Where to look

[PabloPicasso]

What are the most useful online resources for finding a sailing boat in Britain or Ireland?

A cruiser around 30ft or so?

Are decent boats in this size getting harder to find?

 

[Baddox]

Are you looking to charter or buy?

We bought our current 32 footer when I overheard someone at the marina mention they were thinking of selling so I asked him what it was. 2 minutes later we were being shown around an immaculate as-new boat and 5 minutes after that we shook hands and bought it without advertising, fuss or survey. Walk the pontoons and chat with owners of boats that you like the look of.

I’ve been looking for a bigger boat now I’ve retired and look on yachtmarket and yachtworld sites as well as one or two smaller ones such as boatpoint since they have a brokerage at our marina. We’ve let the broker know what we are looking for too.

 

[Stemar]

For buying, I'd start with Apollo Duck