It’s very clear to all of us – whether we have celebrity status or not – what the draw of a new boat would be. The prestige, the excitement of something new, the ability to sail away whenever you feel like it. It’s the epitome of success and freedom. Anyone can buy a car, most people can buy a house at some stage, but if you’ve got those, what’s next? Well, a boat!
We are not just talking about buying a canoe and going for a paddle down the local canal. We’re talking about seeking out a little bling from that yacht for sale you saw online. We’re talking about mooring up at a luxury harbour spot and enjoying yacht parties and exciting days with friends and family. If you don’t own a boat yet, it may be difficult for you to understand why it’s such an exciting prospect, but wonder no longer. We’ve put together a list of reasons that buying a boat is a great idea for you in 2025.
- It’s an excellent investment. Believe it or not, you can find a boat to be a fantastic investment. The more time you spend on the water, the better you will feel, making your mind feel at ease and your body feel relaxed no matter what you do. Your ability to go to work happy is elevated, the money you put into the boat is also an asset and assets offer great returns. If you use the boat to fish, you can earn money back with the fish you then sell on, and you’ll get a chance to actually invest your time into something amazing. There are also studies that show that the happier you are, the longer you live, and buying a boat can make you incredibly happy.
- You can bring your family closer together. Spending quality time together is so much nicer when you’re out on the water in the boat, right? You get the chance to work together as a team to get the boat out there, to sail. You can reconnect with your parents or siblings, you can teach the kids how to get the sails going. You can point out wildlife. You can take the boat out into the open water and go for a swim out there, too. Boating gives you a chance to really reconnect. Who doesn’t want to reconnect on a yacht, anyway?
- You can do well for the environment. Depending on the type of boat you buy, you can help the planet in a range of ways. Powerboats can burn up fossil fuels, which can do poorly for ocean life, but you can still help the planet when you buy electric boats instead. There are all kinds of chemicals that you’d find in fiberglass resin, which is what the materials on boats are made of. These can include uranium, styrene, and methyl ethyl ketone. When you cure this nasty stuff into a boat hull, it gets locked into a solid form. This way it can no longer do environmental harm. The more boat holes are made from this material, the more it’s locked in and the less it can do to the environment. The more people are buying yachts and boats, the less these chemicals are out there in the world.
- A little taste of fame. We talked about buying luxury items earlier because of the status that it could give you. Boats come with a certain prestige. The bigger the yacht, the bigger the prestige. If you want a little taste of fame, you could turn heads by being in the harbour in the giant yacht, or you could turn heads by being in the harbour in any yacht. Because the point is, you’re in a yacht. There are plenty of boat owners out there that actually do embody fame, from Johnny Depp to Billy Joel, Martha Stewart to Dennis Rodman.
- You’ll enjoy owning a boat. After you’ve bought your car and you’ve bought your house and you’ve paid off your debt, the last thing that you might think about buying is a yacht. But how else would you want to spend your summer days? Boating can give you a healthy sense of humour and if you don’t own a boat just yet, you may not understand it, but once you do, you’re going to laugh at the fact that you’ve ticked off one of those luxury items that most people never tick off.
