I'm wondering what a 1989 Hydrodyne would be worth? Ski team might sell it and purchase a new Tom Miller boat. The boat works very well. We put another 120 hours on the boat this year. There is one spot in the right rear floor that is starting to get soft. The boat is all white. Dwight
$2000-$3000 is my best guess. Not sure if the fact that it is not a twin will hurt it or help it. Seems as though there is no shortage of 20' dynes out there now so the value seems to be going down for resale on 20s. Plus, condition or not, it is 24 years old.
I'm thinking I have a better chance of selling to a forum like this for a refurb. It really is a decent boat. Only reason to sell it, is to get a twin transom. I can't see it worth the cost to convert it.
I just bought Shawano Skisharks' 1988 Hydrodyne for $4,000. The boat was refurbished in 2007. It has a newer floor and the widened transom. It came fully rigged with newer Seastar steering and BRP controls and gauges. It came with a 2008 Shorelander single axle trailer. I feel it was a reasonable deal, although I'm completely gutting it and pretty much restoring it from the ground up. The boat was a bit rougher than I expected but I'm satisfied with the deal for a project boat, which most boats this age are going to be. When you consider the fact that a new boat is going to be about $15K with no rigging or trailer, an older boat makes sense, provided one has some time and some basic handyman skillls to do some refurbishing and a respray. The key to value is the condition of the floor and the condition and type of transom. The older narrow transom boats that haven't been converted are harder to sell.
I just bought Shawano Skisharks' 1988 Hydrodyne for $4,000. The boat was refurbished in 2007. It has a newer floor and the widened transom. It came fully rigged with newer Seastar steering and BRP controls and gauges. It came with a 2008 Shorelander single axle trailer. I feel it was a reasonable deal, although I'm completely gutting it and pretty much restoring it from the ground up. The boat was a bit rougher than I expected but I'm satisfied with the deal for a project boat, which most boats this age are going to be. When you consider the fact that a new boat is going to be about $15K with no rigging or trailer, an older boat makes sense, provided one has some time and some basic handyman skillls to do some refurbishing and a respray. The key to value is the condition of the floor and the condition and type of transom. The older narrow transom boats that haven't been converted are harder to sell.
We started our team in 1995. Bought a new boat built by Tom in 1997 from PJP. Prior to that 20' Hydrodynes were very scarce as teams were holding on to them because you could not buy a new one. Once we got to about 2003-4 most teams had replaced their old dynes and we were starting to get triple rigs all over the place. Twin rig dynes if taken care of last a long time. Triples for the most part do too. Floors go bad because of the nature of show skiing. We now have a 2004 and 2 2006 Tom Miller boats ( both second hand) and a 2008 and 2009 Dyna-Ski. I just think their is very little demand out there so you might as well just keep the boats until they wear out for the most part. Hard to get much out of them when new boats are readily available, for now at least.
I saw Mark's boat and it's by far the finest used 20 footer I've seen in the last few years. Seeing that this boat was refurbished by Tom Miller in 2007 and alot of $$$"s spent on it at that time, Mark was ahead of the game waiting for a nice boat to show up. To put in a new 3" transom... floor...carpeting... repaint...all new gagues..and new BRP controls cost the former club some bucks. The boat does have it's share of club rash and minor dings, but I didn't see any structural breaks where all the other 20's I looked at had. I'm sure there are the 2-3 thousand dollar boats out there, but I've seen what 2-3 thosand buys you in an old club boat. (Not Much) After Mark performs his magic on it and massages it back into shape he will have a nice rig that will last him and his family a long time. Bob
Hey Mark: So when do we get to see the base-line project HD 20 ft twin or tripple?? The 18 you have is a great platform as well but the added space of a 20 is a plus IMOP. Kevin Bugel- Brookfield, WI
