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Fairline Phantom 40 . 1996 £135 K
Fairline Phantom 38 2001 £150K
Fairline Corniche 31 1986 £44K
Fairline Brava 36 1991 £50K
Prestige 36 2001 £107K
Fairline Sedan 43/45 1992 ££79K
Princess 435 1990 £89K
Princess 45 1991 £79K
Do not rush... these ads are all from a copies of MBM which are about 10 years old .

1993 Brava for sale on the Thames at £85.000.
 
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oldgit said:
Fairline Phantom 40 . 1996 £135 K
Fairline Phantom 38 2001 £150K
Fairline Corniche 31 1986 £44K
Fairline Brava 36 1991 £50K
Prestige 36 2001 £107K
Fairline Sedan 43/45 1992 ££79K
Princess 435 1990 £89K
Princess 45 1991 £79K
Do not rush... these ads are all from a copies of MBM which are about 10 years old .

1993 Brava for sale on the Thames at £85.000.
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Aardee said:
Even they were cheaper pre-Covid...
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Ah so , them prices were EU and Covid prices then , that explins it all now
 
oldgit said:
Fairline Phantom 40 . 1996 £135 K
Fairline Phantom 38 2001 £150K
Fairline Corniche 31 1986 £44K
Fairline Brava 36 1991 £50K
Prestige 36 2001 £107K
Fairline Sedan 43/45 1992 ££79K
Princess 435 1990 £89K
Princess 45 1991 £79K
Do not rush... these ads are all from a copies of MBM which are about 10 years old .

1993 Brava for sale on the Thames at £85.000.
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I’d say the majority of those boats are still worth what they were 10 years back, the brava probably worth more now.

A mint squaddie 55 sold the other day for £200k in Southampton, a good buy for someone.
 
Interesting
I found a very nice Princess mk 2 1990 up for sale at 40 k , did a bit of research on Google and found that exact same boat up for sale back in 2012 for 33 k , so the boat is now 10 years older but the price has increased 7 k make of that what you will.
Didn't buy it as I lost out to someone else, thought about it too long
 
Quick search of current broker listings indicate that virtually all the boats mentioned above appear to have increased in value, even though now being 10 + years older.

Time to invest in a boat. ? :)
Hard to shift and more feet per pound for your money, anything late eighties early nineties and over 50 feet.
 
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Have mainland EU boats increased by as much?

Are these price increases really all to do with COVID or is half of it because the flow of secondhand boats into the UK has all but stopped? How many secondhand boats used to be imported?
 
"Have mainland EU boats increased by as much? " NOPE

"Are these price increases really all to do with COVID or is half of it because the flow of secondhand boats into the UK has all but stopped? How many secondhand boats used to be imported?"

An enterprising company on the East Coast of Engerland is now listing a Fairline at a very attractive EU type price.
The boat is currently on its way back from the" Med" and being repartriated for sale on the UK market.
Be interesting to find out if a UK paid VAT boat or bought at the sort of price that compensates for the 20 % Brexit TAX.

An isolated example or simply the first of several ?
 
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jakew009 said:
Have mainland EU boats increased by as much?

Are these price increases really all to do with COVID or is half of it because the flow of secondhand boats into the UK has all but stopped? How many secondhand boats used to be imported?
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I think the reverse was true, an awful lot of used boats in the UK were sold to people outside of the UK and went abroad.
 
Brexit has certainly killed the market for Irish buyers going to the UK. Some boats are coming in from Holland, France and Spain but the numbers are way down. I saw one broker in Holland selling 4 Brooms in 2020, three 39KL’s and a 42. Three out of four ended up in Ireland
 
Brexit has indeed made a mess for Irish purchases. Great if you're selling, terrible if you're purchasing.

I was tempted to change for a flybridge but the idea is pretty much gone. I'd be delighted if I was selling to get out of boating but given I want a replacement.... real catch 22.
 
Dino said:
Brexit has certainly killed the market for Irish buyers going to the UK. Some boats are coming in from Holland, France and Spain but the numbers are way down. I saw one broker in Holland selling 4 Brooms in 2020, three 39KL’s and a 42. Three out of four ended up in Ireland
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Friend lost the sale of his UK based Broom 33 when the buyer from Eire realised he was going to have to pay another £16,000 on top of the already agreed and deposit paid purchase price .
 
alt said:
Brexit has indeed made a mess for Irish purchases. Great if you're selling, terrible if you're purchasing.

I was tempted to change for a flybridge but the idea is pretty much gone. I'd be delighted if I was selling to get out of boating but given I want a replacement.... real catch 22.
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Taking back control has certainly restricted choice and made a mess for anybody wishing to purchase a boat in the EU and who wants to import it into the UK.
 
oldgit said:
Taking back control has certainly restricted choice and made a mess for anybody wishing to purchase a boat in the EU and who wants to import it into the UK.
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Arguably improved the situation if you are a UK resident buying a non VAT paid boat that you want to keep in the EU…
 
jakew009 said:
Arguably improved the situation if you are a UK resident buying a non VAT paid boat that you want to keep in the EU…
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Just knew there was a silver lining somewhere for somebody but not UK boaters wishing to boat ...in the UK ? :)

Azimut 36. 1995. £125.000. UK
Azimut 36 1996 £ 80.000 Italy.
 
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oldgit said:
Just knew there was a silver lining somewhere for somebody but not UK boaters wishing to boat ...in the UK ? :)

Azimut 36. 1995. £125.000. UK
Azimut 36 1996 £ 80.000 Italy.
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So buy the one in Italy and pay the £20k Vat. Its still cheaper than the UK boat. In reality, its just like how US boats have always been. They always looked cheap, but by the time you added Vat, duty and shipping, the savings were reduced. You either pay UK price, or you import with the associated costs. Now we are out of the EU, you may as well look to the US, as there prices are cheaper than the EU to start with.
 
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