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Purchase guides, surveys, financing, and boat type comparisons.
Boat Buying Checklist
Expert guide: Boat Buying Checklist. In-depth advice for European boat buyers and sellers with listings, destinations, and tools on MarineDirect.
Best Catamarans
Expert guide: Best Catamarans. In-depth advice for European boat buyers and sellers with listings, destinations, and tools on MarineDirect.
Best Motor Yachts
Expert guide: Best Motor Yachts. In-depth advice for European boat buyers and sellers with listings, destinations, and tools on MarineDirect.
Best Sailing Yachts
The sailing yachts worth shortlisting — the best production cruisers, performance boats, bluewater passagemakers and first yachts — with honest trade-offs and how to find the right one on MarineDirect.
Best Fishing Boats
The best fishing boats by type — center consoles, all-weather pilothouse fishers, big-game sport-fishers and budget inshore boats — with the features that matter and how to find the right one on MarineDirect.
Best Family Boats
The best family boats — day boats, weekenders, small cruisers and RIBs — chosen for space, shade, easy handling and safety, with real models and how to find the right one on MarineDirect.
First Time Boat Buyer Guide
A practical, step-by-step guide to buying your first boat — setting a real budget, choosing the right size and type, viewing, surveying, and closing the deal — with the mistakes to avoid.
How Much Does a Yacht Cost
What a yacht really costs — realistic purchase prices by type and size, the upfront extras, and the annual running costs (berth, fuel, insurance, maintenance, crew) that decide whether you can truly afford it.
Boat Survey Checklist
What a proper pre-purchase boat survey covers — hull, deck, rig, engine, systems, safety and the sea trial — so you know what you’re paying for and how to use the report to renegotiate or walk away.
New vs Used Boat
Expert guide: New vs Used Boat. In-depth advice for European boat buyers and sellers with listings, destinations, and tools on MarineDirect.
How to Buy a Yacht
Expert guide: How to Buy a Yacht. In-depth advice for European boat buyers and sellers with listings, destinations, and tools on MarineDirect.
How to Buy a Boat
Expert guide: How to Buy a Boat. In-depth advice for European boat buyers and sellers with listings, destinations, and tools on MarineDirect.
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