Where best to sell a boat?

[Scotty_Tradewind]

I think also leaving a boat on the market too long is not good, all the more reason to start off at a fair price and not refuse a reasonable offer. When I was looking this time last year there was one boat I looked at that was presented badly, they were asking £10.5k & I offered £8k. The broker & seller didn't consider it a reasonable offer, their attitude was that it would sell when the season got under way. It's still for sale, the mooring fees for the year will have had to be paid and the asking price is now £8.5k, I don't doubt that now they'd be more than happy to accept accept £8k...

Yes the problem is that a boat can deterioirate just a little each winter unless well covered.
You have to know when to take the money and run.

Another tip from my own experience... as well as having her immaculate inside and as good outside as possible, I had a new survey, which I agreed with the surveyor, could be made available to all prospective buyers.

 

[timmygobang]

If you want a basic website like mine http://sailingscotty.com/ and need someone to set it up for you, I think my daughter would do it for a basic fee.

She is a sailor but recovering from ME and is using her time doing websites etc to keep an active mind.
PM me if interested,
best of luck
S.

Thanks very much for the offer Scotty, I'm a web developer by trade but have used blogger moonpenny-forsale.blogspot.com as a quick means of getting the site up. I wish your daughter a speedy recovery.

Another tip from my own experience... as well as having her immaculate inside and as good outside as possible, I had a new survey, which I agreed with the surveyor, could be made available to all prospective buyers.

Good point, I had a survey done in September 2010 when I bought moonpenny so should be still relevant.

I have been looking to buy a boat for some time & have seen interesting boats I would'nt mind looking at down in Cornwall & places like that (I am in Portsmouth Harbour) but in this weather traveling far,staying in hotels & all that is just to much bother.
There seem to be plenty of boats round here stuck on the market with no one reducing prices.A bit of competition would'nt do any harm!

No need to waste money on hotels, I'd be happy to accommodate a prospective buyer as long as they dont refer to themselves as 'pyscho bob' etc

 

[Sneaky Pete]

I am a big fan of E-Bay and when larger more expensive items are for sale I have recently placed a couple of pictures on the E-Bay site but also put a link to a free photo web host such as PutPic where you can upload lots of good quality pictures giving potential buyers a good overview of the item.