The RYA Book of Buying Your First Motor Cruiser 2nd Edition

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Buying a motor cruiser should be easy, but there is a mind-bendingly wide set of choices to make.

• Should you buy new or second-hand?
• Should you buy privately from a broker or a dealer?
• Do you want displacement or planning speeds?
• Offshore capability or low speed maneuverability for river use?
• Cockpit space or accommodation?
• Performance or economy?
• Ease of maintenance, or a restoration project to keep you busy for three winters?

Whether buying a boat for the first time or thinking of changing your present craft, this book will help readers through the process—not only the decision making, but also the bureaucracy from the Boat Safety Scheme to the Recreational Craft Directive—so that they can forget about the technicalities and concentrate on getting the most out of one of the most rewarding pastimes in the world.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• What do you really want from your first boat?
• Buying a new boat
• Buying a second-hand boat
• Yacht brokers and surveyors—are they really necessary?
• What you can see for yourself
• What will it really cost?
• Raising the necessary
• Where to keep your cruiser
• Registration
• Value added tax
• Motor boating training
• Appendixes
• Glossary of terms
• Index

The RYA Book of Buying Your First Motor Cruiser 2nd Edition