starter boat?

[Crawdaddct]

My boat ran me about $4,000. 1997 18 ft kenner with a 90hp johnson. Not my first boat, but the most expensive I have ever bought. I usually buy stuff out of peoples yards with grass grown up around it. I bought this one from a online add. I knew my boat had some flaws, but I like working on it when not fishing. My boat needed the keel repaired, from the guy hitting a sandbar too hard. Also the motor was temperamental. Turned out to be the stator and power head. With the motor, make sure it has good compression. Everything else can be worked on. No matter how tempted you are, dont overspend. I see so many people buy a boat and after the first year, dont use it anymore. Make sure you actually are going to use it before you ever buy something that hurts the pocket book. Like my neighbor, he bought a 30,000 dollar bass boat and I bet he has used it three times in the last two years.