Goodbye 2013, hello 2014!

I had all but given up with updating this blog because it gets far fewer page views than the website at www.harbouryachts.co.uk, but a few people have been into the office recently saying they regularly keep their eyes out for updates, so here we are with a review of the year just past.

We had a very successful year overall, selling over a million pounds worth of vessels all told. Sales were split approximately two thirds power boats to one third sailing yachts, which reflects the typical balance of types of vessels here in Poole. We sold a couple of highly unusual vessels over the year, for example the classic gaff cutter built in 1896 which I'm delighted to say was taken on by a South Coast buyer, so will remain in the area.

Any one boat can take a highly unpredictable amount of time to sell, and during 2013 we sold some boats which had been on the market for over a year, and at the other end of the scale, one Poole-based boat was sold into Germany within 12 hours of going on the open market (and that's not including sales where we are able to put a client in contact with one of the many potential buyers whose details we hold on our database).

Things definitely have an out-of-season "January feel" about them at the moment, but we're looking forward to the start of the new season and the peak of market activity which that invariably brings.