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As of September 2023, Classic Yacht Brokerage is owned by Wooden Ships Yacht Brokers of Dartmouth.  Combining these two separate businesses creates a market-leading brokerage for all classic and traditional yachts and vessels throughout the UK and Europe.

Established in 1992, Classic Yacht Brokerage is one of the leading traditional yacht brokers, specialising in selling classic wooden motor yachts and classic sailing yachts throughout the UK, Europe and Internationally.

Classic Yacht Brokerage and Wooden Ships have an excellent combined knowledge of this specialist market and can offer the best advice on pricing points, recommended pre-sale works and place your boat in front of the right people. With a website advertising hundreds of classic yachts , a successful YouTube channel and a database of interested potential buyers, you can be sure your boat is exposed to the right people.

Kim Holman Landfall Class Ketch

Harrison Butler Englyn Design

28′ Steel Gaff Cutter

Latest motor yachts for sale.

Fred Parker Motor Yacht

Liverpool Class RNLB

30′ Norfolk Broads Motor Cruiser

Are you considering selling your classic boat.

Please get in touch with us for an initial chat with our specialist broker.

Featured Classic Boats

New Guide Price: 33ft. CLASSIC TWIN SCREW MOTOR YACHT, McBryde Design, 1939 – Full Commission – Lying: East Coast

New Guide Price: 42ft FRERS BERMUDIAN CRUISER/RACER – 1969 – Work Required to the Deck and Hull – Further details available – Lying: France – ANY REASONABLE OFFER CONSIDERED

34ft STOREBRO ROYAL MOTOR CRUISER – 1973 – Excellent Example – Professional Re-fit – Lying West Sussex

37ft. MAICA CLASS OCEAN RACER, Illingworth & Primrose design, built 1965 – Lying: Mallorca

The Classic Yacht Brokerage website receives a substantial number of daily visitors, resulting in positive interest in the vessels listed and subsequent sales.  If you are advertising your boat privately through another broker or are considering selling, please contact us.

Competitive commission rates on a ‘no sale, no fee or costs’ basis. Call us for more details – 01803833899 or 07886081657 Over the years, Classic Yacht Brokerage has built up a comprehensive network of contacts through marinas, yacht clubs, boatyards, marine surveyors, designers, shipwrights, boat-builders and yachting associations, thereby maximising the opportunities in this niche sector of the classic boat market.

Our listings include a diverse range of vessels from restored showcase yachts to renovation projects and generally include well-known names such as…

HILLYARD – SILVERS – HARRISON BUTLER – OSBORNE – RAMPART – THORNYCROFT – NICHOLSON – BATES – FIFE – GIBBS – LAURENT GILES – PARKER – BROOKES –  MYLNE – POWLES – MILLER – STANILAND – FELTHAM – McGRUER – SHEPHERD – WOODNUTS – BROOM – GRIFFITHS – HERRESHOFF – CAMPER & NICHOLSON – WATSON – CLARK – ELKINS – DICKIES – MOODY – UFFA FOX – MORGAN GILES – BUNN – DALLIMORE – STRANGE – BUCHANAN – MAYNARD – ROBB – CURTIS & PAPE – WOODS – SPARKMAN & STEPHENS – SOPER – LUKE – TAYLOR – VRIES LENCH – REIMERS – MAYNARD – NEWMAN – McBRYDE – COX & KING – COMBEN – BAIN – ABEKING & RASMUSSEN – to name but a few.

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We are very fortunate in offering for sale some of the most beautiful boats in the world and we consider it both our pleasure and our duty to guide you carefully towards ownership of the yacht that is right for you.

Of course there are choices to make, but whether you’re charmed by the artistry of William Fife, the balance of Olin Stephens, or the sure-footedness of a Buchanan or Holman and more contemporary yachts, we would want the love affair - which may start here - to be enduring.

Featured Yachts

Spirit 65DH 65 ft Bermudan Sloop 2021

Sparkman & Stephens / Sangermani 71 ft Yawl 1963

Charles E Nicholson 55 ft Gaff Yawl 1920/2011

Quarterly Spotlight

Born into an aristocratic air of racy intrigue, SUMURUN’s charms have wooed a select band of suitors since her launch at Fairlie. A legend in many lifetimes, SUMURUN is one of the most exquisite of William Fife’s large ‘fast cruisers’. For almost 110 years this 94ft ketch, formerly yawl, has been in commission and loved, most recently by the current owner who treated SUMURUN to a major 2017-2019 refit at Chantier du Guip. Return to classic racing late in 2019 was triumphant, with victory at Saint-Tropez. Rigged as a bermudan ketch since 1935, this handy configuration was retained but brought subtly up to date by Juan Kouyoumdjian. Under it, SUMURUN is perhaps consistently faster than ever, yet retains the ability to cross oceans comfortably; something she has quite a reputation for. “Form is temporary; class is permanent.”

William Fife III 94 ft Bermudan Ketch 1914/2019

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Wooden Ships Classic Yacht Brokers

Traditional and classic boat sales.

Welcome to Wooden Ships. We are a renowned specialist classic yacht brokerage established for nearly 50 years and based in Dartmouth, Devon. We manage the sale and purchase of traditional and classic boats from clinker dinghies to large sailing ships and motor yachts. 

With expertise and experience gained from owning and sailing many different traditional boats, large and small, we are here to assist you in purchasing your yacht and giving guidance on caring for her. We have an interesting and varied range of classic yachts for sale .

With an in-depth knowledge of the industry, the people, and the boats, this family-run traditional yacht brokerage is the first place to come when purchasing or selling a classic vessel .

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Are you looking to buy or sell a classic wooden yacht?

Established at the heart of the boating community in Dartmouth, we assist buyers and sellers worldwide and provide the highest level of care and attention throughout every step of the process. We are a small but focused brokerage team with years of professional yachting experience complemented by strong sales and business skills. 

We always strive to offer the best impartial advice and manage a smooth sales process for buyers and sellers. If you would like to talk about classic boat sales, please come and speak to us . We would love to hear from you and discuss how we can help you find your perfect boat or find your boat’s next custodian. 

We have an unrivalled expert understanding of the very specialist classic boat market and offer the best advice on pricing points and any recommended pre and post-sale works, and we can place your boat in front of the right people.

We understand that owning a classic boat is a passion and a lifestyle choice, so whether you are buying or selling, we will always be here to assist you in any way we can.

Latest listings

63′ Fleur de Lys Motor Yacht

33′ Fantasi Yachts Sloop

Percy Mitchell Twin Screw Motor Yacht

Iain Oughtred Wee Seal II Sloop

Iain Oughtred Eun Na Mara

Brooke Marine River Launch

Uffa Fox North Norfolk 16

20′ Motor Launch

28′ Steel Gaff Cutter

68′ Silvers Twin Screw Motor Yacht

McGruer Motor Launch

Holman and Pye Motor Sailer

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