Ancasta Hamble – Boats for Sale

Thank you for selling Zander II.When I made my initial approach to Ancasta I was not sure that the company was the right broker to sell her but clearly I need not have had such doubts. I was impressed with your overall professionalism and focus and particularly, how you struck a really good balance between looking after your client’s interests - the seller's - whilst keeping the buyer interested and motivated - and I did not get a sense of any pushing either way. Everything appeared to move forward smoothly and what lumps and bumps there may have been along the way you dealt with in a pretty seamless manner - good project management I would say - so well done and thanks again. (Port Hamble Office)

Back in August 2021, a Targa 43 (Utopia) was listed with Ancasta with Alex being the broker.Over the years, I myself have been a broker and I have also dealt with many brokers around the world – some good, some absolutely awful.Throughout the purchase process of Utopia, Alex was the consummate professional.  He communicated with us openly and was always at the end of the phone (even when on holiday).  He and spoke with knowledge, honesty and I believe truth on all issues.  His negotiation between vendor and purchasers could not be faulted.In my opinion, you’ve got a ‘good-un’ in him.  I would most definitely use him again for buying and selling of boats.

Just a very quick note to thank you all for your expertise and guidance in recently successfully selling my Dufour 40. The second boat I have sold through Ancasta. The process can be a bit of a minefield to the uninitiated and your experience was really appreciated, not least mid-pandemic! Many thanks and I hope the lifting of lockdown will start to gradually make your lives a little easier.

I have recently completed the sale of my catamaran through Ancasta at Port Hamble and would like to say how pleased I have been with the Professionalism and service that Both Tim and Charles have shown in brokering the deal. The deal started and completed during the Coronavirus Lockdown and has been difficult due to the purchaser living in France. Ancasta went well beyond the norm to keep it all going with live video views and getting a survey done and even managed to find a French delivery crew to get the boat over to France from the Uk to complete the sale.

Ref the sale of my Beneteau Oceanis 38.1, “Manuka” - the sale was handled mainly by Charles Wilkinson. Manuka is a great boat and overall her sale, whilst smooth, was not without the usual minor “hiccups”. I rarely do this, but I would just like to let you know personally, that I was very impressed with Charles’ approach, outlook and professionalism throughout the whole sales process. He kept both myself and the eventual purchaser pointing in the same direction throughout, and is a great asset to your brokerage team.As I said, I just felt like credit should be given were it is deserved.

When we ran into technical trouble and had to divert on our delivery trip to Cork the Ancasta team sourced a marine electronics engineer. What is exceptional about this is that they did it on a Sunday morning in the West Country and even paid for the callout charge. I was very impressed with their after sales support.

Bonjour Frederick, Your subcontractor Olivier has been to the boat and has repaired all the electrical problems . Thankyou very very much for arranging to have this done and I think you have given an excellent warranty service and I sing your praises to everyone I meet . Both yourself and Russel from Ancasta have worked very hard to provide an excellent customer service and I can only say Thankyou so much and well done you are both a credit to your company We have just a few small faults only but most we can resolve ourself without troubling you so we will continue our voyage around the world and tomorrow we leave Panama for Galapagos and Tahiti happy and enjoying our lovely boat Regards

Hi Simon A very belated thank you to you and your team for preparing our boat which looked fabulous. Thank you for all your hard work. Kindest regards