A few more thoughts:
- No teak...looks nice hard to keep looking nice.
- Whatever you get, make sure that you can do a simple fresh water wash down with ease.
- You may not like fishing but your friends might. Look at multipurpose boats that include some fish and bait wells, etc.
- Take a Coast Guard course in boating. The course can help with boating and nav (essential to know nav and rules of the road on a river) skills. When my Dad bought his boat many years ago I made sure he went.
- Make sure your hull form is suited to the water you'll be on. A deep V hull may work in a particular water area but will be inefficient in another. Ask around.
- If possible, invest in a boat cover. My Dad has an 18' cuddy cabin now that he keeps at a marina in TN...at the end of the day we can snap the cover over all exposed boats surfaces which really cuts down on sun and weather damage to the boat. Also helps should the sump pump fail in heavy rain.
If I get another boat, it will be this one. Best of both worlds:
http://www.macgregorsailboats.com/macgregor-26-powering.html