Southampton Boat Show-used boats

[John7]

I am thinking of going to the Southampton show but want to look at the used boat shows. I have found the Swanwick one but does any one know of others or have experance of them from other years?

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[Neal]

At Sanwick, there's Moody's and Deacon's right next to each other.

There used to be one at at Mercury Yacht Harbour, but I don't know if that still happens.

The one Ancastas, Lymington, can be worth the trip.

Have fun - personally I enjoy these more than the main boat show.

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[Rob_Webb]

If (like me) you are never seriously in the market for a brand new boat then it is obviously slightly more productive time spent than the main show itself. But I have to say that from experience, I have found them disappointing in terms of finding the 'right' boat - anything decent gets snapped up very early whilst a lot of the other stuff is dross that hasn't sold to date via other conventional means. But don't be put off by my experience(!), certainly worth a visit but just don't go with huge expectations.

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[Birdseye]

There's the Oyster one at Saxon wharf, lower York Street. But their boats aren't "used", they're "pre -owned"!

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[iacle]

I'm looking for a secondhand bilge keel yacht around 27' & £20K - short list includes Westerly Griffon, Moody 27, Leisure 27 & Sadler 29. Am I likely to find any at Southhampton, or are they mostly 30'+ fin keelers?


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[Bodach na mara]

From IoM you could try the Scottish "brokerage weekend" which is probably from 10 to 13 October this year. There are events at Troon, Ardrossan, Largs, Kip and Rhu with a wide variety of types of craft available.

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[Talbot]

At that price you may be able to pick up an older 8m Catalac (Multihull) thus have much more room for your money!

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[MADFISH]

Buy mine!

http://www.on-water.co.uk/boat-sales/package/yachts-and-sailing-boats/1072/

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