Brands & Models
Every bowrider boat model we review, with lengths, engine options, seating capacity and real-world price guides side by side.
The world's best-selling bowrider size, in its most accessible form: light, simple and easy to tow.
US$38,000 - US$52,000 new
The refined mainstream benchmark: quiet, dry, and beautifully finished for the money.
US$72,000 - US$95,000 new
The quality yardstick of the class. Everything is heavier, quieter and better made.
US$155,000 - US$210,000 new
Australia's default family alloy bowrider: light to tow, tough on ramps, genuinely fishable.
AU$55,000 - AU$75,000 new (rig)
Premium feel at mainstream money, with a hull that holds plane at ski-tow speeds.
US$68,000 - US$88,000 new
No propeller, huge flat swim deck, shallow draft. The safest-feeling family bowrider.
US$62,000 - US$78,000 new
The big-beam social bowrider. Thirteen aboard without anyone sitting on the floor.
US$135,000 - US$180,000 new
Wide-beam family bowrider with one of the roomiest bows in the class.
US$65,000 - US$90,000 new
A true slalom towboat with an open bow. The wake is the whole point.
US$95,000 - US$130,000 new
Europe's value bowrider: outboard simplicity, walkaround deck, easy first boat.
EUR 35,000 - EUR 50,000 new
European day boating done properly: sunpads, Air Step hull, outboard cleanliness.
EUR 65,000 - EUR 95,000 new
Affordable alloy bowrider that handles ramps, oyster racks and kids equally well.
AU$48,000 - AU$62,000 new (rig)
A deep-V bowrider for people whose water gets lumpy in the afternoon.
EUR 45,000 - EUR 65,000 new
Previous-generation hulls that hold up well on the used market.
The previous-generation classic. Millions of families learned to boat in one of these.
US$8,000 - US$22,000 used