I am a bad boat-buddy. I try to talk people out of buying boats unless they are perfect for what they want to do. Greg is a good boat buddy. He tries to talk you into buying boats you don't even want. Poor Dan is caught between the two of us. Boats are the oldest form of manufactured transportation - predating shoes, even. You want a boat, but the boat you are looking at isn't quite right? Keep looking. One will pop up. Here's a piece of boat buying advice you'll ignore: If it ain't perfect, don't buy it.