Buy & sell · part of the Towpath estate

The Boat Market

Buy and sell boats with trust built in.

A UK boat marketplace being built around a safe sale: sellers will be verified, BSS certificates checked, and payment protected by BoatMarket Protect — a protected payment powered by Stripe Connect, where your money is held securely by Stripe (never by us) until handover is confirmed. We watched a narrowboat change hands with no buyer protection at all — that's exactly why we're building it. Listings open first; the protections follow.

Launching soonLow transaction + verification feeUK-built

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Why The Boat Market

What makes it different

Verified sellers

Sellers will be checked before they can list — no anonymous adverts, no chancers.

BSS certificates checked

Safety certificates will be verified against the listing, so a buyer knows what they're getting.

Protected payment via Stripe Connect

We're building BoatMarket Protect — a protected payment powered by Stripe Connect, where your money is held securely by Stripe until you confirm handover. No bank transfers to strangers.

Provenance from the registry

Boats with a history on The Boat Registry will carry it straight into the listing.

Better than the alternative

How it compares

The usual way

✕Apollo Duck / eBay — no verification, no protected payment, no BSS checks
✕Facebook Marketplace — no buyer protection at all on a five-figure purchase

With The Boat Market

✓Verified sellers and checked certificates, with payment protection to follow
✓Built so your money is held securely by Stripe Connect until handover is confirmed

In the wild

How it works in practice

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Will be able to buy from a verified seller with a checked BSS certificate, and the money held securely by Stripe until the keys change hands.

A first-time narrowboat buyer

Works with

The Boat Market does its own job. These pick up the next one.

The Boat RegistryA registered boat comes to market with its ownership trail already in place.See The Boat Registry →Yard ManagerBoats looked after in a Yard Manager yard arrive with their service history written.See Yard Manager →PayCampMarinas running PayCamp can list a boat without re-typing everything about it.See PayCamp →

One brand, one constellation

The rest of the estate

Run your operationPayCampExplore →Get foundGotAPalExplore →Get paidServicePayExplore →Your front door3 Wee PagesExplore →Share your detailsUniversal ContactsExplore →Keep everyone in one placeCentral ContactsExplore →Run your yardYard ManagerExplore →Run your hire fleetHireHelmExplore →Prove & protectThe Boat RegistryExplore →Protect & proveThe Caravan RegisterExplore →

Be first when The Boat Market opens.

We'll let you know the moment it's live.

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