Best boat-builder of the island:
Aventura - Ultimate Tour Boats
I never heard about that best boat builder of the Island.
website looks good,
Fotos shown I couldn't figure out where they been taken.
do they have watersports clients here on the DR East Coast?, would like to check their product Life, as the #1 they sure have clients who run their Boats here on the East, the Caribbean's biggest Toursim waterbased destin.
to the questions above about the Boston Whalers etc etc in the 12-20ft range,
they never been in any way/point meant for OFFSHORE activities by their manufacturers.
of course they can be used for such, but I would always Recommend highly to not plan any real OFFSHORE activity without Twin Engines,
with a single engine on your Boat and just a lil Toy of a 6-15HP spare outboard aboard you really ask for trouble/Dead out there.
Sea Conditions can change within 30 minutes by most unexperienced sailors completely unexpected from a Flat Plate Sea Day to a dangerous Surf/Mess, and then a lil 6HP spare engine like mentioned in a Posting above would do absolutely nothing to move not even the smalles Dingy in heavy upcoming Sea.
of course that been meant for real Offshore activities.
if you plan to get some Dorados for the Fridge in the 2-4 nmls off the Beach area, there you will be save with anything floating.
one prior posting mentioned $7.200.- for a small 40HP Outboard, that rate sound's extremely steep to me, a 40HP 2 stroke Yamaha Outboard runs here Brand New for around 4K, including to be mounted on the Boat, ready to run. of course the much more economic and also more reliable 4 stroke engines run for more, but not for double. If Automarina offers such for 7.2K I would name such offer a Rip Off.
here in the area during the last 6-7 months we sold 3 Bayliners, 19ft 21ft and 23ft, the 17ft been a very ole one with just a 85HP 2 stroke on, the 21ft'er been in top shape with a 150HP 2 stroke on, engine and boat in great condition, it sold for $8.500.- with the Trailer, of course with the papers in the name of the seller.
they are rare around the east coast, maybe there are more found up there on the North where you life.
at the moment a Neighbour of mine painted newly his small Bayliner, a good condition 115HP 2 stroke Yamaha outboard on, but I don't know what range of rate he would ask for, I would range it somewere around 5K'sUS.
but such Boat is of course completely unsuitable for a safe Offsore adventure, they are pleasure Boats to be used inside of the Reef areas/inshore, for some private snorkeling, light tackle fishing at the reef, cruising around the area on the weekends, on a very quiet calm day with flat offshore Sea(that's flat 3-4ft on a extremely calm day here) it could be used to do some light tackle trolling in the weedlines/current hits in the 2-4nmls area off the Reef, all further out with the small Dingies is irresponsible looking for trouble/danger, a simple dirty Gasoline Filter can be the Killer of People with such Boat on Offshore sea's, and the island really got enou suc incidents te last years.
cheers
Mike