'Glass Guide' to Yachts

[scarlett]

\'Glass Guide\' to Yachts

I understand there is a 'Glass Guide type' publication in use by Med. brokers. Has anybody got a copy -------- or is it accessible on the web?

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[Rowana]

Re: \'Glass Guide\' to Yachts

There's a publication about called "The good yacht guide". Is this what you mean?

Gives a paragraph and sketch of most popular yachts. Comes in 3(I think) volumes - 1) Under 27ft 2) 27-32(?)ft 3) over 32ft. Or something close to this anyway

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[LadyInBed]

Re: \'Glass Guide\' to Yachts

Jim’s right, 4 vols
grp sailing yachts up to 27ft / 27-34 / 34-50 and Motor Sailers 20-50.
Mar 98 info - £9:50 + £1 p&p
Marine Bureau
The Oast House
Wittersham
Tenterden
Kent TN30 7EA
Tel 01797 270181


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[Davy_S]

Re: \'Glass Guide\' to Yachts

Please note this address is wrong, the woman has jossed it. If you look on page 2 of the for sale section under Magazines-------HOO you will find the correct url.

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[john_morris_uk]

Re: \'Glass Guide\' to Yachts

But if you want price comparisons its a little trickier.

A little known bit of information is that most of the brokers subscribe to a web system where boat prices and what they actually achieve at sale are available.

If you can find a friendly enough broker you might persuade them to print off a copy of the figures for the class of boat you are interested in. Dates of sale are also given. The figures are often very revealing, particularly with regard to prices asked and then achieved (although some boats very occasionally achieve very close to the adverised figure so perhaps that shows that well prepared and cared for boats will always sell).

Of course it works best/is more valuable with popular designs as there are more sales to compare.

I used the figures to demonstrate to a particularly bolshie vendor that the boat he was trying to sell was not the cheapest on the market (as he claimed) and that several boats had achieved less for the vendor in recent months than he was trying to get. (He still wouldn't sell to me for what I considered a sensible price - but thats another story...)

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[david_e]

Re: \'Glass Guide\' to Yachts

<I used the figures to demonstrate to a particularly bolshie vendor that the boat he was trying to sell was not the cheapest on the market (as he claimed) and that several boats had achieved less for the vendor in recent months than he was trying to get. (He still wouldn't sell to me for what I considered a sensible price - but thats another story...) >

This point John, is the most accurate part of a used yacht price, or in fact the price of anything. i.e. What someone is prepared to sell for and what someone is prepared to buy for.

I had not heard of the the website you mention before but it is interesting. I have a friend who is at CAP motor research (Black book, used car prices, mainly those achieved at auction is their starting point). A few years ago they were looking at the boat market but didn't produce a book because the market is to small. In general these price guides are useful as a guide and no more, because as they say "...the book doesn't buy it" or take the risk.

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