How to buy a used sailboat
August 2nd, 2008Buying a sailboat is an expensive exercise. If you buy a new one, you’ll lose about 25% of it’s value as you take it off the dealers floor.
So smart sailors buy good used sailboats. The operative word here is “good”
How do you discover if the sailboat your thinking of buying is in good condition?
Well, you can hire a Marine Surveyor, who’ll charge you a serious amount of money to tell you what you could have discovered yourself - if you knew how.
Or, you could go to the SailingMates site and download their guide and checklists on how to buy a used sailboat.
You’ll discover how to do your own preliminary survey of any sailboat you’re thinking of buying and how to find any dealbuster faults in the first 10 minutes