What’s a Cary 50 worth.
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05-03-2024, 12:50 AM
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With quad fresh gas inboards, and an original refurbished 50 in very good condition is anywhere from $40k to $100k or so. A project without decent engines, but no serious rot, or other hull/deck major issues is maybe $25k.
This was bought right because it had structural issues and was turned into a mid-60s mph WOT Pilot House excursion/fishing machine by a handy fellow. That's the only way to go imho if one lacks the coins to go with twin modern powerful diesels.
https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating...n-project.html
An OSO recent thread discussing value of these.
OSO thread link: Any interest in a 50 Cary?
This was bought right because it had structural issues and was turned into a mid-60s mph WOT Pilot House excursion/fishing machine by a handy fellow. That's the only way to go imho if one lacks the coins to go with twin modern powerful diesels.
https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating...n-project.html
An OSO recent thread discussing value of these.
OSO thread link: Any interest in a 50 Cary?
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05-05-2024, 03:19 PM
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As cool as they are and have always liked them they are just too big and too much weight for gas power in my opinion .
I had a buddy that had a Harley 45 with triple 502s down here in Fl which is a shortened Cary. It never performed real well and had a minimum planing speed that would empty your wallet .
Baronmarine/Todd on here had a Formula 40ss that I had the pleasure of riding on a few times. What a great boat . Planed and cruised at a reasonable speed and had a great layout in the cabin and cockpit and a nice top end. And with the right trailer and tow vehicle trailerable at least for storage .
I don’t know if it’s still there but there was a Cary or Harley rotting away at a storage place on the north side of the road coming into Spring Lake Michigan last time I was up there 3 years ago.
Before I moved to Florida Van Andels financed The brothers that owned Dryland marina to start building the tooling to build a lengthened Cary 50 into a 70. The guy who was leading the project used to work at my older brother’s boat building plant years before.
Cool monster with big diesels back in the day.
I had a buddy that had a Harley 45 with triple 502s down here in Fl which is a shortened Cary. It never performed real well and had a minimum planing speed that would empty your wallet .
Baronmarine/Todd on here had a Formula 40ss that I had the pleasure of riding on a few times. What a great boat . Planed and cruised at a reasonable speed and had a great layout in the cabin and cockpit and a nice top end. And with the right trailer and tow vehicle trailerable at least for storage .
I don’t know if it’s still there but there was a Cary or Harley rotting away at a storage place on the north side of the road coming into Spring Lake Michigan last time I was up there 3 years ago.
Before I moved to Florida Van Andels financed The brothers that owned Dryland marina to start building the tooling to build a lengthened Cary 50 into a 70. The guy who was leading the project used to work at my older brother’s boat building plant years before.
Cool monster with big diesels back in the day.
