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Welcome to Power To Sail

Power To Sail offer Yacht Sales, Yacht Charter and Berth Sales. We have premises in Chichester, South of England and in Antibes, South of France, and can assist with all aspects of yacht ownership. Experience, integrity and meticulous attention to detail are the forces that drive us. We combine exceptional levels of personal service with a commitment to ensuring that every aspect of every transaction runs smoothly.

Power To Sail have a Yacht Division for the sale of Motor yachts from 24 meters and larger.

For boat sales from our bases in the South of England or the South of France, we have a good selection of boats for sale including new and used Motor and Sailing Yachts, for example we currently have: Jeanneau Motor  Boats from Merry Fisher  585 and 655 and 925, Jeanneau Leader 805, Jeanneau Cap Camarat 625 and 455 Walk Around, Fairline Targa 30, Jeanneau Prestige 30S Hard Top, 32 Flybridge,  36 Flybridge, 42S Hard Top, 42 Flybridge, 46 Flybridge,  Grand Banks Classic 36, Sealine F43, Sealine F44, Azimut 46, Sunseeker Camargue 50, Pershing 62, Sunseeker Manhattan 64, Sunseeker Manhattan 74, Princess 20 Metre, Magnum 70 Super Sport, Dufour Prestige 65 sailing yacht and a magnificent  Leopard 32 Metre Motor Yacht.

Do you want to sell your boat?  We urgently need motor and sailing yachts to sell as we have a number of clients looking for boats through Power To Sail.
 
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Current Market Trends

No one in the Motor Yacht or indeed Sailing Yacht business should pretend that the ‘credit crunch’ and rise in fuel costs has not had an influence on the market; of course it has, one of the first signs was when the Azimut, Island Packet, Mainship and Rodman dealer on the South Coast of England went spectacularly bankrupt in August 2007, they were largely responsible boat sales of boats up to 20 metres from their head quarters in Chichester, and motor boats and largely flybridge motor yachts up to 30 metres in France, Spain and other Mediterranean destinations, but that does not mean prices have crashed, they have undoubtedly fallen. Mercifully for boat owners who want to sell their boats there is a worldwide market, mainly centered on Europe for Motor Yachts and Sailing Yachts up to 30 metres and clients for larger yachts up to 70-80 metres and beyond who operate on a more global scale. The big UK pleasure yacht manufacturers such as Sunseeker, who build the Portofino, Predator, Manhattan and Yachts range, who in the past have had a huge influence with models such as the Camargue 50; are as likely to sell a boat to a client on the French or Italian Rivera’s as to a client in Asia. Ferretti the Italian builder, who have in the past had a massive influence continue to expand, buying up brands such as Pershing, Riva, Mochi, Bertram, Apreamare, Itama and CRN are rivaled only in size by the likes of the Azimut-Benetti group; they manufacture for a world wide market with models such as the 46 and 46 Evolution in the past we have sold many of the 42, 46, 50 and 55 Flybridge and the famous Azimut 68S sports yacht.

The Superyacht industry is running at capacity, there are none or at least very few build slots available with responsible shipyards for yachts from 50 metres up for a number of years; this brings its own difficulties with regard to escalating labour and raw material costs, buyers and shipyards alike have to be very careful contractually. The story is very much easier for builders and buyers from 30-50 metres and for yards who build from 10-30 metres there is capacity available.

There has been a lot of news items, real and anecdotal evidence of a slowdown certainly in the UK and the question is often asked regarding prices; are they in freefall, like some sectors of the housing market? Mercifully not, prices can be described as 'soft' but buying a boat is discretionary spend by and large and therefore when clients do not feel rich they tend not to spend, but they will tend to hang onto what they have, they will buy up in incremental steps rather than in leaps and bounds; but boating, yachting and sailing is for many a passion and the sense of pride of ownership is strong. Secondly boats float, and can therefore with the minimum of fuss be transported anywhere in the world. Power To Sail from our bases in the South of England and the South of France have sold fewer boats this year to British clients, berth sales are also similarly affected; but because of the weakness of sterling the company has sold a number of used boats to clients in France, Spain, Holland and the Scandinavian countries. Boat sales, yacht sales and berths for sale from the company’s office next to Port Vauban in France has enjoyed a relatively good season so far, with the shortage of sales of Motor Yachts and Sailing Yachts up to 30 metres compensated for by the strong demand of berths in marinas on the French Cote d’azur and Italian Rivera’s. Luxury yacht charter from ports such as Monaco, Cannes, St Tropez and Port Vauban, Antibes remains strong, however supported by later bookings than usual.

One of the biggest problems facing brokers today is finding clients who ask us to “sell my boat”. With the undoubted success of Internet advertising clients often tend to deal with their local concessionaire, a Sunseeker owner is likely therefore to go to a Sunseeker dealer, when in fact he or she may be better off with an independent broker who is less biased towards selling their own stock boats.

There are however brokers out there with a positive attitude who will sell anything from a small motor boat or sailing yacht to a superyacht we currently have a good selection of boats for sale including new and used Motor and Sailing Yachts, Jeanneau Motor Boats from Merry Fisher 585, Jeanneau Merry Fisher 655, Jeanneau Merry Fisher 925, Jeanneau Leader 805, Jeanneau Cap Camarat 625 and 455 Walk Around, Fairline Targa 30, Jeanneau Prestige 30S Hard Top, Jeanneau Prestige 32 Flybridge, Jeanneau Prestige 36 Flybridge, Grand Banks Classic 36, Sealine F43, Sealine F44, Jeanneau Prestige 42S Hard Top, Jeanneau Prestige 42 Flybridge, Jeanneau Prestige 46 Flybridge, Azimut 46, Sunseeker Camargue 50, Pershing 62, Sunseeker Manhattan 64, Sunseeker Manhattan 74, Princess 20 Metre, Magnum 70 Super Sport, Dufour Prestige 65 and a magnificent Leopard 32 Metre Motor Yacht. There are berths for sale up and down both the South of France and Italian Rivera’s from motivated sellers, which are currently very good value.