Boat Value?

[lindy rig]

Any idea of what a fair price would be?

2003 Crestliner 1850 Sportfish with F115 Yamaha 4-stroke outboard.

2 livewells. Bowmount Minnkota 65 Power Drive 24 volt electric trolling motor and onboard charger. Bimini Top. Radio/CD player with 4 speakers. Raytheon 365 fishfinder. Karavan trailer with hydraulic brakes and rotating tongue. Overall Good condition

[Matt C]

Have you checked Nada?

Nada Boat guide

[delcecchi]

10k? 115 on an 18.5 foot boat might be marginal. What's it rated at?

[lindy rig]

I did look at Nada, but doesn't really even give the option to pick which motor. I've also been looking at c list, but just thought some of the boat pros on here could give a ballpark with their eyes closed.

[bkerschner]

I have been watching a-sales-site all year for a sportfish. They don't come up that often but to give you an idea, this week I saw a 1988 1750 sportfish with an 89 Johnson 115 on it going for 6k. I thought this was high but anything I've seen in the 96-99 range was going for over 10k. I purchased an 05 last month with a 65 pd trolling motor, humminbird gps/sonar and a 150 yamaha 4 stroke with about 100 hours on it for $22,250. I bought it private party and the dealer said it was a good deal and they would have been a little higher on it. Boat is in like new condition and it has more motor. If I was still in the market I would probably say I would want to be around the 14k mark on your boat given it's a couple years older and it's a 115. You could possibly get around the 17 mark if it's in great condition??? Not sure, usually see the 1850 with a larger motor, but it depends on what people are looking for. Hope that helped.

[lindy rig]

I thought around $15k was fair if the motor checks out with low hours. It's a clean boat, doesn't appear to have been used all that much. So yes... that did help, thank you

[grizrunner]

15K sounds about average, but to echo the other posters, the 115 is too small for that boat. Marginal at best. Even though the 115 Yamaha is a nice motor, and the overall price is good, you'll be wishing you spent another couple g's for a larger outboard. I've never heard people say they might not have needed the full(or close) rated HP. Personally I'd keep looking. If you can hold out another 2 months you'll find one, maybe cheaper.

[BartmanMN]

I purchased 2004 Sportfish 1850 with 2003 Optimax 135 (55 hrs), 2 lowrance fish finders (nothing to special), all covers, on a custom Rolco bunk trailer with disk brakes for 14,500.

Pretty much mint. Dealers had similar boats with varying conditions for 16,500.

btw- if you are waiting for good deals in the Fall, be ready to buy the same day. There is a dealer in North Dakota that comes to the cities and purchases tons of full windshield boats and resells them for 2K more in the Spring. How do I know; they bought a boat that I was looking at and the seller told me it was a dealer, and I found it on their HSOforum in the Spring.