Boater’s evolution

[psneeld]

That spare outboard could cost you $40K. Convenient but pretty expensive.

Yes, but owning a boat and not being able to use it is expensive in many different ways,

Fortunately for my skiff, the motor is only about $15,000.

 

[Hippocampus]

If you are into the collared commercial look, I think this one looks like a huge bargain. I have no idea how hard it would be to transport it to where you live from England, but it's small enough that I bet it wouldn't be too bad. If you could find the right team, I bet you could rebuild the cabin on this one to make it better for pleasure boating, and get everything else in good repair and still be about 1/4-1/3 of the cost of building it new. I think the Yanmar, with the ultrajet is a cool power combination. I recently met a guy that had a similar sized boat that he had custom made about 20 years ago that had a Cummins and Hamilton jet. He loved it, it got surprisingly good economy, and it had been trouble free for 20 years.

Finished in 2022 with 70 hrs on the engine.

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2011-custom-coded-patrol-survey-boat-9381182/

Fits the bill but as you say logistics are problematic. Also still tending towards outboards.