:50 AM
Chaparral's are pretty nice for a production boat. Sun Country Marine sells hundreds of them a year. Mike and Donna Baso (the owners) are good friends with my parents and are two of the nicest people I know. Mike has been in the boat business for years and is very well known and respected in the marine industry.
RiverOtter
08-09-2005, 05:24 AM
This is possibly my first new boat purchase and I was wondering if $44,000.00 sound fair for 2005 Chaparral 236 Sunesta fully loaded w/trailer out the door?
Mine is a '02 Chap 242 with the 350Mag BIII drive and loaded 105 hours and I paid $29,000 (Tandem trailer included). Not busting on the 236 but the 242 is a much bigger boat.
http://sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/1/7/7/P1010238.JPG
BarryMac
08-09-2005, 06:10 AM
Mine is a '02 Chap 242 with the 350Mag BIII drive and loaded 105 hours and I paid $29,000 (Tandem trailer included). Not busting on the 236 but the 242 is a much bigger boat.
http://sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/1/7/7/P1010238.JPG
And it has a windshield...
I thought you were stepping up to a custom? If I were going back to a production boat I would get one like yours but without the windshield... :D :D :D
RiverOtter
08-09-2005, 07:54 AM
And it has a windshield...
I thought you were stepping up to a custom? If I were going back to a production boat I would get one like yours but without the windshield... :D :D :D
We are looking at a couple. Needs to be open bow and able to handle rough water. Minimum 27'. MrsRiverOtter now thinks those little tented plexiglass thingeys are windshields :D
I guess you the reason Chap still makes a line of non windshield deckboats :D
BarryMac
08-09-2005, 08:06 AM
We are looking at a couple. Needs to be open bow and able to handle rough water. Minimum 27'. MrsRiverOtter now thinks those little tented plexiglass thin geys are windshields :D
I guess you the reason Chap still makes a line of non windshield deckboats :D
She can call them windshields, you can call them windscreens/bugdeflectors... :D :D :D
Rough Water? the pictures that you've posted don't even have a ripple on the water surface, how rough of water are we talking? A wake from a Canoe??? :cool: :D :D
RiverOtter
08-09-2005, 09:43 AM
She can call them windshields, you can call them windscreens/bugdeflectors... :D :D :D
Rough Water? the pictures that you've posted don't even have a ripple on the water surface, how rough of water are we talking? A wake from a Canoe??? :cool: :D :D
Good point! I will be trailering if not relocating to the FL Pan Handle. The boat would need to be able to handle the chop in the Bays and the calmer days in the Gulf.
Also brings up another good point. Need a step bottom for the stickey smoothe waters I usually boat in :cool: