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i need to buy a new boat. Yes, seriously! But i can't be doing with going round to brokers to find he's gone for lunch and back in two days, or that the boat is actually in bits and the photos are all 20 years old and so on.

Is there some service whereby someone (else) can tear round the boatyards and find likely candidates?
 
I guess you could hire the services of a Surveyor if you gave him a specific brief / type of boat to locate and then go look at....Fixed daily fee while 'online', fixed expense structure, even a fixed cost survey mebbe. Should be quite an attractive little contract for someone.
We assume that you are looking at the premium sector, so should not represent a large percentage of the overall cost.
 
I think I remeber seeing adverts for someone like that. Try the back of YM.
Alternatively, my services will be available from the end of this month /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I'll help you. I think I can find a huge number of potentially suitable boats in places like the Carribean and Florida! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
No Problem, Just let us know what you are after and we'll all have a hunt around our local marinas. There are plenty of 1985 Bayliner 2655's going round our way. Any good?
 
It seems to me that you are looking for the nautical equivalent of the service offered in the residential property market by search and evaluation companies. They typically charge 1% to 2% of the eventual purchase price that the client pays. Given the brokerage rates commomly charged, you might be in for say, 5% of purchase price. I am sure there are many qualified people here on the Forum, but much will depend upon exactly what sort of boat you are looking for. Frexample mobo/raggie, length 3 metres or 35 metres? Very different skills will be required.

If you know any veeeeeeeeery rich arabs, they could put you in touch with someone they have used in the past. best to avoid them if they are a relative......... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
<<But i can't be doing with going round to brokers to find he's gone for lunch and back in two days>>

I seem to remember trying to dissuade you from going into a marina because I didn't really want to be bothered with getting out the fenders and lines.

I am still reeling from the wave of invective with which you hit me concerning "Thats all a part of boating you little pillick - what do you mean you cannot be bothered - sell your boat then you urchin"

Seems to me that going around brokerages is just as big a part
Touche (Can't do an accent)
 
TCM,

knowing this lot, I think you rather led with your chin on this one......

Good luck mate I also went thru the complete hassel of buying a new yacht a year ago, & boy did I see some dogs.

If you are serious why not just talk to a good reputable broker say Ancasta?
give em a spec & a budget & let them get on with it.


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I think it's a fantastic idea, despite the odd sour grapes reply.
A 57 foot Najad would be ideal for cruising Scottish waters in late April and early May (I have most of the charts and any decent sized cabin would suffice.)
 
Guess you have tried Boatshed.com, at least they have lots of photos if you register, and they do try to show the hull and headlinings (good and bad)

I got mine from Ancasta in the end, their description was pretty good, except for the bits that could not be seen, but cant blame them for that I suppose.
 
wot about a nice 42 footer.

And do we need the charts, really? How about a flaky gps and a computer that shows a few square inches of chart at a time, i reckon that would be loads better, no?
 
Just don't expect a speedy response from Boatshed, they don't seem to want the business - in my experience some (multiple) requests were completely ignored, the speediest response we did manage to get was over a week, and then they went incommunicado after some very serious approaches were made. The last we heard the agent had to speak to the owner about a survey and then....... silence. This was October last year - the boat is still advertised but reduced to below the offer.
 
I have just realised that this is on the raggie forum. Is there anything you would like to tell us at this time? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Even so, I think we need a minimum cut-off crew height of five foot eleven to ensure everyone can reach all the spinnakery things etc.
And a large paper passage planning chart will be essential cos we'll probably be in front.
 
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