Boats for sale

C$250,000 for a 1962 Wooden Patrol Vessel: What Does It Take to Keep Her as a Home?

She was the queen of British Columbia’s Forest Service fleet. Now her liveaboard owners would like her to go back to sea.

Oct 7 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

16,000 Nautical Miles at 9.5 Knots: Scintilla Maris Goes to Auction With No Reserve

I followed this 45.6m Damen Maaskant explorer through the end of her build. On 5 November she sells online to the highest bidder.

Oct 5 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

What It Takes to Own the €1,595,000 Prestige X60

A closer look at her indoor-outdoor living, the practicalities of longer stays and the costs behind a season aboard.

Oct 2 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

Nordhavn 47 HAPPY: A $849,000 Home Afloat for Two

A two-cabin trawler with a guest-room desk, a separate wing engine and a rather interesting bigger sister on the market.

Sep 30 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

€299,000 for a 52ft Trawler: The Flevolution 1500 RE

Traditional trawler lines, a Dutch custom-building background and three cabins, with a closer look at life aboard and annual costs.

Sep 28 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

WATCH | Kruiskamp Bakdekker 1400: A €229,900 Dutch Steel Cruiser with Room to Settle In

Classic Dutch lines, a Perkins diesel and a low profile that puts inland cruising firmly in the picture.

Sep 25 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

The $89,500 Converted Trawler Yacht, Sea Prince III: A 42ft Crab Boat Rebuilt Into a Cruising Explorer

A Fraser River workboat rebuilt in 2010, with a bulbous bow and 2 gallons an hour at 7 knots. What she offers, and what she’d cost to run.

Sep 22 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

WATCH | The €489,000 Vripack Searocco 1500 ‘Aegir’: Dutch Steel Rated for Winds Beyond Force 8

What her CE Category A rating really means, the 2023-2025 refit work, and what a 23-year-old steel hull asks of her next owner.

Sep 18 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

$675,000 for 60ft of Australian Steel: The Reality of Bringing ‘Reel Steel’ Home

An ex-NZ Hakker displacement build with a Gardner diesel and 3,000nm range and the $250,000 shipping, delivery, and tax arithmetic that decides the…

Sep 17 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

A 91ft Steel Explorer Yacht You Can Actually Afford?

Lady Marjan’s unique seller-financing makes this commercial-grade conversion a smart investment.

Sep 10 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

WATCH | €595,000 for a CE Cat A Ocean Cruiser: Inside the Aquanaut Global Voyager 1500

34 tonnes of Dutch steel, twin diesels, and hydraulic fin stabilisation built to punch through Force 8 seas and the true arithmetic of transatlantic…

Sep 4 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

Twelen: The Ex-Government Sounding Vessel Turned Explorer Yacht Now Asking €149,500

A steel-hulled, round-bilged 1979 former survey vessel from an established Polish yard, freshly certified and asking €149,500

Sep 2 • John Johnson - Yacht Buoy

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