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Buying or Selling a Boat 

If you are considering buying a boat, you are probably considering making what, for most people, is a significant financial investment. 


Just like buying a house or a car, when buying a boat there are many aspects to consider, to ensure you are buying the right boat for you.   

Likewise if you are selling your boat you will want to make sure that the transaction runs smoothly and that you have as much legal protection as is available to you.  

The Legal Team is here to help you. 

We can provide advice, guidance, publications, documentation and practical help.

Buying and selling Privately
The aim of this part of the site is to provide our members with a complete package of information relating to the different aspects of buying and selling a secondhand boat.
Buying New Boats
The aim of this part of the site is to offer our members guidance if they are thinking of buying a new boat.
Buying and Selling through a Yacht Broker
Guidance on buying or selling a boat through a broker
Title Check
Help and advice in relation to checking the title of a boat
Surveys
Help and advice on surveys
Syndicates
Help and advice on syndicate ownership of boats

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See Also

VAT

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Consumer Protection

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Boat Insurance

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Boat Registration in the UK

Changing the Name of your Boat

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Company Insolvency

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Home Build Boats

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Importing a vessel into the UK

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Inheriting a Boat and Passing Title

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Elsewhere on the web

UK Ship Register

Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Yacht Brokers Designers & Surveyors Association

British Marine Federation

RYA Shop

RYA Buying a Secondhand Boat
£6.50
RYA Boat Buyers Handbook
£9.99