Used Yachts For Sale

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Sportsbridge Yacht

Performance: 30 knots

Sleek performance with a discreet upper deck. Excellent driving position and ample space for guests, making it the best of both worlds.

Sportsfisher

Performance: 20 - 30 knots

Practical, tough and often fast, designed for fishing but good cruising vessels. Clean safe decks and capable hulls.

Classic Style

Performance: 15 - 20 knots

Traditional styling often fused to modern design and performance. Elegant lines, wood detailing and charm in abundance.

Neo Classic

Performance: 30 knots

Traditional styling fused with contemporary design and performance. A vintage look with modern equipment.

Raised Pilothouse

Performance: 30 knots

The wheelhouse is located as a half deck above the main deck, offering improved visibility from the helm and creating space on the main deck.

Flybridge

Performance: 30 knots

Fast, luxurious cruising style, the flybridge is a raised steering position creating an entire extra deck with a salon and cabins below.

Sports Yacht

Performance: 35 - 40 knots

Style, speed and luxury. Sporty looks still allow for good accommodation. Ideal for weekending or longer stays.

A powered yacht with multiple decks and cabins. Designed to be comfortable for extended cruises and often owner-run.

Trawler Yacht

Performance: 15 - 20 knots

Tough, elegant style with tall, bright wheelhouses, safe decks and big flybridges. Excellent cruising yachts with useful turn of speed.

Multihull

Performance: 10 - 15 knots

Broad expansive decks and a stable ride, great for social space and smooth, efficient cruising.

Explorer Yacht

Performance: 15 knots +

Highly specialised and capable long-range vessels able to safely operate in remote, fragile environments.

Crossover

Performance: 15 - 25 knots +

The SUV (Sports Utility Vessel) offers progressive explorer yacht style in a leisure-focused package.

Support Vessel

Performance: 25 knots

Tough semi-commercial vessels designed to support superyachts, carrying equipment and crew and scout for new anchorages.

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  • The dealer approved or certified yacht is a used boat that comes with a level of warranty or guarantee. And will, hopefully, also be presented in very good condition.

    Often sold by main dealers, representing specific yacht builders, the yacht may have been refurbished to some level, with parts and support from the original builder, creating a near-new vessel. But there are also examples of independent brokers offering a certified yacht.

    These yachts often demand a premium over the market value, but can be seen as a good option due to the peace of mind and overall condition.

    The yacht in question may simply be a good example, or there may have been extensive work to the exterior and interior, with new upholstery, polished and renewed topsides and superstructure, as well as engine and ancillary equipment servicing.

    Regardless of how good the yacht looks, it is still a used boat, so you should employ the services of a marine surveyor.   

  • When buying a used boat, it is vital you gather as much historical documentation as possible. Unlike cars, yachts do not have registration documents that can be updated from one change of ownership to another. Instead, yachts have original builders' certificates, confirming the year of build, and Bills of Sale which are generic documents that record change of ownership, including amounts paid, signed by the buyer and seller.

    To support these two fairly unreliable documents (the builder's certificate is often lost, especially on older vessels) engine service history, maintenance invoices, moorings and marina fees, and even fuel receipts can help build a picture of where the yacht has been, how it has been used and the level of care employed.

  • It is highly advisable to employ a surveyor as part of a used yacht purchase. The survey itself will check on the overall condition of the yacht, its engines and equipment.  Any offer made on a vessel can be subject to survey, the final report giving a verdict on the yacht’s asking price and overall value.

       

  • Buying a yacht of between 3-5 years of age will give you a good mix of all three. At this age, the yacht will have only recently come out of its warranty period, so servicing and upkeep should be good, will be of the latest design, and gone through a useful period of devaluation, including any new boat taxes. 

    As vessels age, so their value can increase, but so to do running costs, while design can start to date.