Buying Your First Sailboat? Start Here

• August 05, 2023 by BoatFools Sailing |
• Language: EN
• Play Time: 00:30:19
• SAILING YOUTUBERS

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How To Select The Right Sailboat For You has the tools to help you winnow down the myriad boats out there for sale and help you select the right boat for you and your needs. In Episode 12, Don't Make These 3 Costly Boat Buying Mistakes, we talked about the three questions you must answer BEFORE you buy a boat. Those three questions are: Where will you moor it? Where will you store it? And how will you move it (when not in the water)?

The answers to these will greatly impact what you buy and your budget. Once these questions are answered it's time to start looking at used boats. In this episode we'll go over a selection process which can be duplicated with any boats you might be looking at. In this video, we have a hypothetical budget of $25 - $30k and will look at 6 boats and talk about the TWO MOST IMPORTANT WORDS in your boat selection process: Intended Use. What are you going to use the boat for? In our hypothetical scenario, we have a family of 4 - a spouse and 2 children, so we need something big enough to hold us all, and something fun enough to keep us interested in sailing even more. So, come along as we go through the motions and, at the end, I narrow the selection down to 2 boats and I want you all to tell me which one you would buy! Happy hunting!

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