Selling a bowrider?
A straight offer
on your boat.
- Offer within 24 hours
- We arrange collection
- Paid on collection
Based in South East Queensland · We buy Australia-wide · No obligation · 0499 883 164
Get a quote in 3 easy steps
About two minutes. No obligation.
Tell us about your boat
Rough numbers are fine — we confirm everything at inspection.
Roughly is fine. Leave blank if the meter does not work.
Hull length, not counting the outboard.
Total across all engines. Rough is fine.
How it works
Three steps, and we come to you.
- 01
Tell us about her
A dozen questions and a few photos. Two minutes on your phone, no account, no obligation.
- 02
We work out a number
Priced against what boats like yours have actually sold for — not what people are asking. Back to you inside 24 hours.
- 03
We collect and pay
We arrange the collection, trailer and all, and quote it up front. Bank transfer on the spot.
See exactly what we look at, and what each thing does to the offer
In person
Come and find us
Anyone can put up a website. If you would rather look someone in the eye before handing over a boat, we are at these through the year.
Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show
Sanctuary Cove, Gold Coast
Sydney International Boat Show
ICC Sydney and Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour
Melbourne Boat Show
Docklands, Melbourne
Your options
Sell to us, or sell it yourself?
A patient private sale will usually get you the highest number. We are the option for when you would rather have the money and the driveway back. Both are reasonable — here is the honest comparison.
Private sale
- Usually the highest price, if you wait for it
- Weeks of enquiries, and most are not serious
- Strangers at your house wanting a test run
- You handle both registration transfers
Sell to us
- A fixed number inside 24 hours
- No commission, no listing fees, no premium
- We arrange collection — you do not move it anywhere
- Paid by bank transfer on collection
Broker or auction
- Commission comes off the top
- Limited control over what it sells for
- Weeks between the sale and the money
- Your boat sits on someone else's hardstand
South East Queensland
Priced on what boats like yours actually make here, not on a national average.
Before you start
What we buy
We are specific about this on purpose. It saves you filling in a form for an answer you did not want, and it saves us wasting your time.
We buy
- Bowriders, runabouts, cuddy cabins and bay cruisers, 4.5m to 12m
- Outboard, sterndrive or inboard
- Under roughly 1,500 engine hours
- Registered trailer included, on anything trailerable
- Runs, and has been in the water this season
We don’t buy
- Project boats and part-finished restorations
- Anything needing an engine, leg or transom rebuild
- Hulls with structural damage, delamination or soft floors
- Trailerable boats turning up without their trailer
For sale
Boats for sale
Everything here has either been through our workshop or is listed on behalf of an owner. Condition is described as we found it.
Nothing on the water right now. Stock lands most weeks — email us and we will tell you what is coming in.
leads@machinerysalesdirect.com.auWorth more than a quick sale?
Some boats do better listed properly than sold same-week. We will do that for you.
Questions
The things people actually ask.
How do you work out the price?
We track realised sale and auction results across Australia, so the number is based on what boats like yours have actually sold for — not what people are asking for theirs. Hull size and type, engine hours, whether the trailer is registered, and honest condition are what move it.
How fast is it, really?
You will have a number within 24 hours of submitting the form. If you accept it, pickup is usually inside the week — sooner if you are in Brisbane, the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast.
Who pays for pickup?
We are based in South East Queensland and most of what we buy is close to home, but we buy Australia-wide. Either way we arrange the collection and quote it before you decide anything, so it is never a surprise taken off the number at the last minute.
What if I still owe finance on it?
Common, and not a problem. We pay the financier out directly and you receive the balance. Tell us on the form so we can factor it in — it does not reduce our offer.
Do you take the trailer too?
Yes, and we would prefer to. A registered trailer in good order genuinely adds to what we can pay, and it means one less thing sitting in your yard.
What paperwork do I need?
Photo ID, registration papers for both the boat and the trailer, and any service history you have kept. We handle the transfers. If something is missing, tell us — it is usually workable.
Ready for a number?
Two minutes on the form. An answer inside 24 hours. No obligation either way.