How long are boats generally kept for?

The BMF produce a lot of stats on the boat industry. Worth a call. Maybe more helpful if you gave some background to your question.
 
Highly unlikely there are any statistics, mainly because there is no reliable data source. Unlike cars there is no requirement to notify anybody of a change in ownership, nor is there any record kept, except by the registrar of who owns what. The market is so fragmented that even those who make a living selling or broking boats can only guess and many boats change hands without any intermediaries.

As you can see from the various responses there are patterns of particular types of owners/users. You can also get an idea of which boats change hands regularly/frequently by looking at those for sale at any given time, but of course being for sale does not necessarily mean they are sold!

I speak from some experience of trying to get such statistics being involved with a product that is predominately fitted when a boat is purchased, either new or secondhand but the product not fitted by the previous owner. Never really found anything concrete!
 
hi ive had mine 15 yrs now ,, first owner 33yrs second owner 23yrs . and i wont get rid of it.as i can sail it on my own 40 steel . a real dream boat . to me anyway. dave
 
The BMF will principally be interested in new boats, so may not have the stats you want including older boats. The Registry of Shipping and Seamen should be informed whenever a PartI or PartIII vessel changes hands - but I don't know if they keep any statistics.
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Boat been in the family since 89.. I have had her and nearly fully refurbished since 2002.

No real thoughts to change, why would I, nearly everything is new.. I would never get a return on my investment. I don't wish to refurbish another boat, too much time working and not enough enjoying it.
 
First boat for 13 years (until kids were too big to fit in it), current boat for 23 years now & don't see any need to change although the funds are there if I wanted to. Kids have left home long ago, but still come back with grandkids, so we are still glad of extra space.

If the boat is right, it will stay right - unless your circumstances change, or you feel the need to display wealth or whatever it is that drives people to bigger & bigger, or perhaps newer boats.

I MIGHT consider a pilothouse boat, but haven't seen one yet that suits us as well as my Pentland Ketch. So current plan is to get a decent spray hood & cockpit canopy to offer the extra shelter/ space in inclement weather.
 
surprised you don't have a tent, I would not have a centre cockpit without... yours is like ours init, access via the cockpit?

Must make the midnight run a bit fun /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
When we bought our current boat we were the 3rd owners in 3 years - we've now had it for 4 yrs. Don't intend to change in the near future, as far as I'm aware, as it always keeps us /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ing.
 
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surprised you don't have a tent, I would not have a centre cockpit without... yours is like ours init, access via the cockpit?

Must make the midnight run a bit fun /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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The aft cabin is only used by Grandaughter & her bladder is good enough for the whole night! Two reasons I haven't done it yet,
1/ Blinkin' cost is around £1.5k, possibly more
2/ access around the mizzen & wheel becomes very difficult unless the cover is ridiculously high.

But I do have a boom cover for in harbour shelter, and having added fibreglass tent poles for rigidity & to reduce flapping it looks a bit like a covered wagon!
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PS sorry about thread-napping. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
GP14 dinghy: since 1980. Think previous owner had it only for a year or two.
UK Hunter 245: previous owner had it for about 18 months completing it from part built boat, 18 months using it (her). I've had it, sorry, her, since late 2002.
No plans to change either.
And, oh yes, there's the tender for said 245 (8' fibreglass dinghy, ancient) which has been in the club for at least 12 years and gets passed from owner to owner (as the previous owner comes to the top of the waiting list for a pontoon mooring).
Many members of said club come to resemble their boats after a few years (or is that just my imagination?).
 
For me boat ownership periods have been 4 years, 4 years, 11 year break, 6 months and 4 years ongoing.

10 years seems to be the average quoted here which is not surprising given that the main factors governing the suitability of a boat are:

Disposable income.
Minimum crew (family size).
Sailing experience / cruising range ambition.
Age related physical agility.
Free time / potential cruising range.
Drift in sailing interest from shouting "water at the mark" to sitting in your pilot house watching the world go by.

How constant are the above in any 10 year period.
 
Third owner of a 1971 river cruiser and third owner of a 1963 run-a-bout . Both are perfect and not too messed about with /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
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