My Boat Closing is the kit for buying a boat from a private seller. Check the boat and the title with us, sign your state’s bill of sale, and drive home with every paper in one file.
Free until you need the papers, then $29.99 for everything. The seller never signs up. Works in all 50 states.
And you usually find out after the seller has your money. Here are four of the most common problems, and what in the kit catches each one.
Only the owner on the title can sell. A brother-in-law with the keys can’t.
Caught by: Title photo checkAn unreleased lien stays with the boat, not the seller. You’d be buying their loan.
Caught by: Title photo check and lien checkA mismatch can mean a swapped title or a boat you’ll never get registered.
Caught by: Free HIN checkWhite-out, a missing co-owner’s signature, the wrong form. You find out after the seller is gone.
Caught by: Title signing guide and your state’s bill of saleEverything you’d want checked and handed to you, in one place. Start with the free ones the day you go look at the boat.
Builder, real model year, recalls and Coast Guard records.
A dozen deal-breaker checks: soft deck, transom, signs it sank, cold start.
The ones that bring out what the listing left out.
Snap the front and back. We flag the wrong name, an open lien or a mismatched HIN.
What to look for on the title and how to confirm it’s released.
How to hand over money without getting scammed.
The official form where your state has one. In Florida, every form is filled in for you.
The seller signs that they were paid in full.
Keys, manuals, what’s included, all dated and recorded.
Which office, what to bring, and in Florida, your application pre-filled.
Email and calendar reminders before your title is due.
Every paper, your checks and a starter boat log in one download.
One price for the whole kit, for one purchase. Boat, trailer and motor together count as one.
You pay when you unlock the papers. Add My Boat Inspector then and the pair is $79.99.
The kit pays for itself the first time it stops you from signing something you shouldn’t.
My Boat Closing does one job: closing a simple sale where the price is already agreed. Each of these does a different one.
Before you buy: a guided walkthrough of the whole boat and a sea trial, with a written report to negotiate with.
Look at My Boat InspectorWhen you need offers, a deposit held by a neutral party, survey conditions or financing, with the seller in the deal.
Look at BoatClosersAfter it’s yours: maintenance, receipts and reminders, and a full history to hand the next buyer.
Look at My Boat LogsThe whole kit for one purchase: the title photo check, your state’s bill of sale (filled in for you in Florida), the payment receipt, the handoff record, titling help and reminders, and your Boat File. A boat, a trailer and a motor in the same sale is still one price.
Start your purchase, run the HIN check, do the walk-around, the lien check and the seller questions, and read how to pay safely. You only pay when you want the papers.
No. The seller signs the papers with you at the handoff. If you want, we email them their copy.
Yes, all 50 states. Florida forms are filled in for you. Elsewhere you get your state’s own bill of sale where it publishes one, with every value printed to copy onto it, and a guide to titling there.
No. It’s a quick look for deal-breakers. For a full guided walkthrough, sea trial and written report, use My Boat Inspector. Neither replaces a professional marine survey.
If you need to negotiate, hold a deposit, make the sale depend on a survey, or finance the boat, move to full BoatClosers. Everything you entered comes with you, and your $29.99 comes off the $249.
Enter what you’re buying and run the free checks today. Unlock the papers when the deal is ready.