This video looks at how we purchased a sailing boat in Turkey. We go through the complete buying process and the steps we followed. There was very little online on ' How to purchase a boat in Turkey ' so we decided this video may help those currently buying a boat in Turkey or those who are looking to buy a sailing boat in Turkey.

We purchased a Hanse 445 in Turkey August 2018 and have recently exported it to Greece. These are the main steps we followed with the time we start to talk about each process:

1. Offer and Negotiations (0.28)
2. Contract (1.34)
3. Deposit and Money Transfer (2.23)
4. Survey and Sea Trial (3.13)
5. Negotiations & Contract Part 2 (4.13)
6. Agents (5.02)
7. Power of Attorney (6.45)
8. Temporary Tax File Number (7.16)
9. Insurance and Translations (7.45)
10. Final Payment (8.00)
11. Registration, Re-naming & Flagging (8.18)
12. Export (8.56)

Joe Rowles - Surveyor - 00 90 533 4985224, 00 90 2523133403
info@marinesurveyorturkey.com

We also searched Europe for 6 months looking for a sailing boat so I have attached our first video which details what we encountered while searching for a sailing boat in Europe and part of the process of purchasing in Turkey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lwd6...

Disclaimer: Please note this is the process we followed and it may contain errors or omissions, we recommend doing your own research about the process.

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this will be an in-depth look at the

process of buying a boat in Turkey we

found little information about this so

hopefully it helps here are the 12 steps

that we will go through to make it

easier we've listed the exact time for

each point in the description it's an

exciting time but it can also be quite

scary spending a large chunk of your

hard-earned cash

hopefully this video makes the process

less daunting and helps limit potential

pitfalls we've got some surprises and

we'll go through these in the video we

won't spend much time on this in part

one we mentioned that you should do your

research you should know the extras how

much they cost and you should have a

fair idea of the market value first

things start low with your price the

seller will want to sell so make sure

that your first initial offer is within

your budget

and you have room to move negotiation

stage it's always handy to have a second

boat that the agent thinks you're

interested in that way he's gonna fire

together sound it's also advantageous to

know the prices of other boats similar

to yours that are sold that way you can

help justify your offer

obviously you want the lower priced

sails the third thing that I would

recommend is trying to get some

additional extras with you the sale

something that we did was that we

negotiated the marina berth it's not

something that cost per sell or anything

because he had a long term contract on

the berth we got an additional two

months rent-free and this helped us

during the registration and maintenance

stage as they are quite lengthy it was

already in English and was a

Mediterranean euro his association

contract it was important to read

through everything before signing and

sure all inventory was included and sure

any special causes were included for

example we had the marina free of charge

and the dates to use it written in we

also made a note and we're aware of all

the timeframes and ensure they were

sufficient and double check all amounts

stated in the contract

this is probably pretty obvious but just

thought we'd mention it

you saw the contract now so you may not

be able to get out of it unless you find

any major defects or problems with that

boat hopefully you don't want to change

to the brokers account we shopped around

I've had a good money transfer company

world-first

as the banks can charge 7 times more to

transfer money internationally in

transferring a large amount we were able

to negotiate a better rate as well check

with your financial provider how long

will take to transfer the money and also

what extra documents you may need we had

to send a copy of the contract of the

sale of the boat to ours and someone

else that we know how to send a lot of

different documents and it ended up

delaying his settlement and costing him

a couple of thousand dollars more than

it should have so double check that one

because sending money to Turkey can be

seen as a security risk it could be

potentially that you're funding

terrorism so they like to really check

it out so make sure you do that this one

is very important and can save you

thousands in the long run we did lots of

research on noon Side cruising forums

and online reviews brokers will always

tell you they know a good surveyor I

would suggest to avoid if possible as it

may not be a fully independent opinion

we found a reputable english-speaking

surveyor who we were extremely happy

with his name was Joe rolls we'll put

his info in the description a good

surveyor will be very thorough and will

find problems no matter how good the

boat the surveyors opinion and what he

finds will allow you to negotiate around

what needs to be fixed getting a price

reduction or if you should terminate the

sale if there are any major problems the

Sitra land survey is a long process

which includes a sea trial first in the

water and a survey on the heart

afterwards choice is yours have detailed

you want it to be there's also an option

to get the engine oil analyzed we'd

recommend doing as much as you can and

we wouldn't buy a boat without pulling

it out of the water this is very

important to analyze the hull and make

sure there is no osmosis or damage

amongst other things once you've

received your report from the surveyor

you usually have a couple of options we

did with ours

but that depends on your contract so

please check the finally any major

defect you may be able to terminate the

contract and get your deposit back but

again that depends on the contract

inside you may also be able to get the

items fix but seller or if possible I'd

recommend that you get a price reduction

and get the jobs done by yourself if you

do decide that the seller is going to

fix the items you need to agree on a

time frame and that needs to be written

so the work is completed before you

create the final we'll also need to

inspect the work done to make sure the

contract is updated and it's clear to

the seller what is expected from you the

buyer agents are expensive they do do a

lot of things though and I really

wouldn't have liked to have gone through

the process without them but yeah it's

just a good idea to definitely do your

research you will have to give the agent

power of attorney as will the seller

they look after lots of things lots of

the paperwork and the legal aspects of

the sale

organized bill of sale the deletions to

bigot your transit love the deep

flagging though organized the notary and

any sales taxes if applicable and also

organize all of the export process it's

an important one

we were overcharged on our invoice two

thousand US dollars which we thought was

excessive it was listed as notary fees

and taxes so we questioned it and they

sent us some documents but we still

weren't happy so we're fortunate enough

that we'd already been in contact with

an Australian who'd bought through the

same broker and use the same agency and

he was kind enough to send us his

receipt and he didn't have that on it so

we were very skeptical as you'd only

bought a few months prior to us so we

questioned it again further and

eventually we were advised that the

notary may charge this fee and we said

well if they do then we'd like to

receipt and eventually we won't actually

charge the amount so be careful on that

one

so in total our agency fees cost us

three thousand two hundred and fifty US

Dollars and included everything except

for some Express prestige to send things

back to Australia and also included

translations so

that's around what you can expect to pay

you might be able to get a better deal

we were a little skeptical to give an

agency power of attorney but it all runs

smoothly and we really couldn't have

done it without doing it you have to go

to a notary there's quite a few of them

around Turkey so your brokers should

give you details about which one to go

to exactly and they'll organize a

translator for you once you get there

took us about half an hour and it cost

700 Turkish lira for their fees and the

translator please I also had to get a

temporary tax file number which you will

have to go to the agent to get make sure

that you take a photocopy of your

passport with you we didn't end it made

it very difficult because they actually

don't photocopy it for you apparently

they don't have a photocopier so yes

much more convenient if you take

probably with me it is a temporary tax

file number so just make sure that the

time frame that you have it for covers

the whole time that it takes for the

contract to go through and until

settlement take you need to organise

insurance before you send final payment

there are plenty of providers we went

with topsail an Australian company

topsail also provided translation into

Greek Italian and Spanish as these

countries require this when entering

into the country you will need to be

prepared and have transferred all the

money to the company in charge of your

international money transfer some banks

have limits for daily transfer so check

ahead of time to your aren't caught out

international money transfers also take

two to four days you now own the boat

our agents and all necessary original

documents to Australia for us we had to

email the rest to the estranged shipping

registrar I assume all countries are

different for us we had to post the

original bill of sale and the deletion

certificate to Australia once the

Australian shipping registrar receive

this they sent us another document to

complete without renaming the boat we

had to send the originals back to

Australia again we had to send it

expressly the original registration

document is required in Turkey for the

export so it needs to be shipped over

quite quickly we requested Express the

postings with delivery to the marina

once we receive this

ready to export we had to export the

boat within two months of the sale date

which meant we had to leave Turkey and

check into Greece on the day we left we

organized to meet our agent that morning

we gave him passports

bill of sale deletions to forget ICC

original registration and he took them

all to the Harbormaster port police

customs and completed all the paperwork

required for us it took him about two to

three hours we were then required to

dinghy to port police and customs to

collect the paperwork before we received

our transit log and needed to leave

Turkey for Greece for us there was no

other payments we need to make we

arrived two roads late in the evening

and everything was closed so we anchored

overnight and headed into our Greek

agent firstly in the morning

now we have to wait given all our

details to McCallister's our agent in ro

dose given in our registration passports

it's really important that you also give

your insurance details you need printed

when you get here and also I see your

driving license you have so now we wait

I believe it's gonna take about an hour

to an hour and a half

thanks for watching hope it's me

or will be helpful for you if you're

looking to buy a new tank you just a

little disclaimer this is just our

experience I make sure you do your own

research see you next week