Buying a Boat

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If you are reading this, then your adventure will be centered around your boat. Choosing the right boat is obviously very important. It can be a huge investment. These links are to get you started connecting to what I consider reliable information.

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Articles 

• How to Buy Your First Boat
• ​How to Buy a Boat: Tips for a First Time Buyer
• How to Buy a Boat - Several good articles from Boating magazine
• What does the difference between brokers and dealers mean to me?
• What a young couple learned from their first boat as they look for their second boat.
• The ten commandments of buying a catamaran
• Top tips when buying a catamaran
• The 10 Biggest Mistakes When Purchasing a Used Catamaran and How to Avoid Them​
• Blue Water Boats - A collaborative resource of sailboat reviews for our cruising community
• Ten things to know before buying a multihull​
• Top Twenty Design & Construction Faults
• Cores and Structural Issues
• Choosing a marine surveyor and 10 questions to ask
• Head Over Keels in Love - Choosing a Cruising Sailboat
• All About Marine Surveys
• Things that you should know about Before buying a boat
• Sailboat Reviews
• How Much Will My First Sailboat Cost?
• Do Catamaran Sailboats Make Good Cruising Boats?
• Catamaran vs. Monohull: Heading to the dark side, or away from it?
• ​The Desirable Qualities of Offshore Sailboats​
• Selecting a Boat for Offshore Cruising
• Twelve Top Bluewater Cruising Boats
• Skip Novak: why a catamaran wins out if destination is more important than sailing 
• 15 Tips for Buying a Boat
• Why Cruise a Catamaran?
• Why a Sailing Couple Switched from One Hull to Two
• Catamaran Sailing Techniques Part 1: From mono to multi
• Why do keel failures happen and what can we do to prevent it?
• The worlds largest sailboat database
• Why multihulls are becoming ever more popular for cruising
• Boat Ownership, Simplified
• Floorplan Tool
• My thoughts on a ketch rig
• 15 Tips for Buying a Boat
• The coolest features on our Amel Maramu
• Metal boats for blue water cruising
• DIY survey checklist for used boat buying​​
• Boat Insurance
  

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Forumn

• Boat Buying - the art of the Bid
• What does "Sail Away" really mean?

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Videos 
In the following links, if you are linked to a channel, scroll to the early videos to learn how they went about finding and buying a boat.

• 5 Reasons NOT to Buy a Boat!
• Buying a Hurricane Salvaged Boat - Crushed Dreams and False Hope
• Sailing Nervous -  The video log of a couple looking for a boat to eventually live on.
• ​    - Here is a good episode to get started
• Buying Your First Boat - UK dealer explaining what to look for.
• What they don't tell you about boat loans. Our experience financing our boat.
• Boating Basics - Used Boat Buying - About the Paperwork for buying a used boat.
• Catchn' Rays - They bought a used boat and had to re-fit it to start the water part of their adventure.
• Buying Your First Sailboat - A Guide to Inspecting an Old Used Boat​​​
• Tips for buying a boat
• How to buy a cruising sailboat
• Comparing boat floorplans made easy
• Analyzing the Sailboat Market - Deep Data Dive
• New Sailboat vs Used Sailboat Discussion
• How NOT to Sell Your Boat
• Buying a Sailboat - Prioritizing what matters most
• Our Bank Account After 5 Years of Cruising & a Refit
• 5 Things to Look For When Buying A Catamaran
• Why its a Good Idea to Have a Boat Broker When Buying a Cruising Boat
• How to Buy a Liveaboard Boat
• The Catamaran Purchase Process
• Sailing with Unwritten Timeline - Broker Interview
• Sailing with Unwritten Timeline - Lender Interview
• Sailing with Unwritten Timeline - Insurance Interview
• 5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A BOAT! Sailing Followtheboat
• 5 Tips to INSTANTLY Help You Find a FREE YACHT!
• ​Cost of Owning a Catamaran - playlist
• Unforgettable Sailing - They bought a hurricane damaged boat and are now cruising
• Our 2007 Beneteau Oceanis 40: why, pros, cons and costs // The cost of cruising compared - Part 2
• Yacht Financing Discussions
• Catamaran vs Monohull

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New Boats

Used Boats

Catamarans

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