Any experiences with Clarke and Carter Interyacht?

I think it really depends on how much competition there is for the type of boat you are trying to sell.
I bought my first boat in the UK through Clark and Carter - a well known East Coast design, that no-one on the East Coast had heard of - a Popcorn 23. Foolishly I decided to sell it as I found I couldn't easily get petrol for the outboard in the Baltic.
Unfortunately boats under 25 feet are two a penny. Someone commented that they couldn't buy a decent dinghy for the price I wanted for my Popcorn. I found that having a broker directing lookers to the boat really helped. I advertised it on all the free sites on the internet and had one looker myself. Clark and Carter had it on their site at Burnham for 10 weeks and then at the used boat show at SYC. I think the extra exposure offered by a broker can be worth it.
I have dealt with both the Burnham office and the Levington office and found them both very professional and courteous. As far as fees are concerned because I was selling a 'cheap' boat I paid a flat rate of £500 to Clark and Carter, rather than their 8% commission. They still managed to get me the asking price, even though there was nothing in it for them. I have not dealt with the Gillingham office so can't comment there.
I think it is important to look at the market for the type of boat you are selling and make your decision from there.
 
Glayva said:
I think it really depends on how much competition there is for the type of boat you are trying to sell.
I bought my first boat in the UK through Clark and Carter - a well known East Coast design, that no-one on the East Coast had heard of - a Popcorn 23. Foolishly I decided to sell it as I found I couldn't easily get petrol for the outboard in the Baltic.
Unfortunately boats under 25 feet are two a penny. Someone commented that they couldn't buy a decent dinghy for the price I wanted for my Popcorn. I found that having a broker directing lookers to the boat really helped. I advertised it on all the free sites on the internet and had one looker myself. Clark and Carter had it on their site at Burnham for 10 weeks and then at the used boat show at SYC. I think the extra exposure offered by a broker can be worth it.
I have dealt with both the Burnham office and the Levington office and found them both very professional and courteous. As far as fees are concerned because I was selling a 'cheap' boat I paid a flat rate of £500 to Clark and Carter, rather than their 8% commission. They still managed to get me the asking price, even though there was nothing in it for them. I have not dealt with the Gillingham office so can't comment there.
I think it is important to look at the market for the type of boat you are selling and make your decision from there.
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John,
Did you sell that to Ken Cope? We used to race class 3 against a Popcorn. Nice boat.
 
FullCircle said:
John,
Did you sell that to Ken Cope? We used to race class 3 against a Popcorn. Nice boat.
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No wasn't Ken Cope. Can't remember the fellow's first name, but his last name was Turner. She used to sit on a mooring outside Burnham Yacht Harbour for some years but I understand from a friend who lives in Burnham that it is now on the hard at BYC. The name of the boat was 'Shear Stress' and she had had extra stringers put in the hull to stop flexing. Sailed like a dream - wonderful boat. Nearly as good as my last Australian boat an RL24 - sometimes called the submarine as it had a habit under spinnaker when you caught up with the wave in front of ploughing in and going straight down.
 
Have been to the Autumn boat sale for several years running and did buy my current boat from 5 years ago after viewing at at the sale. They were very helpful, even let me have a copy of the survey that a potential buyer commissioned and on that basis put a silly offer on and walked away thinking I wouldn't get it. We were in Wales at the weekend trying to negotiate with C&C with dodgy phone signals between the mountains..... Eventually agreed a price so had to sell the current boat quickly which I did in about weeks on BoatsandOutboards.
 
aquaholic said:
Very nice but will be a tad out of my price range and a little too much too handle I think, was thinking of someting a little slower, maybe oceanis 361 or sun odyssey 37 or even a bav
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Let the ECF know the budget and future sailing plans and we'll find the boat.......

The X was out of my range too, I think I did well when I bought mine!

Personally I am a big fan of Sigma's, a reasonable 38 shouldn't break the bank, solid seaworthy and fast, a hairy assed mans boat! (Running backstays a bit of a pain, but gives the crew something to do!)
 
xyachtdave said:
Let the ECF know the budget and future sailing plans and we'll find the boat.......

The X was out of my range too, I think I did well when I bought mine!

Personally I am a big fan of Sigma's, a reasonable 38 shouldn't break the bank, solid seaworthy and fast, a hairy assed mans boat! (Running backstays a bit of a pain, but gives the crew something to do!)
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All things going as planned i should have 60-70k as a budget once the old girl is sold, that said who knows what might happen between now and July. Ideally I like the idea of a floating caravan :) but it needs to be able to get us to the Canaries and back in a few years time.
 
aquaholic said:
Ideally I like the idea of a floating caravan :) but it needs to be able to get us to the Canaries and back in a few years time.
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Have you thought of joining the RNYC?* :o:p

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*RNYC = Red Neck Yacht Club
 
aquaholic said:
Thinking ahead now for July which is when I hopefully will be in a position to upgrade our boat, have noticed this company with an office on the Medway at Gillingham.

Wondered if anyone had used them to buy or sell a yacht, and what their experiences were.

As our current boat is in the sub £20,000 bracket I was thinking of selling it myself on all of the usual websites, however I am daunted by all the aggro that goes with this so was wondering about a broker, there is also a good chance that I may buy our next yacht from them as they seem to have plenty of choice at the moment.

Also if anyone has an idea of their charges that would be usefull, I did ring but they are still closed for the looney season.
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A bit late in the day to respond but I sold through C&C at Gillingham and was very happy with the process and the effort put in by C&C (better than many I have dealt with including other branches of C&C). It went within about a month of them advertising it ('72 Rival 32 , <£20k). The key to a quick sale is, as many have said in the past, be realistic about the price and give them a boat that they can sell (clean, shiny, fresh smelling etc). I found the easiest contact route was e-mail.
 
I am glad to hear from someone that used the Gillingham office, think I will give them a call in the spring and see how the land lies so to speak.
 
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