“Not once during the process did he ever make me feel pressured or pushed.”

“I am an “older” sea dog having owned boats from 16′ – 60′ over the last 40 years. My most recent pursuit of a vessel started in February here in Florida and through my usual investigative due diligence, I had the good fortune of encountering yacht broker John Keenan.

I became quickly impressed and confident in John’s abilities primarily due to a few fundamental traits of his that were very important to me, namely: (1) He was clearly a “boat lover and a hands on operator”, (2) He was an overwhelming wealth of information as it related to the three manufacturers that I was considering, (3) He was prepared to invest as much time as was going to be required to find me “my boat” and finally (4) Not once during the process did he ever make me feel pressured or pushed.

Through constant detailed communications by telephone and email John continued to furnish me with boats for my consideration. Although John and I lived 200 miles apart, once we began to focus in on a particular vessel, John would take the time to drive to a variety of locations throughout southern and southwest Florida, view the boats, take photos and then report back to me with full photographs along with his professional opinion regarding the condition of the boat, the reputation of the boat against its competitors and the pricing compared to industry comparable. As a veteran boater with a wealth of knowledge regarding various vessels, I found his assistance to be “priceless”

John joined me on the sea trial and through the complete vessel survey. Once purchased John personally arranged and participated in the delivery of the vessel from Miami to Cape Coral and has followed up to ensure that “all is well”

Purchasing a vessel can be a very stressful experience at the best of times however engaging the assistance of a true professional such as John can extinguish most, if not all of the stress and actually add some fun to the process. I can’t say enough about John’s skill set other than to encourage anyone in the market for a boat to give him a call and let him charm you with his extremely professional approach to the yachting business.”

- John Smrke, Cape Coral, Florida