Ancasta Reviews

At Ancasta we pride ourselves on offering expert yacht brokerage and new boat sales support, underpinned by decades of industry experience, global reach and a commitment to personalised service. Our clients’ experiences reflect the professionalism, market knowledge and care we bring to every transaction, whether buying, selling or taking ownership of a new boat. Read our Google Reviews to see genuine feedback from owners and buyers who have worked with Ancasta.

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john ingham 3 June 2022
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I went into the yacht brokers and spoke with Russell Heath who was most helpful in sourcing a boat from their second han
James Davison 1 July 2020
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What a pleasure to work with. They found the boat of our dreams and made it all so simple. James at Ancasta Plymouth and
MARK FISHER 6 March 2019
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Delightful, friendly, knowledgeable service. Made my recent purchase such a pleasure. Most highly recommended. Mark Fish
OffGridTrips 5 March 2019
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Many thanks to Mike, Russell & Bob. Great service and would recommend.
Bernie Rogers 5 March 2019
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A Big " Thank You " Mike, I recall visiting you in your Brighton Marina office, and describing the type of boat I was lo

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Robbie Griffiths 13 October 2022
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Just sold my yacht through Ancasta Chichester. Both Jamie and Darcy were a delight to work with, professional, very help
Peter Hawker 7 July 2020
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Tillie was an absolute delight to work with in selling my boat. I first contacted her on a Wednesday and had an agreed
gingerxela 6 July 2020
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Tillie provided an excellent, professional and very helpful service when we bought our first ever boat from Ancaster Chi
Glenn Ward 7 years ago
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I would like to thank Tilly and her team for selling my boat, a very professional approach.<br /> A job well done.<br />
Sky Seeker 7 months ago
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Luke 28 March 2025
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I couldn't have asked for a better experience buying my first catamaran with Mark at Cowes Ancasta. Buying a yacht can b
David Armstrong 14 August 2023
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5 star review! Mark from Ancaster, based in Cowes, looked after us so well throughout the process of our purchase. We ha
Sachin Dwivedi 9 June 2023
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Kelvin Pearce 13 July 2024
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We bought our boat from Ancasta Dartmouth and thank Nick Bishop for his help and patience during the process of arrangin
Andy Chater 5 June 2024
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Big thank you to Jennifer at Ancasta Noss Dart office for helping us with the purchase of our new sailing yacht. First c
Ian Stainton 1 February 2023
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I have been dealing with Lewis at Ancasta Dartmouth on purchasing a used boat. Lewis's service has been exceptional (alo
Chris Remington 19 February 2019
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I dealt mainly with Tony but also Nick. I went to see them with more than one idea of what I wanted and Tony spent time
Lesley Bray 4 months ago
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Thank you to Nick in particular, and Luca, at Ancasta’s Dartmouth office for their very professional sale of our boat, a

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sarah white 9 August 2021
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Lovely seeing the boats
sam voss 28 November 2017
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Great place to buy a boat. Friendly staff

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Julian Ronnie 7 years ago
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Ancasta Barcelona are mightily impressive. Stephen & Tristan opened their office on the Thursday, first viewing on Satur

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Ian Langer 20 February 2025
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We bought a new Beneteau Oceanis 46.1 from Ancasta. James accompanied us on a fun factory visit in France and he provide
Keith Smith 5 February 2025
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Sold our boat with Ancasta earlier this year. I found them really unhelpful and abrupt. Obviously more on the side of th
Nick Jones 11 March 2023
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Recently sold my motor yacht using the team at Lymington Ancasta Brokerage. I’ve had an excellent experience from start
Neil Gorton 7 September 2022
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Been trying to arrange a viewing on a boat in Ancasta Poole for 3 weeks!!! Not sure what the gig is but literally no one
Peter Dance 7 months ago
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Purchased a Motor Yacht via Ancasta. The service was oustanding from Tracey who took my inital call, Oliver who handled

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Mac Howlett 14 October 2019
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Bought a boat via Lee Ball...the whole process was seamless and easy from start to finish and professionally managed by

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Georgia Walker 9 February 2023
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Thank you so much for your help purchasing the yacht - couldn’t have asked for an easier process. Super pleased - staff
James Blackmore 17 October 2022
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Really professional outfit and staff particularly helpful. I would certainly use them again to buy/sell a boat
A 16 September 2022
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if there was a no star choice I would choose that! I wouldn't buy a bath from them! Arthur Daley was more credible!
Pauline Lawal 12 April 2021
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Nathan Bone helped prepare my Beneteau Antares 30 Fly for the season, including antifoul, anodes, prop clean, cut, polis

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Yan Van De Velde 20 May 2024
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I enquired about a listing with Ancaster Yachts late last year. I was put in touch with Oliver who was the broker for th
Marinos Pappas 29 February 2020
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The best customer service I've ever received! I've bought my yacht 10 years ago and Ancasta staff, including the directo
Andy Gibb 9 September 2018
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Katy and Tim did a great job in getting things sorted when we first were lifted onto the hard, then stimulating interest
Pete Green 6 September 2018
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We have delivered numerous new Lagoons on behalf of Ancasta. The staff are all extremely friendly and are dedicated to p
Gregory Harris 9 months ago
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From the beginning of our purchase discussions some months back through to final handover this week, the entire team at

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kevin Davies 9 June 2025
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Olivia Geraint and Daren were both patient and fantastic with us purchasing our boat, they dotted every i and crossed ev
tim ruffell 4 February 2025
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As an ex- Super Yacht Captain buying and selling on behalf of my Boss, and owning and selling 3 of my Private Boats with
Spencer Chase 26 September 2024
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Rupert and Geraint at Port Solent did an outstanding job securing a sale that went very smoothly. The attention to deta
Tom Adams 8 months ago
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Very happy with the expertise and professionalism shown by Ancasta port solent with the sale of my boat.<br /> Olivia an
Tim Foreman 7 months ago
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Thanks Daren and the team for your assistance and attention whilst dealing with my purchase of Honey Bee. Always there

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Tony Overbury 14 August 2023
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Katy and her team did an excellent job in selling our flybridge cruiser. The whole process was very straightforward and
NICK HARRIS 2 October 2019
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Carolyn Robertson 21 September 2019
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Shocking. Customer Service non-existent.
Gary Pillay 7 June 2017
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Good team
Guy Nicholls 7 years ago
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mark scrancher 6 November 2020
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Eric Schwartz 1 May 2024
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Very charming hotel with beautiful views. Quiet location with a very nice pool.
Bitte ein Bit 3 October 2023
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Perfect
Chanel Kwik 11 March 2022
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Paul Tugby 2 September 2020
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Nice people easy to deal with
David H 14 September 2019
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Javi Melchor 26 January 2023
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Neil Barker 17 August 2021
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Overpriced. Cheaper in Bridlington.
Paul Tugby 2 September 2020
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Nice friendly staff , great to deal with.
Peter Arnold 28 August 2020
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Excellent service. Really put the effort in to getting the deal over the line in a challenging time frame.
Richard Downing 18 September 2018
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Having just completed the sale of my Jeanneau 509 I have no hesitation in recommending Anacasta Palma. Sam who carried o

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Nathalie Schyler 22 February 2025
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I highly recommend Ancasta and Benoit Sizun for his great professionalism, kindness and understanding. If you wish to bu
Fil Luge 21 December 2024
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I can only echo the praise of the others. I am a first time buyer and Benoit handled the process with the utmost profess
William Clark 22 January 2020
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Benoit Sizun is highly recommended, he always keeps in touch to ensure progress is updated and works very hard to sell y
Colin Glover 29 August 2019
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I have no complaints about Ancasta at all. However it is this people that represent a company that we tend to judge. We
Thomas Wilde 3 months ago
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Benoit is highly professional and experienced in the sale of Amels. It was a pleasant process throughout and the sale wa