5 Stateroom Sportfish | Boat Buyer Mistakes | Dock Fail - 6/12/2026

TWIN VERADOS Boston Whaler's 325 Conquest runs twin Verados up to 400 hp total and carries 300 gallons. She hit 42.3 knots in testing. Below, she has two berths, a wet head, and a galley with cooktop. The cockpit has a 40-gallon livewell, insulated fish boxes, and a hull-side dive door.
 

FOUR OUTDOOR ZONES At 61'3" on twin Volvo Penta D13 IPS-1200s, the Navetta 62 carries 898 gallons and offers three guest staterooms plus crew quarters. The cockpit wet bar doubles as a helm station. Photovoltaic panels are optional on the hardtop. The layout spreads guest space across four distinct outdoor areas.
 

WARRANTY STILL VALID Key Largo-based 2021 Weaver 75 Convertible on twin 2,450-hp MTUs with 1,349 hours and warranty through April 2027. Five staterooms, four heads, dual Seakeeper 9s, Furuno Omni sonar, and 2,600 gallons of fuel aboard. She cruises at 34 knots on a cold-molded Kevlar-reinforced hull.
 

FREE COURSE Most boaters know the Navigation Rules until they encounter an unusual crossing situation. NauticEd's free online course revisits stand-on and give-way responsibilities, large-vessel interactions, and other situations that can become expensive when remembered incorrectly.
 

READ THIS FIRST Nearly half of first-time boat buyers end up selling and starting over, paying two commissions in the process. This BoatTEST white paper walks through the financial rules of thumb, the mission-to-type matching process, and the questions dealers rarely bring up before the paperwork is signed. 
 

ROGUE WAVE, SURE This week's lineup includes a crew trying to manually lift a multi-thousand-pound boat off a ramp, a captain blaming a wake for his dock crash, and first-person footage from inside a boat already sitting on the bottom. The drain plug crowd is well represented.