Best Source of Aquasports for Sale

[Mr. Osprey]

This spring I'm considering selling the 170 to upgrade to a 19-6 but don't know where to look. What do you find to be the best source of AS for sale? Something local, or is there a web site some of us miss? Where's a good place to start lookin to see if I can find a good buy? What do you guys say?

[John Jones]

What I am going to suggest is tedious but it works.  Find the newspaper online classified for the larger cities up and down the coast.  Many will be there in the Sunday classifieds.  Most folks will not put them in BoatTrader or on eBay.  

I fear most are sold on the side of the road with a homemade sign.

[Tailgunner]

My experience has been along the lines of what Mr Jones wrote. Unlike Boston Whaler owners, older Aquasport owners don't think (for the most part) that anyone would be interested and that it's worth much. As a result it seems to be word of mouth.

I joked recently that mine was for sale. I was shocked at how many offers I got from people who've seen me in it. As we all know in here this is a great boat. Everyone I've taken fishing says the same thing, "this is a perfect setup".

I have wanted a 222 since I was 16. Funny how I wound up with a hull from when I was 16! I found mine 3 years ago in a friend's backyard. He had several boats and let this go for a very reasonable price. The AS used to be an extremely common boat here. There are 4 left that I know of. I'm the only one that hasn't done a complete rebuild. Yet.  

Keep looking, you will find one. Also by letting us know what you want will give you another group of eyes.

Thehulltruth.com has a lot of boats for sale.
Classicmako.com too.