Interior
Upon entering the cabin a buyer must be greeted with a sailboat the lets them start picturing owning it - not how worn out or cluttered the sailboat is. To many times a sailboat is shown and buyers are greeted by a cabin that is cluttered, smells, looks worn out and is not staged. You need to check off these items as taken care of.
1. The Sense of Smell
The Sense Of Smell will make or break a sale. Make sure your heads are deodorized and fresh, that you’ve cleaned out your fridge, scrubbed your bilge so that stagnant oil and water permeate the interior. Are your carpets shampooed and fresh? When you leave your boat make sure you vent a hatch or run your ac/heat systems to circulate air. A smelly yacht is a hard negative to overcome!
2. Get Rid Of Clutter & Personal Effects
Get Rid Of Clutter & Personal Effects so that buyers can imagine themselves owning the boat. Sailors tend to have a lot of clutter aboard. Remove as much as you can without limiting your ability to use your boat. GET IT ALL EMPTIED OUT NOW. These issues contribute to smell, make a yacht feel much smaller and create a feeling of invading your space. You want a buyer to feel like sitting down in the salon imagining it’s theirs not staring at a picture of Aunt Mildred tacking or half empty wine bottles. Your sailboat needs to look like it could be in a boat show.