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Used craft, inspected in person

Plain-spoken brokerage for Solent boats that deserve proper particulars.

The Yacht Network sells carefully represented second hand sailing yachts and motor cruisers, usually between 26ft and 55ft, from Lymington and the South Coast yards we know by pontoon, tide gate and winter light.

Current boats Sell with us
Solent brokerage working patch A drawn line passing from Lymington to Yarmouth, Beaulieu, Hamble and Portsmouth. LYMINGTON YARMOUTH BEAULIEU HAMBLE SWANWICK PORTSMOUTH
2018

Founded In Lymington

Started by Martin Ellery after two decades in Solent yards, commissioning berths and brokerage offices between Hamble and Lymington.

26-55FT

South Coast Board

Production cruising yachts, capable family sailers and tidy motor cruisers from Lymington, Beaulieu, Hamble, Portsmouth, Poole and nearby rivers.

SEEN FIRST

Inspected Before Listed

No remote descriptions, no “immaculate” when tidy for age is the honest line, and no pressure on buyers to skip survey.

Representative board

Featured Craft

Brokerage photograph of the Sadler 34 afloat at Lymington Yacht Haven
Brokerage photograph, Lymington Yacht Haven
Available

Sadler 34, 1988

Well-kept fin keel cruiser in Lymington Yacht Haven, sensible upgrades, honest cockpit timber, clean engine bay.

Length
10.36m
Berth
Lymington
Ask
£49,500
Brokerage photograph of the Nimbus 365 Coupé in her Beaulieu berth
Brokerage photograph, Beaulieu River
Available

Nimbus 365 Coupé, 2014

Single careful ownership, dry wheelhouse, service history in order, viewing best at slack water in her Beaulieu berth.

Length
11.56m
Berth
Beaulieu
Ask
£229,000
Brokerage photograph of the Beneteau Oceanis 41 under offer at Hamble
Brokerage photograph, Hamble
Under Offer

Beneteau Oceanis 41, 2015

Survey booked after a fast first week. Priced correctly, bright interior, tidy bilges and no invented adjectives.

Length
12.43m
Berth
Hamble
Ask
£139,500

How We Work

From First Call To Completion

  1. 01

    We ask for the boat name, berth, length, documents held and two recent photographs before anyone wastes a tide.

  2. 02

    Martin inspects the boat in person and calls out what a surveyor is likely to notice.

  3. 03

    Clare builds measured particulars, edited copy and a 40-60 photograph listing pack.

  4. 04

    Viewings are accompanied by appointment. Unaccompanied viewings are not offered.

  5. 05

    Offers move to contract with a 10% deposit held in a client account, subject to survey and sea trial terms.

  6. 06

    Completion includes documents, cleared funds, keys, berth handover and enough practical explanation to leave safely.

Owner's Favourite

The Handover Matters More Than The Handshake

Plenty of brokerage work looks finished when the money clears and the keys change hands. Martin is more interested in the next hour. A buyer who has just taken on a 38ft boat in a spring ebb needs to know which locker hides the seacock handles, which battery isolator actually wakes the plotter, which socket boils the kettle without tripping the pontoon and where the emergency tiller has been stored since the last owner forgot it existed. That quiet handover, done without theatre, is how a family leaves the berth feeling like owners rather than passengers on someone else's boat.

Recent Notes From The River

Small Things We Keep Seeing

MARKET

Timing Is Local

A well-priced £55,000-£180,000 production boat can agree a sale in 2-5 weeks, but a tired listing that dodges obvious questions sits through three weather systems.

LIGHT

Winter Viewings Need Discipline

After 15:30 on the river, every scratch looks worse and every bilge looks mysterious. Good sellers arrange access before the light gives up.

BILGES

Clean Bilges Sell Boats

Not polished, not staged, just dry enough and honest enough that a buyer believes the rest of the maintenance story.

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