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#BringViolaHome - Afloat.ie last year reported on an ambitious project by SMS Towage to bring back to the UK an abandoned trawler now 109 years old from South Georgia, the remote South Atlantic island. The Viola, a derelict North Sea…

Tips For Those Buying And Selling Boats This part of the website provides you with invaluable tips and advice from people within the new and second hand boat industry.  We provide information about the types of boats that are out…

Boats For Sale Ireland - What's Out There Inland Boats Canal & Narrowboats ­Usually built of steel, the hulls can last a lifetime if minded. Ideal for pottering peacefully about the canals and less tidal rivers at about 4mph, for…

What To Know When Financing The Purchase Of Your New or Used Boat When buying through a dealer or broker, expect to be asked for a deposit, which may be non-refundable if you back out of the transaction. So be…

Why Cash Is Best Payment Method When Buying A New or Used Boat Unfortunately, cheques or banker's drafts are no longer totally secure methods of receiving payment. In this age of the internet we are all now familiar with bogus…

Minimising Risk To reduce the chance of losing boat and/or money, always get the full name, address, telephone number/s and email address of a prospective buyer, and check them out as best you can before agreeing to anything. For instance,…

Minimise Your Risk When Buying New Or Used Boats For Sale Avoid purchasing disasters and consider your finance options before committing to the purchase or sale of a boat. Minimise your financial risk by doing your research. If you are…

Putting Your Boat Up For Sale Clean it, start it and check it. There are lots of boats for sale and probably quite a few like yours on the market at the same time you want to sell yours, so if…

Paperwork Required For The Sale Of Your Boat To obtain top price for your boat, you should ensure that all your boat documents are in order. Documents of compliance. If your boat was manufactured after June 16th 1998 you should…

Assessing The Value of Your Boat To decide the price at which to sell your boat, do what the buyers do and ­research the current market. This means looking through magazines like Afloat and noting what prices are being asked…

Go For A Broker? What is the best option for selling your boat? You do have a choice: to let a professional do it for you by using a dealer or independent broker, or whether to handle the sale yourself.…

Tips and Advice To Successful Sell Your Used Boat Now you need to plan your boat advertising campaign. Check the local press to see what your options are and how much they cost. Afloat.ie, for instance, offer a great deal…

Private Sellers Guide To Professionally Selling Your Used Boat Make a list of potential dates and times that buyers can view and test your boat so that when the telephone rings, you have all of that information to hand and…

Tips and Advice To Successfully Selling Your Used Boat The secret to sales negotiation is to be well prepared. If you've followed the steps contained in this guide, you will already know how a potential buyer is going to try…

Tips and Advice On Selling or Buying Your New Or Used Boat Be prepared to negotiate the sale of your boat and get the best deal that you can. Consider if there is anything else that you can include in…

Precautions To Take When Buying Used Boats For Sale As with any big purchase, if you are buying a new boat it is recommended you either buy direct from the manufacturing boatyard or from one of their officially-appointed dealers. Any…

Essential Questions To Ask When Buying and New or Used Boat It is a good idea to decide before viewing any boat that you will not buy the first boat you see, or even on the same day you see…

Precautions Worth Taking Consider the precautions you should take before buying a boat in order to protect yourself. Set yourself some rules and really try to stick to them! View the boat, then sit on the idea; then view it…

Cutting Out The Middleman Bernard Gallagher of Dublin's BJ Marine believes purchasers get the best value from their local dealer: "Most Irish boatyards are dealing direct with the manufacturer, so there is no middle man." Gallagher says the larger manufacturers…

Negotiating The Purchase of New and Second Hand Boats New boats: ­ Timing is important when buying a new boat. Special deals are often available during boat shows, towards the financial year-end of the boat builder or dealer, and when…