Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 12:59:14 -0600, Cal Vanize
wrote:


Budget max to buy is low $100k's. Annual budget would be in the
neighborhood of $25-30k.


I think you are going to have difficulty finding a suitable powerboat
for extended/offshore cruising in that price range. There are many
very capable used sailboats for that kind of money but extended range
and offshore seaworthiness come at a steep price in trawlers.

There seems to be a LOT of listings in the Yachtworld.com site. The
bigger boats have more hours on the engines (in need of maintenance?).
(Not that many of these would be the right boat, just a cross-section of
prices and availability.)