Buyer's Guide · Updated August 2026
Most “deals” are marketing. Real ones are measurable: a verified price cut, or an ask below the market band. Here is how to find both, first.
The Problem
Listing sites are full of deal language - motivated seller, priced to move, bring offers. None of it is data.
A boat is not a deal because the listing says so. It is a deal relative to two measurable things: what comparable boats ask right now, and what this boat asked before. Without those two numbers, a buyer is negotiating blind against a seller who knows both.
There is also the relist trick: a boat quietly withdrawn and relisted at a new price shows no history at all on the portals. Weekly tracking across the whole market catches what individual listings hide.
The Method
Double G runs the two measurements weekly, across every active US listing on the YATCO MLS.
First: a weekly snapshot of every asking price. When a boat's price drops against last week's snapshot, that is a confirmed cut - published with the old price, the new price, and the size of the reduction. A daily check catches the cuts that happen midweek, the day they happen.
Second: the market band. Median price per foot, computed per size band across the full market, marks which boats ask measurably below their peers. A low ask always has a reason - survey and engine hours tell you whether it is the good kind, which is exactly what buyer representation is for.
Confirmed reductions plus the below-band Value Board, updated weekly. Free deals email on the same page.
The Edge
Every real deal has more than one buyer circling. The tools on this site exist to put you first in line.
The weekly deals email sends confirmed cuts the day they publish. New-listing alerts go further: tell us builder, size and budget once, and when a matching boat hits the MLS you get it the same day - before it makes the rounds. Both are free, and every boat in them can be surveyed, sea-trialed and bought with Greg Gaus representing you at no cost, because the seller pays the commission.
Common Questions
Track confirmed price movement, not marketing language. A real deal is a boat whose asking price verifiably dropped, or one asking measurably below the market band for its size and age. Double G publishes both weekly at doublegyachtsales.com/yacht-price-drops, verified against a snapshot of every active US listing on the YATCO MLS.
Most cuts come after the first weeks of silence, when a seller who priced on hope meets the market - and around seasonal pressure points like fall boat shows and end of season. That is why weekly tracking beats browsing: the cut is the seller telling you they are ready to negotiate.
Sometimes, and that is fine - because a brokerage boat can be surveyed and sea-trialed before you commit. Most cuts are simply repricing to live comps. The survey tells you which kind you are looking at, and a buyer's broker runs that process at no cost to you.
Show pricing on new inventory is full retail. The better plays during show week are the brokerage boats competing with the show - see the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show guide on this site for the full strategy.
Two free tools on this site: the weekly deals email sends confirmed price cuts the day they publish, and new-listing alerts match boats to your exact criteria the day they hit the MLS. Both take one form and no registration beyond your email.