How to Sell Old Sailing Equipment

One sailor’s trash might be another’s treasure. Here’s how to help fund your next upgrade.

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To prep items for selling online, make sure to clean them, take plenty of pictures and provide detailed descriptions, including specs. This pair of Barient #16 single-speed winches sold for $65.93 and netted the author $55.87. (Photo/ Doug Henschen)
To prep items for selling online, make sure to clean them, take plenty of pictures and provide detailed descriptions, including specs. This pair of Barient #16 single-speed winches sold for $65.93 and netted the author $55.87. (Photo/ Doug Henschen)

There’s nothing more satisfying than installing a great new piece of equipment on your sailboat, unless it’s completing that upgrade and then selling the old gear to defray some of the cost.

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Doug Henschen has been sailing in and around the waters of the lower Hudson River, New York Harbor, and Long Island Sound since the 1980s, through sailing club memberships, boat partnerships and, since 2018, individual boat ownership. A career editor and journalist, Doug served as associate editor and managing editor of The Waterway Guide from 1984 until 1987 and as executive editor of Boating Industry magazine from 1990 to 1996.