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16-10-2017, 14:55
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Fiji Airways/ Lake Ontario
Boat: Legend 37.5, 1968 Alcort Sunfish, Avon 310
Posts: 2,750
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Boat Brokers I will Recommend
With all the broker bashing (admittedly, some of it warranted) I thought a good resource might be a list of brokers with whom CF members have had good experiences.
I'll start.
Each of the following has been very helpful in my search for boats and/or have an excellent reputation:
"Corbo" Corblishi and Rick Lenard at RCR Yachts serving L. Erie and L. Ontario.
Bill Algaier, Harborview Yacht Sales, Michigan.
Geoffrey Marsh, The Yacht Brokerage, Brisbane Australia. Tell him the guys in NY sent you.
Pat Sturgeon, Pat Sturgeon Yachts, Ontario Canada/ Lake Ontario
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16-10-2017, 15:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Back in Mexico sailing south towards Panama
Boat: 1999 Pacific Seacraft 40
Posts: 734
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Bob Ross at Sail Northwest has been a great for us; we have used him twice and would not hesitate to use him again. Not only instrumental in the purchase of both our sailboats, but a good resource for anything sailing even when we were not in the market.
He is also the owner of the adjoining Seattle Sailing Club, and is very active in the local racing scene.
http://sailnorthwest.com/
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16-10-2017, 21:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,076
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
nice one! thanks.. Always looking for a good broker and surveyor!!
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16-10-2017, 21:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 726
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Sandy Bakken, SEA Marine Point Hudson WA
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16-10-2017, 21:35
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: New England
Posts: 356
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Sunjin would probably know of Mr Alfred Gundry lll, an Annapolis area Yacht Broker. He deals in yachts in the 6 figures and beyond, but always makes time to speak to anyone in the market looking for a boat. Heck, we had a nice chat recently while we were both in the Boatyard Grill (Annapolis) the other day having lunch. Extremely Professional Broker, who's been in the business for over 35 years. If you have the kind of money for the price level of the boats he sells you'd be hard pressed to find a more amicable person to do business with.
Alfred Gundry lll
Interyacht Brokerage
7076 Bembe Beach Road
Annapolis, MD 21403
410-280-6100 office
Also, If you ever find yourself interested in a Ranger Tug, I spent some worthwhile time with Mr Don Finlay, the Company Sales Manager, who really listens to a customer and will give you as much of his time as he can showing you his line of boats. A person I'd feel comfortable buying a 6 figure boat from.
Don Finlay
Ranger Tugs
25802 Pacific Hwy S
Kent, WA 98032
253-839-5213
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16-10-2017, 21:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Anacortes, WA
Boat: Custom 55
Posts: 915
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Swiftsure in Seattle is excellent. Higher-end boats.
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17-10-2017, 10:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2013
Boat: Jeanneau 54 DS
Posts: 120
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Chris Simpson at BVI Yacht sales is an honest, nice guy. Located at Nanny Cay Tortola.
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17-10-2017, 10:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Boat donated to BoatUS. I AM NOW AN ARMCHAIR SAILOR, BUT STILL FOLLOWING THE FORUM
Boat: Nauticat NC36 36'
Posts: 745
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
He may have retired by now but Ralph Talbot of Dick Boger Yacht Sales
2305 Beach Blvd Ste 106, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 - (904) 247-7966
did and excellent job for me when I purchased my Nauticat about 10 years ago.
I can highly recommend Ralph as an honest and easy to work with broker.
Al, S/V Finlandia
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17-10-2017, 10:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cruising the southern coast of Portugal and Spain
Boat: Leopard 40
Posts: 764
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
I can heartedly recommend Jeff Jones with the Multihull company. He is fantastic!
Maje
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17-10-2017, 10:45
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Canada
Boat: 53' Amel Super Maramu
Posts: 283
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Quote:
Originally Posted by TJ D
Swiftsure in Seattle is excellent. Higher-end boats.
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+1
We found they spent quite a bit of time upfront understanding our needs and would provide a well considered evaluation of potential boats against that. Both why we should further consider a specific boat and also why a specific boat I had 'found' on YachtWorld or elsewhere wasn't a likely fit for us. Looking back on their advice during that time, and with considerably more cruising experience now to evaluate it, I think they did an amazing job at that.
I was also continually impressed at the amount of background information they had on specific 'bluewater' boats all over North America and further. I had numerous experiences where I would ask about a specific listing that had just come up on YachtWorld and they would almost immediately respond with personal information on it from a previous time it had sold or from spending time with the boats on their own sailing trips. This was often then followed up with queries to get more recent information, often specifically targeting information based on their previous knowledge of the boat.
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17-10-2017, 11:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Living aboard
Boat: Morris Justine 36'
Posts: 166
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Forbes Horton in Annapolis. Talked me out of a boat that in retrospect would have overwhelmed my budget in the refit. Had no issue showing me other brokers' listings
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17-10-2017, 14:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Anacortes WA U.S.A.
Boat: 34 American Tug
Posts: 36
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
In Anacortes WA, Chris Burgess, and Chuck Seaman. Knowledgeable, considerate, patient. Buying, or selling.
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17-10-2017, 14:50
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: WY / Currently in Hayes VA on the Chesapeake
Boat: Ocean Alexander, Ocean 44
Posts: 1,149
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hobie_ind
+1
We found they spent quite a bit of time upfront understanding our needs and would provide a well considered evaluation of potential boats against that. Both why we should further consider a specific boat and also why a specific boat I had 'found' on YachtWorld or elsewhere wasn't a likely fit for us. Looking back on their advice during that time, and with considerably more cruising experience now to evaluate it, I think they did an amazing job at that.
I was also continually impressed at the amount of background information they had on specific 'bluewater' boats all over North America and further. I had numerous experiences where I would ask about a specific listing that had just come up on YachtWorld and they would almost immediately respond with personal information on it from a previous time it had sold or from spending time with the boats on their own sailing trips. This was often then followed up with queries to get more recent information, often specifically targeting information based on their previous knowledge of the boat.
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Great thread and this is a very useful post.
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17-10-2017, 14:54
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Beaufort, NC
Boat: Sportsman 232 Open
Posts: 59
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Chuck and Kelsey Grice. Atlantic Yacht Brokers, Chesapeake VA. They did it all. Nary a snag and gracious to a fault.
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17-10-2017, 15:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Laying Palmetto, Fl.
Boat: Island Packet 350
Posts: 123
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Re: Boat Brokers I will Recommend
Gary Monnell at Whiteaker Yacht Sales in Palmetto, Florida. Have dealt with him on 3 different buy/sell situations. 941-776-0616; A professional, straight shooter; no B.S.
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