Buying Penned & Moored Boats
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Whether you need a tough boat for fishing and diving, or you're looking to cruise and entertain in luxury and opulence, on day trips with the family, work trips to congratulate the office or extended cruising for a unique holiday around Australia, Boatlocator is the smart way to buy your next boat. Through our website and wide network of contacts we can offer you a wider range of boats from all over Australia, but to work out where to start we always need to ask a few questions:
What do you want to use it for: Fishing, diving, overnighting, extended cruising? And where do you want to use it?
In any boat, the designer has to weigh up a large number of compromises to build a vessel that will do a job, in the space available, in a given set of conditions. The challenge for Boatlocator, as your boat broker, is to find you a vessel with the right balances between stability and sea handling, power and economy, accommodation and deck space, etc, that will match the way you want to use your boat, where you want to use it and get everyone home safely.
How many people will be on board? How many young kids, teenagers, adults and/or grandparents?
To make sure everyone has a good day boating and gets home safely you need to make sure everyone can get on and off the boat, small children won't fall overboard and you need to carry enough safety gear for all on board. Other things to consider are some people may have difficulty getting up and down a flybridge ladder, there needs to be enough cockpit space so you're not falling over each other and you need to make sure sleeping arrangements, if required, will be comfortable enough for everyone.
Where are you going to pen or moor it?
If you already own or lease a pen, we need to know the maximum length your new boat can be and if you're buying a bigger multi-hull you'll need to make sure you'll fit at a near by boat lifter for maintenance and repairs. You also need to let us know if you have height restrictions to get under bridges. If don't already have somewhere to keep a boat, we'll narrow our search down to boats being sold with pens and moorings.
When you've answered the above three questions, worked out your budget and how soon you'd like to take delivery, Boatlocator can offer you a wider range of boats through our website than a traditional broker can because we're not restricted by distance or pen availability and can show you boats from all over Australia. But unlike buying privately through any other website, Boatlocator is staffed by people who sell boats for a living, with the contacts and experience you need to successfully deliver the right boat from anywhere in Australia. Buy your next boat the smart way.
