For years there’s been a persistent belief that boats do not really depreciate. Or, if they do, it’s so slow it hardly matters. In this piece, Boatshed.com founder, Neil Chapman, explains what really happens in the boat sales market, what boats achieve stronger offers and quicker sales, and why the price you see is not the price paid.

At Boatshed, we’ve sold over 30,000 boats and tracked every transaction detail, including listing prices, price reductions, buyer offers and final sales agreements.

What the data tells us is simple – boats do depreciate – and the online asking price is rarely what a buyer actually pays.

Read the whole article in the August edition of All at Sea on page 42

https://www.allatsea.co.uk/back-issues/all-at-sea-august-2025/