A new crew for your boat.
Sell it to up to four buyers. Or keep a part of it.
Listing costs nothing, you carry on using your boat, and until you commit to a group of buyers, you can also sell it elsewhere.
Create a listing How it works for owners
List by 28 February 2027 and you pay no commission for that listing, provided the purchase contract is concluded by 31 December 2027 (terms of the offer).
Two ways.
Want to move up to a bigger boat? You don’t have to wait for that one person who pays for it all at once. With shares you reach different buyers: people who want exactly this kind of boat and would rather own it between two, three or four people.
Sell the whole boat
One buyer alone or up to four buyers together take over your boat. You list it, and buyers state their preferred share. If the shares don’t add up to the whole boat, you sell nothing, and your boat stays your boat. You conclude one purchase contract with all the buyers together; once the purchase runs through PartABoat, PartABoat takes care of introductions, group meetings and deadlines.
Bring co-owners on board
You bring co-owners on board for ¼, ½ or ¾ and remain a co-owner yourself; whoever joins pays their part of the purchase price, and you use the boat in proportion to your shares. Your boat gets used more, and that is good for it: a boat that is used causes less trouble than one that just sits idle. The work is shared, and you stay on board. Example: sailing yacht Bavaria Cruiser 41, built 2015, Croatia: approx. €12,500 per year alone, approx. €6,250 if you share it half and half with a co-owner. With the motorboat Bavaria 37, built 2010: approx. €16,500 alone, approx. €8,250 for a half.
Want to move up to a bigger boat?
Sell your boat through PartABoat and buy a share in a bigger one. Sale and purchase run separately; you decide what happens when. View boats
And the bigger boat afterwards? What a share in it costs per year →
Want to go out less and still stay involved?
Then keep a part of it. You remain a co-owner, the boat stays in use, and the work is shared.
May I also list elsewhere?
Yes. You may also list your boat on other platforms at the same time.
How long does the sale take?
That depends on the boat, price and cruising area; we do not yet have figures based on experience. Until you commit to a group of buyers, you carry on using your boat and may offer it elsewhere in parallel.
And what about my boat until I have the new one?
Until you are bound to a group of buyers, your boat stays your boat, and you carry on using it. If you list it after the season, the selling period falls in the winter. You buy the share in the bigger boat when it suits you. Selling to size up: sell first or buy first?
Selling outright to a group: Scenario B in the guide for owners
You decide how far it goes.
And if only two out of four buy?
Then you sell nothing. You are bound only when the buyers’ shares together make up the whole boat, you have confirmed the group and your offer has reached the buyers. Until then you can also sell your boat to a single buyer. If, after the purchase contract, a single buyer drops out and nobody takes over their share, that share reverts to you for a limited period and you sell it on; the purchase contract sets this out.
Option fee: their price for you committing the boat to this group alone for 45 days. A buyer owes it to you only if they do not buy in the end, and then pays it when the option period ends. The 45 days count from the day on which all buyers have accepted; they have 5 working days to do so. You are bound for longer only in the event of a replacement procedure (at most 23 days more).
Who is allowed on my boat?
When you sell your shares, only co-owners you get to know beforehand. If a co-owner sells later, you can refuse their buyer for good cause relating to that person. What you decide together and what one person may do alone, you settle before buying in the Living Contract (co-owner agreement). How your boat comes back is recorded after every use in the logbook: engine hours, consumption, damage and anything unusual. That is what our template provides.
What if a co-owner doesn’t pay?
The Living Contract covers this: after a reminder and a reasonable further deadline, the rest of you can step in and pay for them and demand reimbursement. The amount remains their debt, and you can demand payment as with any other claim. You yourself can sell your share at any time. Guide for owners
It never worked with people you know? It happens, yes. Why that is and what you settle before buying: Why shared boats fail.
Experiences from the founder’s circle of friends.
We share a boat because that way the purchase, maintenance and operation are spread across several shoulders and the boat gets used more. We handle the upkeep, organisation and technical side together. Along the way, co-owners have become friends.
What does PartABoat cost me?
When is the purchase price paid?
The buyers pay the purchase price only when all contracts are signed, and in a whole-boat sale only when all of them have exercised their option. The purchase price never goes to PartABoat: as soon as PartABoat accompanies the purchase, the buyers transfer it to you only on the handover date, once keys and papers have been handed over. Until then, the information sheet shows how.
- 5.5%commission on the value of the share, at least €350 per buyer, only on a successful sale and due only after completion, for a buyer without a service agreement with PartABoat after the purchase contract. No listing fee.
- €0commission, provided you list by 28 February 2027 and the purchase contract is concluded by 31 December 2027.
Terms of the introductory offer. If you create a listing by 28 February 2027, you pay no commission, and no minimum amount either, on any sale from that listing, provided the purchase contract is concluded by 31 December 2027. The offer also applies if you conclude the brokerage agreement only later. If you change, pause or reactivate the listing, it remains the same listing. For listings you create from 1 March 2027, and for later purchase contracts, the regular commission applies. We will not end the offer early.
An example: if a boat is sold for €20,000 to four buyers at a quarter each, the minimum of €350 per buyer applies, €1,400 in total. With a Bavaria Cruiser 41 at €100,000 it is €1,375 per buyer, €5,500 in total. With the offer it is €0 in both cases. We show you the exact amount before you confirm a group of buyers.
PartABoat is paid by both sides: you pay the commission, and each buyer of a share pays a one-off structuring fee; anyone buying the whole boat alone pays none. Both fall due only after completion, the commission for a buyer without a service agreement with PartABoat already after the purchase contract. The statutory 14-day right of withdrawal applies to the brokerage agreement; details are in the instructions on withdrawal.
Commission, structuring fee and option fee are final prices. Any statutory VAT and other price components are contained in them.
How do I list?
Who can list?
You can list as a private person, for your own boat or your share, or as a broker on behalf of a private owner. As a broker you list without a brokerage agreement: we pass enquiries on to you. PartABoat charges nothing for this. We do not currently accept dealers or other commercial sellers.
In three steps
You register and confirm your account via the link in our email, then you enter photos, details and price. Before your listing appears, we take a look at it; we do not verify the information in it. The listing costs you nothing.
From listing to completion.
- Create a listing Photos, details, price. You choose: a share or the whole boat.
- Check & get to know each other Interested buyers view your boat, and you get to know each other.
- Confirm the buyers Sale of a share: your buyer signs directly. Whole-boat sale: you confirm the group of buyers, and the buyers accept your offer.
- Complete the sale Purchase contract, handover with the handover record.
The circle is your boat, each quarter a share: white your boat, dashed requested, turquoise taken, turquoise ring bound.
Sell your boat or bring co-owners on board.
Listing costs nothing, and until you commit to a group of buyers, you can also sell it elsewhere. List by 28 February 2027 and you pay no commission for that listing, provided the purchase contract is concluded by 31 December 2027 (terms of the offer).