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Just be very wary of purchasing a Charter boat. These boats make buying a rental car seem like a good idea. Unless you get it for a song and plan on putting alot of money and effort into replacing a lot of abused on board systems.

Personally, I would go for a very lightly used 3-5 year old sailboat. Where the previous owner (for one reason or another) needs to sell it. Typically these are well taken care of and upgraded nicely with relatively newer stuff.