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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Sat Apr 01 2006 - 20:25:03 EST
>
>Within a few months, I am going to start looking for a boat in earnest and
>would like to get your learned opinions on yacht brokers in general, what to
>watch out for in a broker, whether to broker at all, etc. Most importantly,
>I would be very appreciative of recommendations of good brokers you may have
>first or second-hand experience with. Nancy and I currently live in Kansas
We used brokers to buy our boat and it was NOT a good experience. But
I would still recommend using a broker, although the price will
probably a bit higher.
We knew exactly what we wanted and we went to Florida to visit boats
with broker A, and told him to let us know if he ever got in what we
wanted. He didn't, and as a result we missed getting the boat we
really wanted.
We looked up here in Maryland, and Bob visited several brokerages and
told them what he was looking for and looked at more boats. Brokerage
B remembered what he said and told us when a boat similar to what we
wanted (Bob wanted a CSY walkthrough, and he had a walkover for sale)
and called as soon as it came on the market. We bought that boat.
However the broker basically forged our names on the acceptance of the
second offer (the owner counteroffered, and we accepted, so the broker
write a new first page and just used our signatures on the original
offer second page). He did a couple of other things that we thought
were not appropriate like making the deadline for the closing on the
4th of July. (He no longer works at the brokerage)
Anyway, my advice is to make some trips and look at boats. Look at a
lot of boats. Maybe charter some in the Caribbean. Once you know
what you want, then you can approach a single broker or brokers in
each area where you think that boat might be.
Or alternately go visit a broker(s) that is/are recommended by someone
you trust and tell him exactly what your requirements are and also
tell him (or her) that you will rely on his/her advice in the area
that the agency covers
I don't think there is any substitute for visiting some boats with a
broker in order to refine your search.
grandma Rosalie
S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html
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