Subsea
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Reged: 17/10/2007
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Hi,
Can anyone tell me what book is most commonly used for used boat prices in the UK and Spain?
Apparently there are 3 in USA for used boats over there and they all calculate the price in different ways which is a bit confusing.
Thanks
Jeff
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jezbanks
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Reged: 04/04/2005
Posts: 7398
Loc: ality Unknown
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There is no book for calculating prices, and to be honest I dont think any book could adquatly cover all the different option and factory that go into the value of a boat
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Bandit
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Reged: 30/06/2004
Posts: 589
Loc: Guernsey
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The Three Stokes Guide exists for smaller boats ( I think ) although it seems to work on a fixed depreciation rate rather than acknowleging good and bad models, easy to re sell and poor resale boats and high demand and poor demand boats.
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Gludy
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Reged: 19/08/2001
Posts: 6645
Loc: Brecon, Wales
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Even if there was a book it would have no meaning as the subject is so complex.
I have just tonight looked at a new boat educed from £358k to £208k and that was a sailing boat!
One broker told me that the first offer they ever receive on a boat is about right - the owner then has to adjust.
Currently it is a buyers market but just like houses many owners would prefer to hold on and not sell. Yet the cost of boat production is IMHO set to rise sharply.
What has always been true is that the price you see advertised is seldom if ever the price that the boat sells for. The real selling price os often well below that.
When I sold my last boat it was sold some £90k less than what the others of its type with a lower spec were listed at but they did not sell and are still there.
Yet I also know of someone last week on a roughly 30 foot power boat who seems to be getting his asking price.
There are going to be some real bargains around this coming year as the sales peak has not happened in the Spring and cash flow will become king.
All of the above is just my opinion - its a good time to be looking to buy.
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Paul
St Francis 50 Cat
My Boat Videos
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oldgit
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Reged: 06/11/2001
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Loc: Medway
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"30 foot power boat who seems to be getting his asking price."
Possibly the normal situation where a new boater coming onto the market who is buying a smaller whizzy power boat,will pay whatever it takes to get onto the water,without being aware that asking prices as far as the buyer is concerned are just somewhere start offering 20% less.
It is only later after bitter experience and owning a few boats that you are aware that offers well below the sticker price become the norm.
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Gludy
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Reged: 19/08/2001
Posts: 6645
Loc: Brecon, Wales
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Spot on - we agree. 
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Paul
St Francis 50 Cat
My Boat Videos
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