Yachts for Sale in France

Only if VAT is due on her. France is inside the European Union and its standard rate is twenty per cent, so a yacht that is VAT paid in any member state can be used privately here without a further liability, while one that is VAT unpaid needs a clear plan before an EU resident takes her over. Monaco applies French VAT on the same basis. The listing gives her status where the seller has recorded it.

Outside July and August if you can. In high summer many yachts on this coast are out cruising or on charter, and a viewing has to be fitted around that. September is busy in a different way: the autumn show season puts a great many yachts and buyers on the same few miles of coast. Spring and the later autumn are the easier windows.

On any yacht that has been in the water, yes. A survey establishes the condition of the hull, the machinery and the systems, and a sea trial shows how she actually behaves at operating speed and at anchor. Offers are normally made subject to both, so the findings can be discussed before anything is final. On a yacht in build the equivalent is the yard's own sequence of inspections and the handover trials at the end of it.

You tell us which yacht interests you through the enquiry form on her listing. We confirm she is still available at the price shown, collect the documents the seller holds, and arrange a viewing wherever she is lying. From there the usual sequence is an offer subject to survey and sea trial, a deposit held in a client account, the survey and trial themselves, and then closing and registration. The Boatcrowd team coordinates each step and stays with you through it.