WTB: Seafarer 226/228

Rusty_Gnome said:

WTB: Seafarer 226 or 228. Looking for a well maintained boat and motor with Factory hardtop and trailer. Currently own 2000 180 that I will be selling as soon as I find the right boat.

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Location you are looking to buy from? Years? Price range? That will help when looking for you.

Did you see the one up here in the Seattle area at Jacobsen's Marine on Boat Trader? There's 12 currently on BT as of now, though I wouldn't exactly say any of them are a steal of a deal. Most are going to be in that early 2000's vintage that'll have the potential for the Yamaha dry exhaust corrosion issues, though not all of them. I bought my boat, which is a 2004 GW 228 Seafarer with the factory hardtop and a 2004 Yamaha F225 back in October of 2021 in Maryland. Flew out, bought her for $26.5k including the price of a trailer, rented a U-Haul truck and then trailered her back out 3,009 miles to just north of Seattle where I live. Prices on the east coast are usually about $15k-$20k+ less than what they sell for out here in the PNW or the west coast. I've seen two boats almost identical to mine sell for $55k and $65k in that time, though I think one had a kicker and the other had a kicker as well as radar. While those are both nice things to have, I don't use either and if I really wanted to I could spend an extra $5k and add those to my boat. Maybe if at some point I were to go and sell it, then I'd add them and list it for a higher asking price. I don't see that happening anytime soon though. I think the only other boat that would fall into your category currently, would be the second boat linked below. Repowered with a 2019 Yamaha F250 with around 200 hours, comes with a trailer and not a terrible asking price or anything. That being said, it's been listed for several weeks now, so maybe they are a bit high and you could talk them down to the mid $30k's?

I just realized this one has also been repowered and is probably the winner of the bunch. Also, depending where on the west coast you are, it's going to be significantly closer than going back east.

have a mint 2006 228 250 hp 9.9 Yamaha high thrust , hardtop pulpit, trailer , garmin electronics , if your interested
located British Columbia Canada if interested

Rusty_Gnome said:

Still looking for 226 particular w/ factory hardtop. 2000 or newer HPDI or 4stroke Yamaha.

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There's two currently on Yacht World right now, have you seen those?