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How to Sell Your Boat

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Sell Your Boat Quickly with Boatmax

After years in the business we’ve learned a lot about how to sell a boat quickly. From pricing it correctly to preparing your boat for display to storing it at a convenient location for buyers to view your boat, to listing your boat for sale online in the right places. There are many tricks of the trade. Once you’ve decided to sell your boat you will most likely want to do so as quickly as possible.

 

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Boatmax can make selling your boat simple.

Here's how it works at our City Island Brokerage

We help to make selling your boat simple and fast.

  • Pick Up – We pick up your boat by land or see for FREE.
  • Boat Prep – We clean and stage your boat for sale.
  • Pricing – We appraise your boat and help you to price your boat to sell.
  • Advertise – We list your boat online for FREE.
  • Showings – Buyers can view your boat in person at our Marina on City Island.
  • Offers – We bring you all reasonable offers as they come in.
  • Escrow – We act as your escrow agent to make sure that the sale is safe.

Boatmax Tips: How to Sell Your Boat

Success Gallery

Photos of boats we have prepared and sold for clients.

Knowing how to showcase your boat really does make a difference
in how quickly you can sell your boat and can help you to get a better price for your boat.
We remove all personal items so that when boat buyers board your board, there is no clutter; the boat feels open and clean. It’s an exciting moment for the potential buyers! This is an example of how it should not look!
We remove all personal items so that when boat buyers board your board, there is no clutter; the boat feels open and clean. It’s an exciting moment for the potential buyers! This is an example of how it should not look!
We remove all personal items so that when boat buyers board your board, there is no clutter; the boat feels open and clean. It’s an exciting moment for the potential buyers! This is an example of how it should not look!
We remove all personal items so that when boat buyers board your board, there is no clutter; the boat feels open and clean. It’s an exciting moment for the potential buyers! This is an example of how it should not look!
Before: We remove all personal items so that when boat buyers board your boat, there is no clutter; the boat feels open and clean. It’s an exciting moment for the potential buyers!

This is an example of how it should not look!
After: Personal items have been removed and new upholstery added.

Sometimes a small change in the coverings of the cushions can make a big difference.
The gelcoat on this boat was in good condition, but oxidized.
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When a boat is bottom painted, it looks much cleaner and newer.
The gelcoat on this boat was in good condition, but needed some extra compound and waxing.
The cushions on this boat were good but needed recovering making the interior much brighter and cleaner.
Some bottom paint and this boat looks so much cleaner!

Ready to sell!
This vinyl was still good but it took detailing to get it back to its original color.

Detailing is more than cleaning!
The color on this gelcoat was faded and unattractive. When we finished, the boat showed as new.
When the outdrives and the bottom are painted, the boat shows much newer.
When your boat is detailed, it will look so much better. Your used boat will feel like someone else's new boat!
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Let Us Sell Your Boat for You!

Our #1 recommendation, of course, is to list your boat with us.
Selling a used boat is complicated. You will not regret having us do the work for you.
Instead of having to deal with many prospective buyers making and canceling appointments and spending your evenings and weekends showing your boat, you can give that job to us!

Come join our everyday boat show by listing your boat with Boatmax!
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