Sailing Boats for Sale

Sailing Boats For Sale

GRP sailing yachts are worshipped for their lifespan longevity, ease of maintenance, being lightweight, strong, and faster compared to steel, or wooden yachts. They are easy to repair and easy to maintain in tip-top shape for many years. Glass reinforced plastic is the preferred yacht construction material (after carbon-kevlar of course) for many people who consider sailing boats for sale as utmost adrenalin resource.

People buy and sell fiberglass sailing boats and catamarans for sale as second-hand alternatives since everybody wants bigger and better sailing boats for sale, so the yachts exchange hands constantly, we also prefer a GRP boat for sailing, blue cruising, and yachting vacations on board sailing monohulls and catamaran for sale however after a while small sailing yachts becomes dull and insufficient for friends and family where they need to enjoy sailing however grp monohulls due to restricted space, sleeping berths, small dining areas, etc.

These are replaced by large epoxy laminated wooden yachts with huge master cabins, spacious dining and wining areas not to forget sunbathing areas, and even space for water toys such as waterjets, canoes, etc. The epoxy laminated luxury sailing yacht happens to be very strong and durable due to the west system epoxy lamination system that happens to be the new generation Gulet building material with the best of both worlds.

The boatyards in Turkey are building only with epoxy laminated wooden strips covered by a few layers of glass fiber or carbon kevlar bonded with two components epoxy glue in order to create a monobloc hull from the keel to cabin frames which makes them extremely strong, lighter, and resistant to any deterioration from the seawater.

This is one of the reasons that the new generation Used sailing yachts are bigger, stronger, comfortable, and with their innovative design and quality material for interiors, they become the Rolls Royce of the seas. When you consider buying a preowned sailing yacht for sale either plastic or epoxy laminated you need to have an expert surveyor or an experienced captain with you in order to decide what is the best alternative.

Since each and every yacht is unique and handmade you need an expert to see countless details which you might not have even thought about, the interior fabrics or furniture can be impressive but one has to check where and how she was built the electric wiring, engine installation, generators, hydraulic system, watermakers, airconditioning, bilges, grey and black water tanks, discharge pumps, CO2 system as extinguishers, water tightness, fuel system, water capacity, and hydrophones, electric switches and relays, lights, navigational aids, such as radar, GPS, Chartplotter, echosounder, Speedometer, anemometer, VHF, Navtex, Navnet, windlass, chains, anchors, propellers, bow and stern thrusters, ropes, tenders, etc.

All this is a complicated job and we recommend our clients that a preowned sailing yacht in Turkey has almost everything already installed and proven to be working unless otherwise badly maintained and disregarded.

Used or preowned sailing yachts for sale can be a relief to sell or can be a great bargain if the yacht and price are right. Sometimes it can become a burden to have a yacht unused or unattended, if not maintained well, a yacht may deteriorate and become a headache for her owner more than a pleasure.

If you own a yacht which not in use for lack of time or money it’s better to sell her and let someone else give her a chance to splash the waves.

In Turkish we have a saying which might be very common or similar amongst yacht owners worldwide that we say there are only two most beautiful days which you enjoy with your boat, that is the first day when you bought her and the second is when you sold her. There is nothing outrageous when people say having a boat is like tearing dollar bills under the shower however there is nothing better than having your boat where you are the ultimate authority on board and you feel like the king of the seas either with a dinghy or a mega yacht.

The new generation materials are being chosen according to the type of yacht, either for speed cruising or sailing yachts for sale performance boats. Some boatyards using epoxy laminated mahogany wood to build with western system epoxy laminated system or GRP (glass fiber reinforced polyester). On the other hand, some need displacement sailing boats for sale and Turkish gulets for sale long-range cruising and some ask for lightweight, fast cruising sailing boats for sale.

Advanced new generation motor yachts are built with closed-cell PVC plates and epoxy laminated and coated with grp system which is called composite system which is obviously more expensive.