What is a really good ocean weekend cruiser?

Hey Guys

I live in Spain on the Costa Blanca and i am looking for a weekend cruiser. I have 50,000 euros to spend for a boat for the final on the water price. What will be the best bang for the buck boat? please find below some details on the kind of boat i am after.

Looking for brand new only, either Spanish or international builder and obviously for 50,000 euros located in Spain
any boat between 19 to 31 feet
water ski/wake board boat
1 to 2 bedrooms (with bed able to convert into a dining table)
6ft+ head room
separate toilet on board
6+ seater on sun deck
long range of about 150+ miles
good fuel consumption
around 25-30 mph cruise speed
and 40-45 mph top speed
built for off shore cruising
good maneuverability

I live about 63 miles from the island of Ibiza so i would love to make the trip there. i would only make a trip to Ibiza once every few months for a day trip. The rest of the time the boat would be used for some overnight weekend breaks and day boating wake boarding/water skiing i am not looking for wake board towers. I would be traveling up and down the coast line 4 miles close to shore mostly.

I have seen some cruisers by companies like sea ray, rinker boats, chaparral etc but every time i look i end up finding another company with similar prices and end up confusing myself, there are so many companies out there. What would be a good company where i am getting afford ability, luxury, and best bang for the buck?

any help much appreciated

Many thanks

oh and i just visited the South Hampton boat show where i did see some ocean cruisers but when i compare them to the ones i found on the internet you get far better and more affordable ones online which were not at the boat show.

Hello

Many thanks for replying

The boat that i have fallen in love with is the sundancer 240 express cruiser. This boat is built by the American company Sea Ray and it is brand new from the factory at 50,000 euros. Well i am actually doing the currency conversion, it's actually 70,000 US dollars. I have seen both video and written reviews and they say it's an excellent entry level family cruiser for people just getting into cruisers. The review was done using the standard engine you get for that price and i am totally all for the boat. But unfortunately i have found that in Europe through boat brokers it ends up costing 10-15 thousand euros more. I did think about buying direct from the factory and importing it but then once you pay delivery and tax into Europe it will end up costing me about 60,000 euros which would be nearly the same price buying it here.
I have found a 2005 model with 100 hours on it and a faster engine and a load of extra features being sold for 58,000 dollars the brokers said they would internationally ship it at 2 dollars per mile, but then once i pay tax on it it may end up being better buying it new.

Do you know how much tax i would have to pay on a boat coming from America to Spain, is that 16 or 25 percent?

Any help much appreciated

Many thanks

Hi Kelly

Many thanks for your reply

I have not been able to find a sea ray dealer in Spain

I have now been looking at the Bayliner 245 sunbridge cruiser and found them selling in the UK for £43,000 i am actually from the UK i just have a holiday home in Spain which is why i am looking for a boat to keep in a port over there. £43,000 is a bit more than my budget, i can't seem to find a dealer of this boat in Spain.

I will look at the list of boat builders you told me, thanks

Hi guys

I am pretty much sold on buying the Bayliner 245 Cruiser. Does anybody know if this boat can tow water skiiers?

I noticed that there other line of boats have this button on the back of the boat which you push and it pops out so you can tie the water skiing and wake boarding tow cable to. But i see no mention of a tow cap or whatever you call it on the bayliner website for the 245 cruiser. The bayliner website has the 245 cruisers pictures with a wake board tower, i imagine a wake board tower can be used for both wake boarding and water skiing but i would prefer not to spend any extra money on a tower but hoped there was a something on the back of the boat for towing a water skiier. Does any body know of this?

TIA