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Sell my boat Marina Drage with the yacht brokers who work with the owners of Drage, Zadar. European Yacht Brokers value your boat for free and precisely, guarantee to get you the best price possible, and charge just 5% commission. We work in six languages and list your boat on over 20 international platforms, including YachtWorld. The contract, the legal side and the transfer of ownership are all organised by us, so as the seller you do nothing.
VALUATION
A price grounded in the market
PRESENTATION
Professional photos and specification
BUYERS
Qualified, verified enquiries
NEGOTIATION
Support through to handover
Selling a boat in Marina Drage
From the first enquiry to the final handover, European Yacht Brokers look after the sale of your boat at Marina Drage in Drage. We check the buyers, run the viewings and sea trials, organise any inspection after the survey, and take care of the contract, the legal side and the transfer of ownership. You have nothing to do.
Every valuation starts with a thorough market study. We have access to data on boats that have actually sold, and for each boat we weigh its age, the prices achieved for comparable boats, the options fitted, its condition, the service record and the area. There is no charge for the valuation, so you begin from a figure grounded in real sales.
The value of a boat is set by its condition, its model, its age and its equipment, and the area matters as well. Some boats sell better in America than in Croatia, and the other way round, and a boat at Marina Drage is judged on that basis, which is why the area is part of every valuation we give.
The market matters too. When the economy is strong, boats sell well, and when credit is easy to find, buyers can pay for them; when it dries up, fewer can. So we pair the valuation with patience and wide publicity on over 20 international platforms, on social media and on our own website, which draws many buyers. In most cases, that finds the right buyer, and our commission is just 5%.
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Technical and commercial analysis.
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Photographs, description and data.
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Portals and broker network.
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Offer, documents and handover.
Finding a serious buyer is the hardest part of selling a boat. Owners who sell privately usually meet around 20 tyre-kickers before they throw in the towel and call a broker. It can be an unpleasant business too: like selling a second-hand car, you deal with buyers who can be very disagreeable indeed.
Then comes the money. With so much scamming about today, you need a representative handling the payment, not you alone. The paperwork is complicated as well, especially if the boat changes flag or has to be re-registered. Insurance can be a problem, and someone has to check that the boat has no finance outstanding on it.
A broker will also get a better price than you will, because it is his job. For a 5% commission you are probably ahead anyway, and you do no work. At European Yacht Brokers, we speak six languages, list on over 20 international platforms including YachtWorld, and organise the contract, the legal side and the transfer of ownership for owners at Marina Drage.
You give us a mandate to sell your boat. We don’t always ask for exclusivity; we decide case by case. You can terminate the contract at any time.* *If a buyer we introduced during the mandate buys the boat later, we are still entitled to our commission.
A careful photo shoot, with the boat clean, tidy and shot in favourable light, is the first filter a buyer applies. Photos of the exterior, interior, deck, engine room and technical details, supplemented where useful by a short video, present the boat fully and consistently with the asking price, cutting down on pointless viewings.
The specification sheet gathers verified data: builder, model, year, dimensions, engines, equipment and work carried out. On this basis the listing is published on the main boating portals and shared with the broker network and professional contacts, to reach qualified buyers at home and abroad.
Before publication it helps to gather the ownership documents, the registration papers, evidence of VAT status where relevant, engine manuals, maintenance invoices and the inventory of equipment. Well-ordered paperwork speeds up the buyer’s checks and makes the negotiation more solid.
The sea trial follows a serious viewing, and it is at the buyer’s expense. He brings a professional, insured captain, or you can come and be present. That isn’t always advisable: sellers are attached to their boats, and buyers can use a sea trial to try to get the price down. It is your decision.
But nobody gets that far without being checked first. We establish who the buyer is, whether the buyer is serious and what the buyer wants, so the time-wasters never reach your berth at Marina Drage. With over 20 international platforms and six languages behind your listing, the enquiries are many, and we arrange the viewings so you do not have to show anyone round.
Before a viewing, the boat should be clean, with its systems ready to demonstrate, the records to hand, access agreed and its condition described honestly. We tell you when a viewing is booked, so the boat is ready when the buyer arrives.
You give us a mandate to sell your boat. When we have a suitable offer, we put it to you. If you accept, we go ahead; if you don’t, we ask the buyer for a counter-offer, and the decision at each step is yours.
Once you accept an offer, we ask the buyer for a 10% deposit, paid into an escrow account. He can then arrange a survey and have the boat lifted out of the water at Marina Drage, all at his own expense. If the survey is good, we go ahead with a sea trial, also at his expense, with a professional, insured captain, or with you on board if you prefer.
We then wait up to 15 working days for the survey report. If there is nothing structurally wrong with the boat, the sale goes ahead. If something is broken, it is fixed at the seller’s expense, and we organise the inspection and the solution. We also help you organise lifting the boat out of the water and give you a list of surveyors we are satisfied with, so the survey does not slow the sale down.
We organise the contract, the legal side and the transfer of ownership for your sale at Marina Drage, so you do nothing. The 10% deposit is paid into an escrow account, and the balance goes straight to the seller.
The paperwork can be complicated, especially if the boat changes flag or has to be re-registered, and insurance can be a problem. We also check that the boat has no finance outstanding on it.
With so much scamming around today, you need a representative managing the payment, not you alone. That is part of our work: we arrange the contract, we deal with the legal side, and we see the transfer of ownership through, so the sale at Marina Drage is finished properly. For our 5% commission you are very likely ahead anyway, and you do no work.
Seller's checklist
Marina Drage has 200 berths and takes boats up to 30 metres. The marina lists a 75-ton lift and 40 dry-berth capacity.
Sell my boat Marina Drage with European Yacht Brokers, acting for owners here from our Valencia head office.
Drage Bay has a deeply indented coast, clean sea and numerous islets.
Nearby cruising destinations include Kornati and Telašćica; the marina also promotes trips to national and nature parks.
Boats for sale Marina Drage are published in the European Yacht Brokers archive as local brokers add and verify them. If you are considering selling, your boat can be presented to buyers searching in this area and in nearby ports: give the model, year and condition for a first valuation.
Drage is in Zadar County. Drage is a village between Zadar and Šibenik, with pebble and rocky coves, pine forest and a fishing tradition associated with night-fishing boats and lanterns.
Beaches include Porat, Torine, Poškaljina, Dolaška Draga and Bukež. Vransko Lake is 1 km away, Kornati 12 nautical miles away and Telašćica 17 nautical miles away.
Marina Drage lists a restaurant, open grill, pool, bar, shop, 24-hour reception, sanitary facilities/showers, paid parking, electricity and potable water at every berth.
The Dragarske Bumbete event features local specialities and Dalmatian songs around fishermen’s lanterns.
Zadar Airport (ZAD) is the usual airport for the Zadar area.
Reviews from European Yacht Brokers clients, as published on Google (5.0, European Yacht Brokers) and on our client pages.
We check every enquiry before anyone visits your boat: who the buyer is, whether the buyer is serious and what the buyer wants.
We do. We organise the contract, the legal side and the transfer of ownership, so you have nothing to do.
The paperwork can be complicated, so we deal with it, along with checking whether the boat has any finance outstanding on it.
The buyer pays. He then arranges a survey and the boat is lifted out of the water, all at his own expense.
The buyer pays. He pays for a professional, insured captain, or you can be present.
That is your decision. It is not always advisable, because sellers are attached to their boats and buyers can use a sea trial to try to get the price down.
We allow up to 15 working days for the survey report to be issued.
We speak six languages, so buyers are answered in their own language.
GUIDE
Photos, specification and preparation before listing.
GUIDE
Method, market comparisons and asking price.
Owners considering selling a vessel around Marina Drage are invited to provide European Yacht Brokers with details of the model, year, location, condition and planned timing for an initial confidential discussion. This information will assist in exploring potential brokerage options.
We only charge 5% commission.
Enquiries are handled by European Yacht Brokers, who cover any port in the Mediterranean. Call or WhatsApp +34 722 186 884.
Sara Mattey, Yacht Broker · English, French, Spanish, German and Italian
Valencia office: Camino Canal 91, Ampliación RCNV, Local 82, 46024 Valencia, Spain
Open Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:00
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