Best way to sell my boat?

[NPMR]

We seem to have acquired a new boat!

Which leaves the problem of selling the old one.

Any thoughts on how to do this effectively? The brokers want a fortune and it's not a good market. YBW Boats for sale is cheap but does it work?

I have had a response from the owners association where I put it on the noticeboard but we're a long way from getting a cheque.

So how to sell a 42 year old sound and seaworthy, 27 foot yacht is the question?

 

[RAI]

Look also at apolloduck.com

 

[SimbaDog]

Ancasta in Plymouth sold mine within 2 weeks at more than I expected

 

[BurnitBlue]

First consideration is how much it costs to store or moor the boat. Set the asking price accordingly. I mean a two year sale may wipe out the asking price for storage alone.

 

[V1701]

We seem to have acquired a new boat!

Which leaves the problem of selling the old one.

Any thoughts on how to do this effectively? The brokers want a fortune and it's not a good market. YBW Boats for sale is cheap but does it work?

I have had a response from the owners association where I put it on the noticeboard but we're a long way from getting a cheque.

So how to sell a 42 year old sound and seaworthy, 27 foot yacht is the question?

Build a free DIY website & link to it from loads of places, very good way to sell good examples of older boats in my experience. Sold 4 that way now, one mine, 3 for others. Have a read of the site linked to in my signature, it's about doing just that & I'm also offering to build a website for the purpose for a very reasonable price...

 

[banger]

Boats and Outboards, Appollo Duck have always worked for me, sold three in the last four years that way, one just before Christmas, am putting the Mistral on them as soon as I can get some Photo's.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Sold mine on eBay; went in less than a week, but I had a lot of background information on a separate blog....

 

[upcountry2]

Build a free DIY website & link to it from loads of places, very good way to sell good examples of older boats in my experience. Sold 4 that way now, one mine, 3 for others. Have a read of the site linked to in my signature, it's about doing just that & I'm also offering to build a website for the purpose for a very reasonable price...

David, you have a PM...

 

[Stork_III]

We seem to have acquired a new boat!

Which leaves the problem of selling the old one.

Any thoughts on how to do this effectively? The brokers want a fortune and it's not a good market. YBW Boats for sale is cheap but does it work?

I have had a response from the owners association where I put it on the noticeboard but we're a long way from getting a cheque.

So how to sell a 42 year old sound and seaworthy, 27 foot yacht is the question?

I sold my HR through YBW Boats, only place advertised. Over 20 replies, 5 viewings, 2 offers, sold to man from Sweden for £500 more than I paid, after 8 years ownership. Worked for me.

 

[Mistroma]

Build a free DIY website & link to it from loads of places, very good way to sell good examples of older boats in my experience. Sold 4 that way now, one mine, 3 for others. Have a read of the site linked to in my signature, it's about doing just that & I'm also offering to build a website for the purpose for a very reasonable price...

+1 for the web-site. It's cheap and can reach a lot of people fairly easily. You could buy something like Sabre27.co.uk or Sabre27.com for a few pounds and put a site together with pictures etc. quite quickly. Might be worth contacting the owners club as well (Sabre27.org.uk) in case they know of people looking for a Sabre.

I put a rough site together for my last boat and was able to get it listed as no. 1 with most search engines fairly easily. Southerly 95 for sale or Southerly 95 still brings it up somewhere in first 3-6 items in list for most search engines. I had no shortage of potential buyers and the boat sold within a couple of months.

Others have mentioned that sensible pricing is a basic requirement.

 

[V1701]

David, you have a PM...

Thanks, PM just sent...

 

[tokoloshe]

I used Apollo Duck's £10 product which includes photo uploads.

Boat sold painlessly.

( Rustie likes the new boat)

 

[lw395]

If the broker sells it at a good price quickly, it may be worth it.
My first boat sold through a class association forum.
Ebay classified ad for £10 works for some.
Website is useful, but you will need other ads to get people to view it.
A load of photos on Photobucket or similar can be linked to from ApolloDuck perhaps, or you can email the link.
I did this for an old dinghy recently. 40 photos tell people a lot!

Also do not forget sailing club websites and notice boards, people will look at local boats first.

 

[duncan99210]

Sold our last boat through an ebay classified. Put it on at a realistic price, had 2 querries, 2nd one said he'd come and look at it and would buy if he liked it. He came, liked it, gave me the cash and towed it away.

 

[Madhatter]

Drop a hint on here ,with a link to details in your siggy seems to help a little bit