New or used

[bbec74]

buy 21 ft boat. 18 ft will beat your brains out. you will have all the storage you need for you and your friends more fishing deck also.
good luck with your decision

[kent]

IMO, you'd be better off with a used boat. you can get a 20-21fter thats 4-5 yrs old for that kind of money. You can find a lot of 19ft 07's in that range and probably still have some wty on them. Here's the catch, those boats won't drop as much in resale in the next 2 yrs as a new 186xt. If you resale one of them in the next 2 yrs, you come out ok. You resale that 186xt in the next 2 yrs, you probably come out upside down. Honestly, you aren't getting much with that 186xt either, it's a cheap boat for a reason, it don't have much too it. Now, a 20-21ft boat sounds huge, but I promise you can fill it full of gear in no time. Go with a bigger boat thats a couple of years older, you won't be sorry.

[zx150]

I was faced with the same dilemma a few years ago. I bought a used 21' boat. I would buy used all the way. You may want to spend a $100.00 to have a mechanic check the lower unit and the compression to make sure it is solid. That would be my only concerns.