Step 7: Selling your yacht
Price it right, prepare it well and close it clean, even while you are abroad.
All 15 guides, in reading order
- Selling your yacht: the full process Start here 1 min
- Sell privately or with a broker? 2 min
- Timing the market 2 min
- What is my boat worth? How brokers price a yacht 2 min
- The seller's document pack: VAT, registration, CE, service history 2 min
- Pre-listing survey and mechanical audit 2 min
- Cosmetic staging and detailing 2 min
- Listing agreements and the costs of selling 2 min
- The brokerage marketing plan 2 min
- Showings and sea trials, including selling while you're abroad 2 min
- Evaluating offers and contingencies 2 min
- Surviving the buyer's survey 2 min
- Closing, paying off finance and de-registration 2 min
- Selling a boat with special status: VAT-unpaid, foreign flag, financed or charter-registered 3 min
- Trading in your boat when buying the next one 2 min