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n these interesting times, you would be forgiven for But more importantly, this marketplace highlights boats that
wanting to ensure that the pre-owned boat you purchase you could buy through a company who knows the brand and
represents the very best deal available on the market. the range intimately. You may even deal with the person who
However, the implication that the cheapest pre-owned commissioned the boat for the original owner and, as such,
boat is necessarily the best one is, of course, nonsense. So this are much more likely to get the full history of the boat than
month YachtWorld Magazine goes hunting for other factors you would if you were purchasing through an independent
that might help you make your decision, focusing particularly company. You are also likely to have fewer problems
on the increasing role now being played by boat builders in the ascertaining VAT status, a Builders Certificate, service history,
ssecond and third sale of the boats they build. advice and training when buying through the dealer who
Indeed, gone are the days when builders opened the factory represents the brand. So it’s all good news.
doors and fired out a new boat, then turned their sole attention
to the creation of the next one. Many builders now realise that
WHeRe TO lOOk ?
the sale of a pre-owned boat often releases the vendor to go
Many boat builders use their own websites to display an active
ahead and order a new one, so they are increasingly finding
list of the boats they have built which are now for sale through
ways to help.
their official dealer network. Quite often, full specifications and
In times gone past, the domain of advertising pre-owned
lots of great photos will be available for you to browse through
boats was dominated by the official dealers who represented
or download. In addition, you are no more than a click away
the yard, leaving the builder free to get covered in more GRP.
from the original standard specification elsewhere in the site,
But one of the areas of considerable growth that YachtWorld
particularly if that model is still in production.
has witnessed over recent years is a deeper involvement by
The contact details of the dealer are displayed on each boat,
the yards in the promotion of their range as they come up for
thus putting you directly in touch with the person who will help
re-sale. This involvement helps to preserve strong residual
arrange an inspection. So, grab your laptop and take a look at
values and creates an active marketplace where those owners
the BRoKERAGE sections of the websites featured below and
loyal to the brand may move up to a bigger boat.
over the next couple of pages. u
www.nautorswan.com – over 80 of the
www.sealine.com – click on PRe-OWneD to
www.najad.com – choose from 55 stunning
world’s most beautiful sailing yachts, offered view 250 pre-owned Sealine motoryachts, pre-owned najad sailing yachts to help you
for sale by official nautor agents from all over lying with experienced Sealine dealers mostly enjoy “the najad way of life”.
the world. based in the Uk and Mediterranean.
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