CaptMac,
I deeply respect the choices JMCLEOD and RICKA made to buy new Tom Cat 255’s if that is what they wanted.
I believe that you are wrong if you think that buying a used TC255 is like buying a used Contender or a used Everglades or a used Glacier Bay or World Cat or any of the other commodities boats. C-Dory is a niche market, and for good reason!
We flew to NC with cash to purchase our 2010 TC255 and hired a pro to tow it back to our home on the Gulf Coast.
The TC255 debuted in 2006. Discovery crew bought theirs then, and I hope they are still happily cruising on it.
The LAST ‘used’ TC255 for sale on this site was Peter and Linda Brownell’s magnificent 2009 ‘Destiny’ for a bargain $98,000 in 2015 as far as I can determine.
I am not aware of ANY TC255 that is newer than that 2009 model which sold here. Are you?
You may get too old to boat anymore before you find a bargain TC255 that’s 10 years old.
As our Surveyor told us with a straight face, ‘This boat will be around a lot longer than you two.” That was when we were in even better shape in 2013.
I happily await being told how wrong I am about this. Facts are Facts. Deal with it.
John