Four rules we don't bend.
Every listing is a sales pitch. We're the opposite — and these are the promises that make us worth trusting on a six-figure decision.
Honesty over hype
Every listing is written to make you fall in love. We're the counterweight: the only thing we're selling is the truth about the boat. And honesty cuts both ways — most boats aren't lemons in disguise; most listings just don't tell the whole story. When the boat is good, the report says so, loudly.
We won't sell you a report we're not confident in
If what you give us isn't enough to build something genuinely useful, we tell you what's missing — instead of taking your money for guesswork. Honest analysis or nothing — that's the deal.
No false precision
Sailboats have no blue book. Anyone who quotes a boat's value to the exact dollar from "comparable sales" is selling a certainty that doesn't exist. We give a defensible range and show our work.
Depth over breadth. Sailboats only.
We're not a car-boat-and-caravan valuation mill. We know sailboats, and we go deep.
We work for the buyer. And the whole deal gets cleaner.
We have no stake in whether the boat sells — no listings, no commissions, nothing to gain from a yes. Our only product is the truth about the boat, before you fly out, haul out, or write the cheque. And that truth helps everyone at the table: a boatIQ-prepared buyer arrives with realistic expectations, a briefed surveyor, and the boat's genuine strengths documented — the enquiries that actually close. No survey-day ambush, no renegotiation weeks in. Transparency works in both directions.
Buying?
That's the core. The audit, the real costs, the leverage — before you fly out, haul out, or write the cheque.
Selling?
Run your own listing before it goes live. See the gaps a buyer will see, fix what's worth fixing, and price with your boat's strengths documented.
Broking?
A boatIQ-prepared enquiry closes cleaner — and a report on your listing gives you data neither side can contest.
The cold eye you bring to the boat you love.
That's the whole idea. Want to see what she'll really cost?
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