# Boats v. school me

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**Created:** [February 2, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boats-v-school-me/42844 "2008-02-02T14:44:12Z")\
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also when buying used make sure to keep clear of boats that have been run in saltwater. Saltwater tends to wear motors and lower units a lot faster then freshwater. If your going to use it in saltwater I guess it really doesn’t matter.

Also note if you want to do any modifications to your boat to careful of which drive you get. The Mercury Alpha drive is only good up to 300 HP or so. If you want to add any power adders I’d suggest getting a boat with the Bravo drive.

> [@ryanbgb22](#):
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> IMO, the best quality and the best resale would be sea-ray. But seeing that resale is better you will pay more. Crownline (i think its called) is also a very good name from what i gathered from researching while my parents were looking.

sea ray, crown line, and cobalt all have good resale for a boat but overall they still have bad resale value.

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