The arrival of the 1st Dufour 560 to the USA created a great deal of anticipation, and excitement within the southern California sailing community. Dufour’s new Flagship is a breakthrough yacht by Felci Yacht Design and Dufour. The 560 has many innovative new features that will likely be ado… [read more]
Boat show season is just a couple of months away, and we’ll all be stretching our self-restraint muscles on the docks. We’ve found that paying attention to the following seven signs helps to keep the blood pressure in check, and the wallet intact, until you really have found the boat: 1. You start… [read more]
Born and raised in upstate New York, Spencer owned and operated a large residential real estate firm for nearly three decades. A graduate of American University in Washington D.C. with a bachelor’s in business, he has always been a boating enthusiast as well as a boat owner many times over. H… [read more]
Brokerage boat sales declined in July, with the volume of sales off by 8 percent and the total value of boats sold off by 1 percent, compared to July 2013. According to SoldBoats.com, 3,287 boats were sold for $297 million, whereas a year ago, July sales were 3,569 boats valued at $300 million. P… [read more]
We thank whomever or whatever had my husband and I walk onto the yacht at the 2014 Sarasota Boat Show on which Peter Quintal was representing Denison. That was back in April, 2014, and as of this week and a ton of work on Peter’s part, my husband and I are the thrilled owners of our new-to-us Hattera… [read more]
We are extremely happy with Chris and his team – courteous, timely, efficient and determined to help a buyer sell his boat! We can only give the highest rating and will be glad to discuss it with any potential client personally. THANK YOU to Mackenzie as well – a very efficient and timely closing manage… [read more]
Seattle-based yacht broker, Bill Mark cruised and lived aboard his Defever 54 for more than 18 years. His interest and love of boating began when he learned to sail on Class-A dinghies while serving in the Navy. After an honorable discharge in 1974, he moved to the Northwest, immediately buying a Hob… [read more]
YOLO (You Only Live Once) is the philosophy of the first Nauta Air 86’s enthusiastic owner. In 2012, he was looking for a yacht with very specific characteristics and Italian shipyard Cantiere delle Marche had just introduced the new Nauta Air line, designed by Mario Pedol and Massimo Gino. It was lo… [read more]
Miami-based yacht broker Juno Prudhomm grew up in Naples, Florida, a coastal city indigenous to high-income residents and luxury marine life. There, Juno excelled in sports–particularly football–ultimately earning a scholarship to play Division 1 football for Middle Tennessee State Univer… [read more]
I recently acquired a sport fishing vessel from Kit Denison as seller’s representative. I was not represented by a broker during the process and in fact was new to the yacht market. During the process I found Kit to be a genuinely helpful and sincere person. While he was not my representativ… [read more]