Hey friends, so we are NOT selling our boat. We just got home! But, we've had a lot of conversations with those of you struggling with purchasing right now or wanting to know if it's a good time to buy. The world is such a different place from when we bought our boat. This is why we reached out to our old friend Kent to get an insider perspective on the market. Hope it helps those of you thinking of buying right now.

I liked your comment "If you’re not already living your dream lifestyle, you’re probably asking yourself “why not?”. And if you aren’t, you should be. We said the same thing & and a yr ago bought an rv and hit the road fulltime. We're loving life on the road and my thoughts are I'd rather look back at my life and say "Heck Yeah I Did That" instead of "I Wish I Did That".🤙

Kent is right on point. It's better to live your dreams now because you'd hate to look back when your old and wish you had. Keep up the good work,

Love Kent’s comment - “Will drop you like a hot rock down a mineshaft” 😂😂😂😂. A true fellow South African.

OLD school down to earth delightful gentleman who is a SPECIAL PERSON in the boat and sailing community. Reminds me of when I was growing up sailing as a young girl.....50 years ago........nice to see ♥️👋👍.

Went back to watch the sailing videos from the beginning and Kent is the hero of your boat buying process and getting started. Love this guy!

Jason's face when intentionally listening is just pure gold. Also, Kent... "I'll sell you a boat, hehe". Salesman humor is hilarious in that borderline "seriously not serious, seriously" kinda way.

Kent is the BEST! If I had any interest in a catamaran he would be my go to guy for sure! But alas, a monohull for me.

Gotta love that South African sense of humour. Always shooting straight and to the point. Love the friends you have picked up along the journey

As far as I'm concerned you're not influencers, and not vloggers. "Influencers" are sexy product placement, and vloggers are shaky iPhone selfies about how you're awesome/funny you are/hard your life is/whatever. For me you make TV. I don't watch regular TV anymore, I watch KZfaq, and I support you on patreon because I want you to keep making the "TV" that I want to watch. Keep up the good work :)

I laughed throughout this entire interview. This guy is a hoot with a positive attitude and sense of humour ❤️

Your point about "the perfect time" to buy a boat is spot on. I followed my career overseas and all my plans to go sailing were in a future that was never going to happen. As soon as borders started to close everything became clear. Now I've picked up a boat (sight unseen) and looking forward to getting home and checking it out!

Leopard stocked with South African wine! Yes! What a winning combination. Love this one.

Ya know what guys, you two and the Z crew are no doubt the reason cats are so popular right now. Seriously, you are actually responsible for people wanting to take the plunge, so, good on you guys, great video!!! Jay from Pa.

After all you two have been through these past few months and after doing such an amazing job detailing your boat (Home) it just seems like such a great time to sell it and get the Entremere(sp) or Leopard, you have always been such a great inspiration to me and so many who have followed you for over four years I would love to see a change when you feel it's time. Life is short. Grasp the risk while you can! Love you both, stay safe out there!

Great chat / interview. Huge silver lining to this year's events has been the re-evaluation of so many as to what really is important in life. Bless you , Nikki n Jason for the part you have played in this - Especially demonstrating dealing with Sizeable challenges n detours in life.

Definitely a sellers market. I just bought a boat and had to pay premium and travel to find it due to the climate in the market right now. Same boat was going for a quarter of the price less last year and when you see something right now you cannot wait the buyer out for a lower price. Also happening in the RV market. Put my RV up for sale and was mobbed immediately and sold in a few days.

There’s no question you guys are influencers and not just “vloggers”.

I had forgotten how hilarious Kent is, so much fun 🤣

Monohulls are selling also. Little yacht sales in Kemah Texas has sold over 160 boats this year - the most they've ever sold.

Get a new Leopard 45, the FB group and community is fantastic. Leopard actually has employees helping people out in the FB groups with advice, something that really surprised me. Leopard's are like Lego, you can almost build whatever you like and option as little or as much as you want unlike many take it or leave it production boats. There were some great deals to be done at the height of Covid-19 uncertainty.

good to see you guys...again....smooth sailin' all the way....bye til next time

I am definitely not buying a boat but it is always nice to see you guys! Greetings from Greece!

It is no joke a seller’s market. Hubs and I just bought a Leopard 46. We made an offer within a day of it listing, sight unseen. We have been trudging around Florida from the west coast to Fort Lauderdale for her first round of repairs and upgrades. We had hoped to take our time and enjoy the ride, but Eta has other plans...grrrr!

You guys have so much fun. Awesome!!🇺🇸

This Guy is a Hoot!!! Looks like he would be a lot of fun to hang out with. 🌊⛵🌴🍷

Kent is brilliant, grapgat! And yes, we play the best rugby and our wines are the best in the world! Lekker man, lekker!!

I own a 56’Catamaran owners version and have been sailing for a few years and love the adventure. The issue I have now is that this is a sellers market and the price for my boat is more than what I have invested. So i am rethinking the boating life, and more of the motorcycle,hiking, or expat life. I love what i am doing and love the constant change of scenery and relaxed life as well as the constant maintenance(AKA working in paradise). I have met some amazing people in this adventure and look forward to circumnavigating but I am still young and have the ability later in life when the market changes to a buyers market to shift back. You two ruined this for me as you stated life does not change so grab it now. Damn you. :)

Kent's Comedy Hour! Go Wynns!

Love a mid week surprise and a catch up with Kent!! Great interview guys ♡

Just Catamarans and Leopard ought to be the Wynn's biggest patrons!

Everyone KNOWS catamarans are selling like mad because people have been watching "Gone with the Wynns!"

Kent is great; thanks for sharing!

I know anything that’s a boat, ATV, etc. everything selling through the roof. We have a place at Lake Texome on the Oklahoma side.

I am not in the market for a boat, If I could I might but not right now, I clicked just because it's you guys and I enjoy visiting with you and seeing what your up to.

Thanks to you and Kent for the overview. We're definitely working toward our first boat. There are things we need to line up before we're ready to take the plunge and it's nice to get a feel of where the industry is at. Meanwhile, enjoying back episodes!

Yes, I would think buying a new boat is the best option to give you both a fresh start and less burdens if you foresee being on the high seas for a prolonged time. God bless!

Oh boy... This was one of the funniest videos I've seen in a log time, I cracked laughing about a dozen times... 😂😂😂 🤣🤣🤣👍 Jason, you look weird with a straight face, we are used to see you with a big smile all the time. Nikki, you are perfect, as usual. Well done you guys !!! 😎👍

Quite a serious decision presented with brilliant sparks of humour.

I'm so glad you did this episode. I have been bitten by the cruising bug and have been tracking bluewater cat prices and they up and appear to be going up. The Privilege 585's that sailing Zatara travels on have gone up 15 to 20% since they purchased theirs. I think there are other factors driving up cost. 1) Hurricane damaged boats being replaced. This creates scarcity as well as a whole bunch of charter boats that were scrapped and never sold or are sitting on stands waiting to be repaired. 2) The price of new boats keeps going up. With so many boats in the $1.5 to $2 M price point new, older, well-built boats keep going up. It's like single-engine airplanes. Cessna's from the 1970's are now trading for 10x what they cost new, because buying a new one is $1M.

I already live on a trawler in Seattle, but I did just buy a new jet ski last week.

Howdy Jason and Nikki from Dallas TX. My Wife and I just bought a travel trailer back in May. The RV industry is in the same position as the Marine industry due to the pandemic. People have been buying RV's like crazy this year, the factories are back logged due to the pandemic and new RVs are becoming harder to find. We have noticed in the State Parks in Texas that most of the rigs we're seeing have buyer tags on them, we are also finding it more and more difficult to get reservations in the State Parks as they have been limiting capacity and more and more people are camping because they don't want to fly or stay in a hotel during the pandemic. I was wanting to buy a Catamaran but I just could not get her to buy off on the idea so I compromised and went along with her dream of a travel trailer. We are planing on retiring early next year and setting out to see the country by land, we will probably upgrade our tow vehicle at that time and also move up to a 5th wheel trailer.

Smiles, humor and advices, what to we need more in these troubled times ? Thanks for it !

The mans a comedian not a boat salesman. Great info, nice guy there

Because the earth is covered by 70% of water, there is many places to go on the water then on land that is way more regulated. Happy sailing.

Your broker / salesman Kent has truly embodied the phrase "service AFTER the sale". You don't see this much in any sales driven industry. Most car dealerships don't know your name after taking delivery.

These are interesting times. If considering a boat that you cannot easily travel to visually inspect, request 50 non-pro pictures. If longer than 50 feet request an additional 10 pictures per foot. NOT FROM THE SELLER. Request these from a local shop. Marine technicians, albeit there is a significant shortage love to do something different - and this doesn't get their hands dirty. open a work order and pay for this service.. WHATEVER you pay them it is less than the time and expense to visit the boat. IF THEY MISS ANY PORTION OF THE BOAT. You will notice. Ask them to go back and ask them why. The last thing you want is 50 more pro pictures. I have requested 50 pictures since digital cameras and email can easily handle this event in my industry. Corporate Jet Sales. It will easily work in marine and RV as well. What if they won't produce 50+ pictures - find the next asset.

People want to get away. Besides boats, RVs, swimming pools, and houses (people moving out of cities and working remotely) are all selling like crazy right now. The common theme is “Money Pit”.

A lot of People have had time to look at what is important in life. Chasing the Dollar or Enjoying life.

As I browse boats online, I will confirm that, yes, all of the listings on Just Cats are indeed much better looking than basically everyone else's listings.

You both look extra healthy and happy at the end of the video. Must be all that boat work! Good information on buying and selling a boat. Thank you!

Outremere...Overseas...good name, good idea! As far as “doing it now” goes I can certainly agree to that. After watching the Wynns RV videos I finally had enough of sitting around waiting for the right time. Actually the right time was years ago but other things were going on and I didn’t have videos like Nikki & Jase’s to encourage me to just do it. When I started watching theirs and others like it that’s all it took. The trailer we have isn’t everything I want but it’s a step. And maybe we’ll trade up and maybe we won’t. But we put ourselves in motion. Now if I could just pry my hub out of this spot and start traveling. I can’t seem to impress on him that the plan wasn’t supposed to be just a change of address. We’ll see.

Marine engineers are flat out, try getting a diesel mechanic, outboard repair service people are flat out waiting lists to get work done. I know 3 people who sold their monohulls in less than 2 days and had a list of buyers waiting for call backs. One had to be trucked out because of travel restrictions, but the buyers are doing that. All mostly to go anywhere but sit around waiting. There is a simple maxim. Good boats sell fast. Remember Good Boats Sell Fast - that's the title. I've not seen a good boat on the list of many brokers because they are gone already.

You guys like South African's. They great!

I think the RV industry might be in the same boat (pun intended). I don't pay close attention to it anymore, but I have heard manufacturers can't make them fast enough. It is a buyer beware on new RVs, as they are being rushed out the door which affects the quality.

We love Kent! He’s the man!

Hi. Not looking to buy a boat, quite happy with our Winnebago thank you! But we watch all your videos because we love your happy smiling faces, and it feels like you could make watching paint dry interesting. Thanks for being you!

What a humourous guy

Such an enjoyable chit chat with Kent. Its true that words spelled with a K are funny.

I read that boat sales in Texas were up over 40% in 2020. That's a huge increase.

Good video guys. Marine industry as well as the RV industry is getting hammered right now, sales on both new and used units are going crazy. There is an RV dealer in Coldwater Michigan, Haylett RV that since the pandemic has hit, cannot keep new or quality used RV’s on its lot, they are pretty much sold out, and when something does come in, it’s gone in less than a week. People are stir crazy, not being able to vacation like normal has led to mega sales in boats and RV’s as a way to give people some freedom to vacation. Wishing you all the best getting your home back on the water! Stay safe. 👍😀

People want out of their condos/apartments with little to no shared outdoor spaces during quarantine. Socially distant holidays are super popular right now. Local RV dealers are 6mo. out on delivery and I live in Oklahoma.

That was one of the most profound things I’ve ever heard. “Hindsight is 2020”. Yes the chaos of 2020 is ever near. We just don’t choose to think about it usually.

You guys always give us the straight up nitty gritty! Love how you show us the whole process, behind the scenes as well as the fruits of your efforts.

So awesome a mid week video! Can’t say I’m in the market but I’m always in the market for your videos

Nice job holding it together when He said “let me see in the crack again”. I would have cracked a smile 😊

Kent is too chill to be a broker/salesman

in the next year or two, I would predict there will be a market flooded with toys- boats, motorcycles, cars.

I knew right from the first day you introduced Kent to us that you would become great friends. You’re all such amazing people. ❤️

Wake tow boats were absolutely insane in 2020. Think Mastercraft, Malibu, Supra, Tige.

The Leopard 53 is pretty nice. Aquila cats look great too. With boat sales so high right now, the used market should be good in a year or two.

Kent is spot on with the “war” comment

For somebody aspiring to own a boat in the future. This has been enlightening. Thank you. 🤯🙂

During this pandemic, one gets a lot of time to think about one's life. Due to pure boredom - during the lockdown here in Denmark - I watched a lot sailing videos. First was binge watching SV Delos videos - that took 3 weeks. Much later - a month or so ago - I decided to built my own *steel* boat (I like steel) - because the only boat I can afford is older than 1980, meaning that everything on the boat is as old as when I was 10 years old. Currently I am hunting down a boat plan. It isn't easy, because my red flags are "helmstation is only outside and/or unprotected", "spade rudder", and "any kind of keel that is a or look like a fin keel". I prefer a boat with a twin keel, and a *modern* junk rig, where modern makes it good at sailing windward.

I bought a monohull in the BVI three months ago and haven’t been able to set foot on board yet. I have tickets to go down December 3. The price was reasonable but all the other restrictions have been tough.

I always liked Kent thanks

AWESOME Bonus episode, and useful info on buying a boat, which I too have also been contemplating! Fair Wynns and Following Seas Curiosity!!

Catamarans are well out of my price range, but I've been looking for a 46-52' monohull on the west coast for the last two years. I can tell you that boat inventory evaporated after the pandemic - boats sold crazy fast. Broker after broker out here told me it was a "red hot" 'market. Boats that I'd noted on Yachtworld for years suddenly went "Pending" - even some ugly ones. Now prices have gone up, and boats requiring some major work (teak decks need replacing, etc.) are selling fast. At least on the west coast, it is definitely a "seller's market".

A few months ago in Annapolis private owners were selling cheap. 40 ft blue water cruisers for $60k. Then a few months passed and things were back to normal.

Lol we just bought a boat today, lol, just a 130ss Boston whaler, NEW !!!

Thank you. I need some serenity right now. I needed a dose of Wynn's, unexpected and VERY appreciated.

living on a boat is the best way to social distance

I loved owning a small boat but they are constant work. I think I spent more time trying to maintain it than actually enjoying it. But the memories are precious and I think everyone should own a boat at least once in their lives.

What a funny dude, and great advice.

I will say this channel and a few others are inspiring. It’s definitely the content I enjoy watching right now. I curious how people feel about the new seawinds being produced. Seems like a brand that is catering to the young cruising market producing newer boats semi affordable...

Thank you for this video. As we’re starting our adventure, it’s really helpful!

Thank you The Wynns and Kent for the information, great to get the behind the scenes from industry experts. I should probably play the lottery because getting to watch Sailing Zatara and Gone with the WYNNS is a total win.

For those who want to escape the corruption permeating society today and are into sailing, I think it must be a great time to grab themselves a home on a sailboat and escape.

I need to get my husband on board and go sailing the world! Dream!

Thank you for sharing this!

I can't remember the last time I LOL'd this much.

It is a great time to buy right now. Especially an EXPENSIVE boat. People are selling their "toys" in fear of CoVid. One persons luxury can be another persons "home".

Sales are up. USA is going coo coo, people wanna sail away, maybe. I know I’ve thought about it.

With everyone getting real boats, I note second hand half boats are cheaper by the day

Living on a Boat is the best SD social distance out there on the water with all the mysterious ways out there ....

I can attest to you guys being influencers because the more I see Jason get tangled up in boat work, the more I'm influenced NOT to buy another boat! lol

I literally bought my boat in the nick of time, we landed our boat a week before everything shut down.

That would be the grand circle. Supposedly we came from the sea and we are returning to it!

Very pertinent topic and entertaining video - thanks guys! The only thing I would say is that however busy Kent and JC maybe - and they are based in a big and boat-centric state - I have paid close attention to cat prices and availablity since you guys got out on the water (it was our dream to have a boat when you were still in the RV). Leopard 46's and 48's are at an all time high re availabilty in my opinion (if you look online at the most popular site - you know the one!) and the only 48's selling have been the ex charter boats. The US and Australia are highest for prices and there is no way anyone can travel internationally to go view one or pick up a bargain anywhere else. As for blue water cruising - surely it's a complete no-go at present? The world is going into 2nd lockdown and so I don't see that changing anywhere in the near future. I love the positivity of living in the now - great if you can get a boat locally and get out there - absolutely DO IT !!!!!!! - but a new big boat and world travel ? - for get it !! (hate to be political - until you get your jab and digital passport that is - and then maybe not even). Have fun and be happy guys - thanks for the content!! Fair winds from NS Canada Phil.

So similar story here in Australia. I've worked in my office maybe 6 days since March 2020, it's now November 2020. Working from home for many of the 12.5 million adult workers (those that still have jobs) is the "new" normal. So what do you do when you DON'T have to commute to work? Move out of the CBD to the country or the coast. To buy or rent in the regions there are from 25 to 50 people for every rental property in New South Wales. I expect it is a similar story elsewhere in the country. I don't think we in Australia will completely go back to the old ways, but there will be a much greater opportunity for people to be able to live near where they work. This will be a great boon to service workers who normally cannot afford to live near the CBD (prices are dropping), people like me can work anywhere there is high speed internet. Some still need to work in offices, but this is maybe 20 percent of the workforce. So Kent is spot on, it is a sellers market whether it's a boat, van or regional getaway.