See what the market is doing before you ask what a boat is worth.
The Blue Water Market Pulse uses the same market-monitoring engine behind Blue Water Index to follow pricing behaviour across the recreational boat market. Every month we look at what changed.
Asking-price adjustment spread beyond the lower end.
Middle-band reductions were more frequent. Entry-tier reductions were deeper.
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Europe and the United States are reported separately, with their own issue numbers. September was the third European issue and the second American one.
reduction frequency at £230,000 (≈€268,500) and above, among boats followed through August and September — up from 3.7%. The price divide narrowed.
median reduction below $50,000, against 7.0% in the $150,000–$300,000 band — where reductions were most frequent, at 8.5%.
Every month we look at what changed.
- Price reductions
- Price increases
- Days on market
- Differences by price band
- Differences by geography
- Changes in seller behaviour
- And the boats that quietly leave the market