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[first-timer]

I was thinking about buying a 1999 20' pontoon boat in decent nice shape but came across a 2002 Islandia that was repossed. He wants $4500 for it with a nice galv 4 wheel trailer. Since this would be my first baot am I looking at a lot of headacks with this type of power plant compaired to an outboard? The boat has been sitting and needs a good cleaning but looks in nice shape. The seats are not in real good shape but somehting I can live with for the time being. The unit was ran for 10 mintues and a report was done saying everything checked out OK. I will not be able to test it out. The price seems very very good for the boat and I would be willing to dump a few thousand more into it if I had to. I live on the west coast of Florida and we would be mostly using it in the rivers some in the gulf. How is the reliability, maintance and expense to run these types of boats? I am so confussed!