April 14, 2025 by John Burnham

4 New Ways to Search for a Boat on Rightboat

Finding the right boat for you just got easier. At Rightboat.com, we're always looking to enhance your boat-buying experience, and we've rolled out several exciting new features to help you search quickly and effectively. Whether you're looking for power or sailboats, you'll find more than 33,000 new and used boats ready to browse at Rightboat.com/Boats-for-Sale. In the main search box (on the left side of the screen in the laptop view), you can easily filter boats by country, length, model year, category, and manufacturer, with prices conveniently displayed in your local currency. And now it’s getting better.

1. Instant Filtering Results

We understand that when you're searching for your dream boat, efficiency is key. Our new "instant filtering" feature automatically refreshes the search results each time you adjust a filter criterion, eliminating the need to manually click "SEARCH" with each change. This streamlined process helps you quickly explore various options, saving valuable time.

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Quickly find the yacht your looking for with our newest features.

2. Enhanced Geo Search Capabilities

To further simplify your search, Rightboat.com has improved its geographical search tool with new radius-based searching, specifying distances from as close as 50 miles up to 2000 miles or more away. Additionally, thanks to IP-address detection, you'll immediately see boat listings relevant to your location, along with prices shown in your local currency. Users in the United States can now refine searches by city or ZIP code too.

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Radius and zip code search is now built into the Rightboat search interface.

 

3. Automated Image Categorization

Understanding every detail about a boat is critical to making an informed decision. That's why we've introduced AI-powered automatic categorization of images. Photos uploaded by professional dealers and brokers are now conveniently sorted into logical categories, such as "boat underway," "engine room," or "cockpit," allowing you to quickly focus on the features most important to you. Videos and 3D tours are also clearly organized, ensuring you have all the visuals you need at your fingertips. The brokers can manually adjust the categorization if necessary, but this tool should simplify things for them as well as you.

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Images within boat listings are now automatically sorted into different views.

 

4. Display of Price History

Another helpful upgrade is the automatic inclusion of price history data on every boat after it’s been listed for a period. If a boat’s price has been adjusted since being listed, you'll see a clear, graphical price history indicator. This transparency helps you gauge market trends, evaluate pricing flexibility, and feel confident that you're making a smart purchase decision.

These user-friendly enhancements at Rightboat.com provide a smoother, quicker, and more informed search experience. We invite you to explore these new tools and find your ideal boat today at Rightboat.com.

Price History

In boat listings where the price has been changed during the period of the listing, a graphic now appears indicating the date and amount of the change.

Written By: John Burnham

John Burnham is a marine ​editor and writer with ​decades of journalism experience as ​Chief Editor of​ boats.com,​ Sailing World, Cruising World, and ​other boating websites. As a competitive sailor, he has led teams to world and national titles in the International One-Design, Shields, and other classes. Based in Newport, Rhode Island, John is a​ PCC leadership coach, a member of the ​America’s Cup Hall of Fame Selection Committee​, and a ​past board member of Sail America and US Sailing. For more, see johnsburnham.com.

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