MY BEST ADVICE
Shopping for a boat? You may be doing it wrong.
We asked some of the top speedboat builders in the country to give us their tips on how you can streamline the process. Here’s their best advice on smart things you can do, and to keep in mind, while looking for your dream ride.
JOHN COSKER President, Mystic Powerboats People automatically assume that our M4200 center console is a $1.5 million boat. We had it for sale at the 2020 Miami Boat Show for $700,000, but people tend to mentally elevate these prices because they may see other, more expensive brands—or they may just have it in their head that they just can’t afford the boat. Mystic has always been a premium brand, but we don’t necessarily have an extreme premium price on our brand. We create value in our boats, and our boats also retain their value. And the nice thing about Mystic is, we don’t build 300 boats a year. Our goal is to build 30. Consider this: Right now, we literally have no used 42 Mystics on the market right now. We have very little new stock on the market right now. As an owner of one of these boats, it’s great, because you know that you’ll be able to sell your boat relatively quickly, because there’s just not a lot of mass boats on the market competing on price.
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