Buy a boat at White Whale Yacht brokers

Buying a boat from a yacht broker White Whale Yachtbrokers? How we can help you:

1. The first application

   We will help you immediately after your first request with us. All questions that you have after seeing an advertisement from us product range has, we try to answer, usually together with the selling owner. We ensure that you can view the boat if desired and that the ship is ready for you. We do our best to inform you as objectively as possible in advance, also to prevent unnecessary disappointments during a viewing. Buy a boat at White Whale Yacht brokers, we ensure a pleasant purchasing process.

2. Organizing financing and insurance

   Perhaps you want to finance part of the purchase to have more room for manoeuvre in negotiations. Of course, you want your new property to be well insured. We have good contacts throughout Europe with the most renowned companies in this field and have the knowledge to support you in making the right choices.

3. Make an offer on a ship

   Of course, we will help you make a realistic offer on a ship, to maximize your chances of buying the vessel for a fair and good price. If an offer is accepted, we will draw up the sales agreement in which the exact conditions and agreements are stated, including a final date for payment and delivery. Incidentally, payments always go through a separate third-party account, so that your down payment and final payment are safe until the transfer of the ship is a fact. This is usually after a satisfactory sea trial and inspection.

4. Paperwork

   All the necessary paperwork for a transfer of ownership is checked by us and requested from the relevant authorities if necessary. For you as a buyer it is important that there is proof of payment of VAT, that the ship is free of debts and attachments and that the seller is also the real owner. Furthermore, we check the ship register to see if there is no mortgage on the vessel.

5. Sea trial and expertise

   If you have found your dream boat, we always recommend taking a test drive and having the ship surveyed by a certified expert. The buyer pays for the expert and the crane costs. We arrange the appointment with the expert (of your own choice) and the shipyard. In principle, we are present at this inspection and test drive and mediate if problems are found. Occasionally, a major defect is found in a vessel. Of course, as a seller, you can then cancel the purchase without obligation. In the case of minor defects, we help the buyer and seller find the right solution, usually a settlement of the costs.

6. Protecting your payments

   White Whale Yachtbrokers uses a separate customer account (third-party account) so that you as a buyer are certain that your down payment and final payment are secured. Only after the transfer of the vessel to the buyer, and after signing the Deed of Delivery, the purchase price is transferred to the seller. In the case of private transactions, this is a potentially risky moment, but not with White Whale.

7. After delivery

   Once the vessel has been delivered to the new owner, your White Whale Yacht broker help with getting the ship ready to sail, have any work carried out or even get it ready for transport if the boat is going on a truck. We have the right local contacts and knowledge to give you the right start as a new owner. We also have the right partners if you are looking for a new berth for the ship.

Contact us to buy your boat

Would you like to hire us to buy a boat? Please feel free to contact us. You can reach us via 0168 - 820 208 or send an email to info@wwy.nl