United Yacht Sales

Discover the national average price for the type of vessel / ships using the value book of common assessment available in the NADA Guide Marina concerned. This will help you know if the boat you're looking for is being sold at reasonable price. You should also get the NADA value of the ship if you want to get a loan for the boat. A bank will use N.A.D.A. data to determine the value of the ship and not give a loan higher - or much higher - than the book value of a boat.

Look online at reputed yacht brokerage sites to find certain types of boats that you you are interested in. Sites like unitedyacht.com and let you limit your search to an area based on zip code, state, or both - as well as manufacturer, model, year and size of the boat.

Use the information and photos of these places to get a short list of the boats in Florida you like best. Pay close attention to the words and phrases in an advertisement that could indicate the ship is not ready for immediate use. Statements such as "fixer" usually means that it will take a lot of work and money to be prepared to stay afloat.

Go down the list and place the boats that remain in those that are most interesting to you. Start at top of the list and make appointments to see the ship and, if possible, take a lot of tests. If the boat is in the water, find out why. In Florida there is a "dead time", when the boat must be out of the water due to seasonal problems, so if a boat is out, there may be a reason for that. Sure, it might be more economically reasonable only continue on a trailer in a slip, so do not jump to conclusions either.

Hire a marine surveyor to inspect the boat and take the test at sea. This excellent precaution protects your interests as a buyer. The marine surveyor knows how to test the engine, check the hull for pants, watch the oil, moving parts of the engine, and look down into the bilge water damage. The marine surveyor will give you a better idea of ​​how it manages the boat, if you have no experience in the size or type of boat you're looking for, too.