This is one of those "HERE WE GO" topics.
People post stuff with their heads up their.........!
In the 90s Proline made a superior boat. All glass and resin. FIST technology all glass and solid core stringers. No glass over plywood or wooden stringers.
Take it from an owner...........My 95' is as solid as a rock not a stress crack to be found in 15 years of pounding.
HOWEVER, the oceanrunner series of Johnson are a POS.
There are some exceptions and that engine could be one.
After Bombardier bought Johnson and worked out some kinks, they made great late models fichts and then world class e-tecs.
Either way you need to know the hours on each engine. As others said its the big ticket item. Not much serious stuff happens to a boat, but repowering is $$$$$$$$$$$$$.......
Scout is also a well made boat and with that combination of power and owner seller. It sounds like a better way to go as long as the engine is good. Radar is up to the "new" owner on a 20' class, there aren't too many with it. A chartplotter can be had for a few hundred bucks. Should not be an issue.
Either way I agree its a buyer's market. You can get a lot of boat right now for short money. I looked at a 32' boat with twin 250s in the 100K range, and he would negotiate to 70K. But I think right now, my sons college education comes before a bigger boat !!!
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