The Westerly Owners' Association - Testimonials

These are all genuine comments from people who have successfully used this site for buying or selling Westerly items

"I have sold the yacht cradle you advertised for me and the advert can now be removed. Many thanks for all your help. This is a fantastic service you provide." 28 October 2011

"What a wonderful service on the WOA web site. Advert placed on 4 May. First enquiry 6 May. Boat viewed on 10 May and offer made. Surveyed on 17 May. Cash paid and deal completed 20 May. The new owner has already joined the WOA. I am delighted with the result, please would you now remove the advert from the For Sale column." 20 May 2011

"Thanks for the advert. Boat now sold VIA THE WOA ADVERT an excellent service" 16 May 2011

"Thanks for putting the ad on the web site so promptly, I had a response from a member this afternoon and a sale at the asking price." 14 April 2011

"I've sold the cockpit table so please remove the advert. Great site for shifting things !." 5 April 2011

"Please remove this ad from your list as she is now sold. Thank you for your service it is the best." 2 April 2011

"Just to let you know that the boat is now sold. Immediate response to the WOA advert! Could you please therefore remove the advert. Many thanks and best wishes" 31 March 2011

"I put the advert in on a Sunday, had enquiries the next day and sold her on the Wednesday with 3 others on a wait list.  Outstanding.  A great way to do business.  Thanks very much." 13 March 2011

"May I once again (this is my second for sale on your site) compliment you on an amazing service.   It's so simple and easy to use." 25 February 2011

"I received about 12 enquires and she sold very quickly considering the snow and Xmas. I think the new owner will be joining the WOA. Thank you for the excellent service you provided." 17 January 2011

"My boarding ladder advertised on the website has been sold. An excellent avenue for sales. Thanks." 16 January 2011

"6 hours on the WOA 'For Sale' section saved £2,000 brokers fees!" 4th December 2010

"I am very happy to report that our ad produced a response well into double figures, and the boat sold to the first couple who viewed her. Many thanks for providing the facility, and for your help in setting it up." 19th November 2010

"The service you provide allowed me to advertise my old suit of sails via the 'Equipment for sale' section of the WOA web site. I am not a computer wiz kid but I found the site very simple to use and quite stress free. Not only that, I sold the sails! An awesome service. Many many thanks." 2nd November 2010

"Thank you for your prompt attention to my advert. Item was sold same day." 20th October 2010

"WOA is really the best place to advertise Westerly Boats. Four enquiries since 14 September and the boat is bought and paid for. Lovely!!" 24th September 2010

"Just to let you know that our boat sale was completed today. Just over 4 weeks after initial advert went out. Shows the power of the WOA site. We had four expressions of interest but the first to view bought her." 13th September 2010

"Very impressed with the interest in the boat generated by the web site." 13th September 2010

"Yet again the website has worked for me, it found me my new Oceanranger and now I have sold my Konsort. Many thanks again." 13th September 2010

"I am delighted to say that the WOA site has come up trumps again. I had a total of 10 replies, 7 of which came through this site ..... Can you now remove the advert as the deposit has been paid. Very many thanks for your help." 10th August 2010

"I could not believe it! I had a response which looks hopeful within an hour." 31st July 2010

"We placed an advert on your website on July 13th. We were visited by a potential customer on July 20th who made us an offer within 1/2 hour. Please remove our advert as we should have a sale before Cowes Week. Thank you WOA for an excellent website." 21st July 2010

"Westerly boats are clearly very popular as from the interest we received we could have sold it several times over." 27th June 2010

"Could you please remove my advert for our Westerly Griffon mk2 fin keel as it has now been sold through yourselves. Excellent responce thank you." 24th June 2010

"Please now remove advert for spinnaker snuffer as sold within 12 hours. What a result." 19th May 2010

"Thanks for placing my advert on the Westerly Website. This is to advise you that I received an offer two days after the advert appeared which resulted in a successful sale. " 17th May 2010

"The power of the Westerly site is amazing. You put in on the site on the 28th March. We had seven enquiries, two viewings and it was sold within a month." 1st May 2010

"The advert was placed on 17 March, the buyer rang up on the morning of the 18th March and his cheque was received today, 20 March. Very quick process! Thank you for a very good site and such prompt action." 20th March 2010

"I sold my GK24 in 3 weeks and had 1 call from England place unknown, 1 from Leeds, and 2 from Ireland all with people keen to fly up and see her. I sold her in the end to a local chap from outside Edinburgh as he was the first person to view her. Thank you for a wonderful site. Keep up the good work." 15th Feb 2010

"Please remove as I've now sold the gearbox.. Sold via your/our web site - thanks for the service." 4th Feb 2010

"I have to say that I was bowled-over by the response. I organised views over the last w/end and had five potential buyers turn up, one of whom decided to purchase, so thanks WOA for the ad service." 27th Jan 2010

"Could you please remove my 'crew wanted/available' advert. Inundated with replies, thanks!" 18th Jan 2010

"Thanks to your site, we have sold our 'Volvo Engine MD1 - breaking' - the ad. was entered with you on 19 Nov. Purchaser, living in Normany, collected it yesterday!! Many thanks" 29th Dec 2009

"Thank you for the successful advert. You will be interested to know that it generated 14 serious enquiries!" 11th Nov 2009

"Thought I ought to let you know that my winch was sold within 2 days of advertising it on the WOA site." 14th Oct 2009

"Web site worked a dream; 4 enquiries and one successful sale now completed." 21st Sept 2009

"Thank you very much for the adverts inclusion which has resulted in very positive responses. " 2nd Sept 2009

"A few weeks ago I sold my Centaur very quickly through the WOA website and this weekend I bought a Fulmar, again only just advertised, via your website. It’s a brilliant service, thank you so much!" 8th June 2009

"Please note that my advert for the sale of my unused O/B bracket placed on the 26th. April has been successful, in fact I could have sold it many times over, so please remove the ad from the Classified section." 7th May 2009

"I would be grateful if you could remove this ad from the list as I am delighted to say it has been sold directly through the website" 23rd Feb. 2009

"Thanks for running my ad. The cooker was sold within a week." 10th Feb. 2009

"Your advert site is brilliant, it has not failed me yet." 9th Feb. 2009

"The ad can now be removed. Thanks to you and WOA for a successful result!" 6th Feb. 2009

"This item has been sold the very next day, thank you." 11th Dec. 2008

"Boat sold in 24 hours! Fantastic, thanks a million..." 6th Nov. 2008

"You may be interested to note that I had more useful enquiries for Asticot from the WOA web site than from Boats & Outboards.com or from the Brokers!" - 3rd Oct. 2008

"Fantastic response, item now sold. Thanks" - 10th Sept. 2008

"Just to let you know that she has sold via the WOA site, saving me significant commission against a yard sale..... The yard showed many people over her, all remarking on the clean state, but they could not produce a buyer!" - 29th July 2008

"I’m delighted how successful the WOA website has been; clearly it’s the first place all Westerly would be owners look!" - 14th July 2008

"She was advertised on 3rd May and the first people to view on 11th May bought her. What a speedy response. Many thanks" - 7th June 2008

"Rosquilla was sold via the WOA site within 10 days of the listing going up" - 28th May 2008

"Many thanks for the small add re my hatch for sale, lots of enquiries thanks" - 25th April 2008

"Can you please delete the advert 'Spares for Volvo Penta 200x series engines'. They sold within minutes of the advert appearing" - 17th May 2008

"Please remove this wanted item from you list. I had two excellent offers this week and have bought one. Excellent results from the Westerly Website. Thanks" - 15th April 2008

"We were very pleased with the results of listing on the site - it produced all our sales leads.  We also advertised in Yachting Monthly, with no results!  I guess people know what they are looking for, and know where they might find it. " - 29th March 2008

"I had five enquiries within days of the ad appearing. Premier Marina, at Swanwick, had Chisco on their books for a year, without success. Many thanks to WOA." - 6th March 2008

"Please remove the ad as she has now been sold, through the WOA listing. Thanks for your help." Regards, Keith Daniels. - 18th February 2008

"We find the WOA site the first place that people look when they are wanting to buy a Westerly. Who needs to advertise anywhere else?" - 4th February 2008

"Engine sold thanks to WOA." - 18th January 2008

Some comments from a lengthy commendation:
"Dear Secretary,
I had a Westerly Corsair for 11 years. What really was invaluable to me was the for sale part of the website. I did advertise commercially... From them I had only 1 enquiry... In the meantime WOA website generated  20 enquiries of which 1 made me an offer I later regretted not accepting while she was still in the Med. I advertised also in the commercial magazines who put her on their website which allowed me to add lots of photos and script which looked great. At that point Google found [the vessel] in 8 of the first page 10 entries when you searched for "Westerly Corsair". Guess what - it didn't produce one enquiry that I recall that did not originate from WOA. On return 3 new enquiries came rapidly, again from WOA, and she was sold in less than a month." - 14th January 2008 - Full text available on request.

"Placed 19th Dec - now sold, Cheers!" - 8th January 2008

"Please delete the advert as it has sold, many thanks for placing it." - December 2007

"You kindly put an advert up for our old Merlin sprayhood on the website, and that has now gone with the purchaser offering to contribute £100 to the RNLI, so great result." - December 2007

"Please remove the following add.... It sold very quickly! Many Thanks" David Allen - October 2007

"We sold our boat via this website within 6 weeks of advertising" - October 2007