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Summary: Look for standard features in speed boats, such as stainless steel hardware, windshield mounts and grab holders. Learn about buying speed boats with quality standard features in this free boating video from a speed boat salesman.
"Some of the things that you're going to want to find standard are stainless steel hardware. Windshield mounts, this is all stainless steel. You're going to look at less quality boats and it's going to be aluminum with plastic. Stainless steel grab handles up on the front here, so when your kids are holding on the boat when you're bouncing around, you want something sturdy and high, good quality to bounce around on and not break on you. Stainless steel horn, stainless steel light. Those are all features you want to look for. Stainless steel cup holders, not plastic cup holders. That, that's just shows you the quality of what the boat actually has to offer. You're going to want to look at Coast Guard capacity. A boat that has a higher Coast Guard capacity is actually going to be a proven statement from the Coast Guard saying this boat is adequate for ten people, not six or seven people. And what verifies that is the amount of flotation they put in the boat when the Coast Guard tests it. The more flotation they put in the product, it's higher rated for, um safety. Instead of ten people a boat that doesn't have as much flotation is going to have a six person capacity. Stuff like that is what you want to look for."
eHow Article: Speed Boat Standard Features