Hi everyone! My wife and I have been talking recently about our next boat. We've been looking at maybe upgrading from our current Tidewater 1910 to an Egret Moccasin 210 in the next couple of years. Well the wife caught wind of the price to build a new one and said it's too expensive, plus she would like the boat to fit in the garage at home (I hadn't thought about that and it would actually be really nice to hit up the lakes when the boat isn't at the in-laws beach house). I've been through the internet and can't seem to find any younger 189's for sale, everything seems to be 2009 or later, and most of them are 90's boats. The ones I can find (mainly on boat trader) are all listed really high too, with a 2009 being listed for $42,000! Now I know the used boat market has been going nuts the past year or so but is this actually a decent price to pay for an almost 10 year old boat? I have a build sheet from Frank for a new 189 and it barely crests $60K.
I have no problem waiting for the right boat to come along, I'm not even ready to upgrade yet. Since y'all are the Egret experts what kind of price should I be looking to pay for a 5ish (+ or - a few years) year old boat?
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If you can remember one thing from reading my reply remember this "Quality" remains long after the price is forgotten.
I would like to spend $30-$35,000 when the time comes for me to buy one. The problem is the boats in that price range are from the late 90's-early 00's and come with 15-20 year old motors. I'm not going to buy a hull at that price just to turn around and spend $15,000 to repower it in a couple years (plus outboard technology has really improved in the last decade or so).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba0tWgP138g
https://www.boattrader.com/listing/2014-egret-moccasin-103409602/?refSource=standard listing
I'm looking just like you are, and like you, are having a hard time with the prices of boats (in general). Young 20's are also good boats but again, pricey.
Maybe I could go new and keep the rigging to a minimum at first. Just hull, power, and trolling motor. Should shave several thousand off the price.
Thanks for your input everyone. I'll report back whenever I'm actually making moves to a new boat.
Like I said in an earlier post, this is all just me doing research well ahead of time. Who knows what I will actually end up with when the time comes? The wife might put her foot down and want a larger boat for cruising so I could end up with a 22-25' bay boat, only time will tell. Working in medicine has taught me to have a plan and about 5 different back up plans, and that has spilled into my personal life.
I like the rod lockers and the amount of storage, plus the baitwells on the 18 Egret. But 2 more feet of waterline is also pretty good, take a look at those Moccasins. If you want to learn more about the Egrets just keep asking questions. If you want to talk offline email me a number at: [email protected]
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If you love everything about the boat except for the size of the front deck, have Frigid Rigid or a custom shop build you a big fiberglass fish box 13" high and the width of the deck where it meets the cockpit and you can have a removable casting deck extension and no need for a separate cooler.
Or, basically a casting platform with tie downs that instead of fitting on top of the front deck, it fits on the cockpit floor flush with the front deck. It would be light, relatively seamless, removable for those days on the reef, and provide shade for a big fishbag.
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I live in NC and don't do much (any really) offshore fishing. I really enjoy drifting inshore creeks using the trolling motor and catching drum, flounder, and trout. There are the very rare days when I go to the artificial reefs and wrecks right off the coast to catch big drum and flounder, I just do that for fun and never keep the fish.
I really like the idea of a removable casting deck that could be made to fit perfect against the deck! It could attach to the floor of the cockpit in a couple places and I'm sure it would be really sturdy and shouldn't cost that much. I could remove it for days we're just going to the sandbar to have more room for the dogs to walk around. You might have just saved the Moccasin for me!
That's way too much boat for my needs. I really don't want to go past that 20' mark (the moccasin is pushing that) due to cost and size. I would never use a boat in that size range for what it is intended. Ideally what will happen is I will be able to find a decent deal on a 189, and my in-laws will pick up a used cruising boat for when we want to go to the sand bars or north end of Masonboro island.
It is interesting how everyone needs are different. That's one of the reasons that really drawn me to Egret, the boats seem to fill the vast majority of my wants/needs.
Thank you everyone for your comments and help, I really appreciate it. I will report back if
https://forums.floridasportsman.com/discussion/264317/2000-carbon-kevlar-egret-189-for-sale
Link above is current sale
i was sweating this boat a few years back, as i missed it by a year before i got into the market. This thing is bad A period. Heres a link to the old sale with more pics.
https://www.thehulltruth.com/boats-sale-wanted/624919-2000-c-k-egret-189-price-reduced.html
The original plan was to go in on a used bowrider, deck boat, or dual console cruising boat with the in-law's to stay in the water at their beach house. Then get an 18' flats boat I can easily tow back and forth between Raleigh and the coast.
Here's a pic of another NC factory redone transom after the transom TM were removed. You can draw your own conclusions on the quality of factory work.
Your word is of zero value here.
If your boat is so bad go make another withdrawal from your trust fund, like you did when you built your egret, to build your dream boat to catch alligators on.
Or even better go work for CNN and make your own money to buy your toys.
Your boat sat at the factory because you didn't have the money to finish the build, you were waiting on your next trust fund installment.