Yacht A
Partial allocation: $0
4 of 4 cost fields unresolved. Confirm quote dates, inclusions and exclusions.
SAILY’S BUYER TOOLKIT
Bring a checklist.
Leave with evidence.
Practical tools for the decisions between finding a yacht and sailing it home. Save your work in this browser and print it for viewings, survey calls and planning.
EQUIPMENT
12 upgrade guides
Engine, lithium, watermaker and other systems: scope the whole installation.
Open tool →INVESTIGATE
12 red-flag examples
See what to ask, who can help and when to pause before committing.
Open tool →01–08
Eight buying checklists
48 evidence-led checks from the first shortlist to your first season.
Open tool →COMPARE
Three-yacht comparison
Compare fit, sail and engine evidence, unknowns and first-year costs.
Open tool →SURVEY
Surveyor briefing sheet
Track requested scope, exclusions, specialists, access and deadlines.
Open tool →PLAN
Repair and upgrade planner
Give six priority tasks a scope, owner, cost and completion record.
Open tool →BUDGET
First-year budget
Include inspections, essential work, annual costs and a reserve.
Open tool →RECORD
Buyer’s notebook
Keep negotiation, sail records, handover and training notes together.
Open tool →Saved only in this browser. Print a copy before clearing browser data.
Keep one purchase project here at a time. Print before reusing it for another shortlist. Notes are not sent to YouSail or any AI service. Do not enter identity documents or payment details.
TOOL 01 · SHORTLIST
Compare three yachts
Give each candidate the same questions. Asking price alone cannot show the work or uncertainty you would inherit.
Use Australian dollars. Blank, negative or invalid costs remain unknown. Totals include only entered figures and are not valuations or recommended offers. Use the budget worksheet to build the annual-cost figure without counting the same expense twice.
Yacht B
Partial allocation: $0
4 of 4 cost fields unresolved. Confirm quote dates, inclusions and exclusions.
Yacht C
Partial allocation: $0
4 of 4 cost fields unresolved. Confirm quote dates, inclusions and exclusions.
TOOL 02 · INDEPENDENT CHECKS
Build your surveyor briefing sheet
Prepare this before requesting a quote. A buyer’s requested scope becomes an agreed scope only after the surveyor confirms it. Arrange separate specialists where necessary.
Print and use this when speaking to the surveyor. Nothing is booked or sent automatically.
Find yacht surveyors on the directory →TOOL 03 · REPORT TO ACTION
Repairs, upgrades and your first 90 days
Turn each finding into a scoped task. Record professional advice about timing; a low quote does not establish that an issue is safe to defer.
Entered quoted total: $0
0 tasks started · 0 costs unresolved. Use all-in AUD quotes and record exclusions. A zero means a considered zero-cost task.
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Task 5
Task 6
PRACTICAL NEXT STEPS
Use the tools in the order decisions happen
Shortlist before investigating deeply
Use the comparison to record fit, identity, location and major unknowns for each yacht. Keep seller statements distinguishable from documents and observations. Remove unsuitable candidates before spending heavily on travel or inspections; a completed worksheet does not make a yacht meet your brief.
Brief before the survey
Transfer unanswered questions into the survey brief. Agree access, specialists, reporting and timing, including what cannot be assessed. The worksheet helps prepare the conversation; the signed engagement defines the professional’s actual job. Keep the two consistent as the scope changes.
Plan after the findings
Move evidenced work into the repair planner and obtain quotes for the significant items. Prioritise essential work before optional upgrades, and identify who confirms completion. These tools save locally in this browser, so print or otherwise preserve important records before changing devices or clearing browser data.