Boats on Used Victoria and Other Areas

That 14ft Lifetimer is a gorgeous package. I had basically the exact same boat built for me in 2019 (see profile pic), and sold it last summer after upgrading.

Couple of notes: The raised railing setup is great - I wish mine had it. The 40hp Suzuki is great, but mine came with a 13" pitch prop and was mounted too low. Switch to a 15" pitch and lift one hole totally transformed the boat (topped out around 45kph). Unfortunately the centre console setup adds a lot of weight, and to maintain upright/level flotation Lifetimer needed to fill all the seats with foam, so there is minimal storage other than the console. If I had a do-over, I would have insisted on rigid/cut foam below the deck, with only a bit of spray foam in the seats so there was storage. Likewise, the boat is so small and light that I liked to stand behind the centre console rather than sit - a leaning post would have been way better. The only real problem I had was that Lifetimer uses the goofy side mount throttle, which has a hard kink in the cable to get back into the console. I swapped mine out for a top mounted throttle, which has way better cable routing directly down into the console and cleans everything up nicely. Also, can't tell if this one has a wood floor but I asked for screw down aluminum deck. Too bad about the white paint - these look great in bare metal and its doesn't flake off.

Its a great hull, and can handle 2ft chop all day long. Its great for 2 people + gear - but any more and it starts to show its size. It would be amazing to have this as a 'cabin boat'. Tons of fun messing around, and would be great for kids. Its was fast, rugged and extremely economical to run.

$25K is a lot. Its less than a new build, but I when I sold min I asked for $20k and got $18k (with a trailer).
 
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The Liquid Metal boat looks amazing, and I'm surprised its still available. I would have really liked to compare side-by-side with my old Lifetimer.
 
jcon12 said:
Has anyone looked at this? Wondering if there is something horribly wrong with it ..

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I’d ask the broker if anyone has done a survey on it. Pretty amazing value there for someone. Lack of moorage availability is the only issue that I see, and the maintenance on i/o but budget 10k a year in maintenance and you might be ok if you can do a little yourself.
Max123 said:
The Liquid Metal boat looks amazing, and I'm surprised it’s still available. I would have really liked to compare side-by-side with my old Lifetimer.
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Yeah if it was designed a similar to a stabicraft I would risk divorce and have tried to buy it.
 
JohnS said:
Do you not think a survey would see if there's rot?
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Maybe ask @zurk Most survey look for signs and use a cheaper method and qualify it as being no visual signs or that a moisture meter didn’t detect. I think 2000 is a better year for Grady’s but ever year newer reduces the chances, original motors also less chance of damaging the transom when mounting new ones.
 
trophywife said:
landed? would this be 160k cad? i like it, but too steep.
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I’d say closer to 170k with no unexpected surprises and doing almost everything yourself. Closer to 180k if you use a shipper, survey and something unexpected happens.

162,400 with taxes and a good exchange rate.

I agree with newer power it would be a great deal at that price, but with logistics and tax it feels to expensive
 
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