What your broker probably didn't tell you

We've been shopping for a larger cruising/live-aboard boat for a couple of years now and just last weekend we were told about soldboats.com. This website is a part of yachtworld.com that is only accessible to brokers and contains the prices of all boats listed on yachtworld and what they SOLD for! A broker can also look at the ads of the sold boats and get some idea of the condition of the boat and the options that it sold with.

So, the next time you are looking at a boat for sale ask your broker to print you out the sales history of that particular model. It will help you a lot when making an offer. Below you can see the Pacific Seacraft 34's that sold between January 2008 and now.

Listed Price Sold Price 34' Pacific Seacraft 1996 139,000 (10/06) 125,000 (02/08) CA, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1996 139,000 (02/08) 129,000 (03/08) CA, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1995 129,000 (09/07) 119,000 (05/09) MD, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1994 119,500 (09/08) 95,000 (10/09) MA, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1994 99,000 (06/10) 90,000 (12/10) MD, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1994 139,900 (07/07) 128,000 (12/09) ME, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1994 149,000 (11/08) 140,000 (03/09) MD, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1994 109,500 (06/05) 99,000 (09/10) ME, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1994 142,000 (06/08) 133,500 (04/10) WI, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1993 129,900 (08/07) 107,000 (04/08) NC, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1993 99,000 (10/08) 90,000 (12/08) WI, USA 34' Pacific Seacraft 1993 151,879 (09/07) 134,756 (03/08) BC, Can 34' Pacific Seacraft  1993 129,900 (08/07) 125,000 (03/08) CT, USA

Via pacificsailors.com