## [ Buyer’s Guide to Boats ](/articles/buyers-guide-boats)

# Buyer’s Guide to Boats

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###  [Buyer Aware: Purchasing a New Boat](/article/buyer-aware-purchasing-new-boat) 

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###  [How to Choose the Right Center Console Boat for You and Your Family](/article/how-choose-right-center-console-boat-you-and-your-family) 

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###  [What You Need to Know Before You Buy](/article/what-you-need-know-you-buy) 

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###  [The Top 15 Questions You Should Ask When Buying a New or Used Boat](/article/top-15-questions-you-should-ask-when-buying-new-or-used-boat) 

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###  [The Perfect Boat: How Can You Tell It's A-OK?](/article/perfect-boat-how-can-you-tell-its-ok) 

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###  [Buyers Guide to Motoryachts, Part II](/article/buyers-guide-motoryachts-part-ii) 

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###  [How Do I Choose The Right Boat For Me](/article/how-do-i-choose-right-boat-me) 

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###  [Prestige’s Asymmetrical X60 is Surprisingly Different To Her Big Sister](/article/prestiges-asymmetrical-x60-surprisingly-different-her-big-sister) 

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###  [Should I Buy a Pontoon Boat?](/article/should-i-buy-pontoon-boat) 

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###  [Buying a Boat - How to Make the Right Choice](/article/buying-boat-how-make-right-choice) 

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###  [Choosing the Right Boat: Buying Guide for Recreational Boating](/article/choosing-right-boat-buying-guide-recreational-boating) 

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