Sell your yacht in four weeks or less

With a time-sensitive live online auction approach, Boathouse Auctions creates a sense of urgency in an otherwise sluggish traditional yacht market. End the back and forth negotiations, operating costs, annual depreciation and disappointment.

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Often, selling a yacht just takes too long – until now

Traditionally, selling a yacht is often at the mercy of factors largely caused by market inefficiencies. Boathouse Auctions has a different approach to yacht sales which addresses limitations through improved process and technology. With a highly proactive advertising and marketing approach, prospective buyers are presented with excellent buying opportunities with which they compete with other interested parties from around the world.

Save Time
With Boathouse Auctions, our time-certain approach accelerates the process while eliminating costs to provide an improved net return. Sell your yacht on your terms and timeline in just several weeks.
Increase Return
When selling a yacht, days on market are often measured in quarters or years. Boathouse Auctions eliminates carrying costs by bringing buyers together at the same time and place.
Broker's Stay in Control
Designed with sellers in mind, our transparent and turnkey approach facilitates time-sensitive yacht auctions while reestablishing control over the process for sellers and brokers.

Your auction, your terms

Boathouse Auctions’ accelerated sales approach places sellers back in control of their listings. Sellers and listing brokers decide on the date they want the yacht sold as well as the associated terms.

Sellers are provided with metrics leading up to the auction date, including opening bids and offers, often giving sellers the option to sell prior to the start of the auction.

Pictured: Viking 82′, Grander Ambition SOLD at Auction.

Your yacht, actively marketed to prequalified buyers

Boathouse Auctions collaborates with listing brokers to establish a unique strategy for each individual yacht. Our marketing team actively promotes each auction to prequalified buyers across the country, or the globe when appropriate. Our media relations extend throughout the yachting industry, including major yachting publications, newsletters, and social media.

Pictured: Broward Yachts 106′ SOLD at Auction.

Interviews with Molokai Strait 75’ Expedition Yacht owner, Ed Lipkin, Captain Sarah Lowell, and Wheelhouse Technologies president, Craig Parkhurst.

The role of yacht brokers

Brokers’ responsibilities remain unchanged. Literally. Brokers continue to address questions, perform showings, attend sea trials, and manage the closing and financial transactions. Our approach is turnkey and quick, allowing brokers to provide prospective bidders documentation such as surveys prior to the auction. By doing so, this considerably reduces friction in the sales process by having all buyers determine a vessel’s worth based equal and identical information.

Watch interview with Molokai Strait 75’ owner, Ed Lipkin, captain Sarah Lowell, and Wheelhouse Technologies’ Craig Parkhurst.

Auction Process

Here's how online yacht auctions work for sellers

1. Date Selection

Sellers and listing brokers decide on the date they want the yacht sold. Boathouse Auctions provides owners the opportunity to sell quickly, yielding the highest possible net return in typically about four weeks.

2. Setting The Price

Sellers set the reserve price and capitalize on the finite timeline and urgency of auctions. With Boathouse Auctions, our time-sensitive approach accelerates the process while eliminating costly days on market due to normal carrying costs, depreciation, inflation, and opportunity costs for alternative uses of capital.

3. Vessel Surveys

Sellers provide surveys completed by well-known, recognized, and accredited surveying specialists. Hull, engines, and mechanicals are surveyed for power vessels while rig inspections are also included for sailboats. Surveys are available to all bidders prior to bidding.

4. Brokers' Role

Brokers’ responsibilities remain unchanged. Literally. Brokers continue to address questions, perform showings, attend sea trials, and manage the closing and financial transactions. Our approach is turnkey and quick, which considerably reduces friction in the sales process by having all buyers name their price within a defined timeline set by the seller.

5. Promotion

Boathouse Auctions shines a light on your vessel to raise it above the noise of the traditional brokerage market. We collaborate with listing brokers to establish a strategy for each individual yacht and our marketing team actively promotes each auction to bidders across the globe.

6. Online Bidding

Boathouse Auctions enables buyers and sellers to participate in live online yacht auctions from their computer or mobile device in real-time from anywhere in the world. Our fully integrated, turnkey, time-sensitive online auction platform aggregates prequalified buyers to bid on each listing. If a prospective buyer makes an acceptable pre-auction offer, your vessel can be removed from the platform prior to the start of the auction.

7. Buyer's Premium

Prospective buyers are able to name their price via a straightforward, transparent bidding process. The 8% Buyer’s Premium is Boathouse Auctions’ fee for managing, marketing, promoting, and advertising each auction and is paid by the successful bidder based on their highest final bid price.

Testimonials

Don't just take our word for it.

I recently used Boathouse Auctions to sell my 50′ Sport Yacht. A unique boat that had proved difficult to move. I found Jack and his people to be among the most professional and efficient people I have dealt with over my 40 year career in the boating industry. Excellent communications, advice, and execution.

Larry D.

50' Maverick 2022

My experience with Boathouse Auctions was excellent. The process went smoothly with very good communication along the way. The auction really sought to get the best price for my yacht. Such good organization and process. I highly recommend Boathouse Auctions.

Jim V.

77’ Goetz Carbon Sloop 2013

My decision to bring Boathouse Auctions into the traditional yacht marketing program was a great one. In less than 5 weeks, we had over 35 prospects, multiple bidders, and a deadline that created a sense of urgency that helped us quickly close the sale of our yacht at a price we were very pleased with.

Jeff N.

44' Little Harbor Whisperjet 1999

Pacific Provider was on the market for quite some time. We recently reduced the price significantly but still this generated little solid interest. Engaging Boathouse Auctions was a key strategic decision. It shifted leverage from the buyers to the seller as it created a deadline and a sense of urgency. We received multiple pre-auction offers and sold Pacific Provider prior to the auction.

Tom H.

157' Blount Marine 1978

As a seller, the lack of a pending event plus the extended due diligence a buyer requires creates a buyer-advantaged process. Boathouse Auctions has successfully and politely modified the approach to bring this archaic process into the 21st century. I am thrilled with the result.

Ed L.

75' Molokai Strait 2006

As the carrying costs of larger yachts can be significant, days on market are costly. By offering Altitude Adjustment II through Boathouse Auctions, the finite timeline of the auction process serves as a motivation to prospective buyers and as an asset to owners in terms of time and cost savings.

Craig M.

106' Broward 2006

I praise Boathouse Auctions for leading me to the successful close of the boat I’d never before considered.

Rick G.

58' Vicem 2004

Sell your yacht in four weeks or less.

Do you have a vessel or listing that seems to be priced about right but just isn’t selling? Have you had multiple people interested – yet there is a lack of urgency? With Boathouse Auctions, our time-certain approach accelerates the process while eliminating costs to provide an optimal net return.