Bowrider boats for sale

Boats with v-shaped bow seating for versatile day cruising.

Read our helpful guide to Bowrider

Bowrider boats

Bowriders are a very popular type of runabout boat that ranges anywhere between 16 to 28 feet in length with an open bow for seating. These models can be powered by stern drives, jet drives, or outboard engines. Most bowriders are used for day cruising and watersports.

What are bowrider boats?

Bowrider boats are medium-sized, trailerable vessels generally used for endeavors such as watersports and day cruising. These vessels can vary in size from 16.01 feet to 35.03 feet with an average length of 23 feet. They are constructed by a wide variety of boat makers with hull types including modified vee, deep vee, planing, catamaran and other designs. Boat Trader currently has 9,629 bowrider boats for sale, including 5,612 new vessels and 4,017 used boats listed by both private sellers and professional boat dealerships across the country.

What are the best bowrider boats?

Some of the best-known builders of bowrider boats presently include: Cobalt, Chaparral, Sea Ray, Yamaha Boats and Regal. These builders construct bowrider boats models with inboard/outboard, inboard, outboard, outboard-4S and other propulsion systems, available in gas, diesel, electric and other fuel systems.

What are the most affordable bowrider boats?

Bowrider boats for sale on Boat Trader are listed for a variety of prices from a sensible $4,995 on the lower-end all the way up to $398,888 for the more costly models. Models with more power can accommodate motors up to an extraordinary 2,810 horsepower, while the smallest utility models may have as little as 75 horsepower engines on them (although the average motor size is 300 HP).

Why are bowrider boats popular?

Bowrider boats are popular for their exceedingly deep draft and average beam, features that make these boats favorable for watersports and day cruising.