Advice on selling Yacht in France

Sorry for your and your wife's loss.

I need more information before providing advice or making recommendations. I am assuming that she is in good condition for you to be looking at the option of taking her to UK. What is the size, year, manufacture, and general price range? How long has she been dry-docked? How long has she been listed with the broker? Is the broker using any of the multiple listing services?

Sorry to hear the bad report on the broker. I think you should find a broker in France rather than considering bringing her to the UK. A boat sitting on the hard for 2 years could need a fair amount of work to make her seaworthy enough for an offshore voyage.

I don't know of a specific brokerage I can recommend in France for that size sailboat. Hopefully someone else on YF will come up with a recommendation for you. If you get stuck without any recommendations, I can send you the names of brokers in France to call to see whom they might recommend, but I would prefer not to take the "friend of a friend" route if someone on YF can do better to help you.

Good luck!

So, it was given to a guy with a diving center to sell and now you can't reach the man? Definitely follow JWY's advice. Where is it on the hard? At the diving center or at a shipyard?

I also have to add, generally when a boat doesn't sell it's because it is priced too high.

We can't possibly tell you what we would do. We have no idea what the value of the boat is. We don't know it's condition. You can look online at other similar boats to see if the price is reasonable. I would say if it looks close to being reasonable to take it since neither of you is there or wants to get directly involved. Right now you have an offer. She either accepts or rejects it. If it appears at all reasonable, I'd take it.

What has your mother-in-law asked you to do? Have you not had or got a day you could fly over there and see the situation? If you can't get over there or move it, it's just going to deteriorate until something is done.

You're making an assumption that someone is trying to take advantage, but you haven't seen the boat, met the man, or discussed it with him. I'm not sure what "as soon as possible" is as I don't know why it wasn't possible this Saturday or Sunday. I would have somehow already gone to see the boat. If you get an "as is" offer not subject to survey, I'd jump on it unless it was completely ridiculous.

There is such a boat for sale in that location with an asking price of €80.000, so 20' seems to be a little low....

So your buyer is already advertising it for a quick profit?