Boat photo business up for auction: starting price 99p!

One of the most successful marine photography businesses in the UK, BoatPhotos.co.uk, is to be o ered for sale by auction.

With no reserve and a starting price of just 99p, eBay bidders will get a chance to become the new owner with bidding open for 10 days from Thursday 23 March.

A video with details of the sale can be viewed on our website yachtsandyachting.co.uk

“As I approach 80 years old it’s time for younger minds to carry this forward,” says owner Tony Toller. “I started it merely as a weekend hobby in 2005 but the business proved incredibly popular and sales boomed.

“In spite of selling my boat in 2018 and uploading very few new images since, orders are still coming in from the extensive catalogue of images providing an easy income of a few thousand pounds in the last financial year.” boatphotos.co.uk

Tony has photographed over 25,000 di erent craft, most of which are catalogued by date, boat name and/or sail number. The sale includes the library of around half a million images.

The latest website, launched in 2008, ranks highly on Google and has attracted over 20 million page views.

The winning bidder will gain full copyright to all images, which will be provided along with all company data on a hard drive storage device. Six months subscription to the website hosting platform will be included and all artwork and other promotional material will also be provided.

The sale will include a list of just under 4,000 email addresses of potential enquirers to the website and a further list of everyone who has placed orders.

Dinghy & Watersports Show

As this issue goes on sale, the doors open at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show presented by Suzuki, at Farnborough International over the weekend of 25-26 February.

The show is packed with activities, masterclasses, expert advice and lots of new dinghies and sailing kit.

SailGP athlete Hannah Diamond returns as show host on the Suzuki Main Stage, joined by Lee Timothy in the Knowledge Zone, while on the Watersports Stage you can find windsurfing legends Peter Hart and James Hardy hosting all things windsurfing, windfoiling, winging, and paddleboarding. For more info and tickets visit rya.org.uk/events/dinghy-show