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Message: <blockquote data-quote=".Mike" data-source="post: 442056" data-attributes="member: 22637">As an exercise, take a look at new Lowe jon boats. You'll find that it costs more to add width than it does length. For example, a 1436 starts at $857 for a lightweight version, or $1209 for a standard version. Make that a 1448 and the price jumps to $1797-- a 49% price increase of almost $600. Add another 2 feet and make it a 1648, and the price only goes up to $2056-- only $259 more, or 14%.My observation is that the wide boats command a big premium when new, so there are probably less of them sold. That filters down to the used market, limiting the supply of wider boats and increasing the price. I'm sure what you want is out there, but it will take patience.It took me about 4 months of scouring Craigslist to find my boat, and I blew my budget pretty well. I covered from Charleston to Jacksonville. 1436s outnumbered all other sizes by probably 10 to 1. Jon boats without bench seats were basically non-existent. I ended up with a 25 year old package. 1449 modified V (flat bottom), excellent condition 15hp Yamaha, a nice galvanized trailer, and a trolling motor. $2250 in June. It carries my wife and me (320lbs total), cooler, trolling motor and battery, gear bag, fishing gear, and 6 gallons of gas at about 22mph.</blockquote>