My yacht broker, Bill Palmer, helped sell my boat, and my plan is for him to help me find my next boat. Having spent some time with Bill on contract negotiations, constructing sale agreements and sea trialing with four prospective buyers, I can give honest feedback as to his character.

Let me start by saying that I’m very particular in keeping my boat clean and away from any boat shows or similar events that bring the masses to my boat. That may make me hard to work with, but my job instilled in me that it is essential to be precise and particular. What separates a mediocre yacht broker from the best? Every yacht broker needs to familiarize themselves with the client and their needs. The broker needs to have experience, knowledge of the industry, ability to produce Comps, be responsive and show their savvy marketing skills. The yacht broker needs to be aware of any shifts and trends both in their region and globally, and adjust their strategy accordingly.

However, the most important trait having is people-skills and emotional intelligence, EQ. Knowing how to please both the yacht-buyer and the yacht-seller, and trying to be fair for both. Usually, a seller would prefer a broker that fights for the seller’s interest without having any sentiment to the buyer. However, Bill’s approach to mitigate and accommodate both, seems to be the best approach and may persuade the other side of the deal to engage with Bill as per future transaction. If you are interested in further details, please feel free to contact me. I am more than happy to discuss further.

I would highly recommend my yacht broker Jeff Sorgen whether you’re in the market for a boat or selling one. Jeff provided immediate answers to questions and was very helpful in letting me view the boat when I needed to. He also was a warehouse of information for repair services as well as helping out on cruising information.

As the buyer, Jeff was able to make suggestions or work with me on the boat contract in setting up the timing and contents for the offer as well. Altogether he was great to work with and got things done on time and his word was good. He really did an outstanding job.

I would like to express a great deal of gratitude to your company and particularly to my yacht broker, Riccardo Solci, for impeccable service and professionalism exhibited ever since I placed my Azimut for sale with Denison Yachting.

His natural ability to simplify an incredibly complicated process of a boat sale is amazing! It was my pleasure to work with Mr. Solci and his wife, the truly dedicated team of two very nice and talented people. I would definitely recommend Denison Yachting and Riccardo Solci to my friends and colleagues.

I purchased a 2017 Sunseeker with my yacht broker, Patrick Hopkins. Patrick was representing a Princess yacht that was on the market in Fall River, MA. He quickly assessed that we were not interested in that yacht for a number of reasons, and he found what characteristics we were looking for in a yacht. Patrick stayed in touch through email in a non-pushy way to get a sense for our interest level of several different yachts that were available. We narrowed the search down to a few specific models and set ourselves up to meet again at the Miami Boat Show. When we arrived at The Show Patrick first made it clear that he was going to show us a boat that he knew we were not interested in, but I think in his head, by showing us this boat it validated for himself that we were only interested in a yacht that was VERY clean with little to no blemishes. After a short period of time we had zeroed in on the Sunseeker Predator. Patrick helped in assessing the sellers interest level in selling the boat and then suggested an “offer” to make. The Purchase Price was negotiated and a survey and sea trial were set up. I flew in to Ft Lauderdale, surveyed the boat and then sea trialed it. It could not have performed better. After completing the purchase of the boat, THAT is where Patrick kicked in. Effectively as a salesman, his job was complete. He put seller and buyer together, made the deal happen and could have just walked away. BUT NOT Patrick. I must have spoken with him at least 4-5 times a week (and probably MUCH more than that) to iron out several details which were quite frankly above and beyond. Patrick helped me with finding a place to store the boat while it was in Florida and before I drive it back to RI; he found a company to put the name on the back of the boat; found me a captain to drive the boat back to RI, worked with a colleague of his to help me with a place to store the boat in RI; used his knowledge of people in the industry to have work done on the boat, went back to the boat at least a dozen times to inspect the boat for me with specific questions I had, etc. etc. etc. To this day, I have remained in good communication with Patrick relative to outstanding questions that I have had on the boat, suggestions for people to work on the boat as well as many, many other items. The bottom line is that I just want you to know what an OUTSTANDING yacht broker you have working for you. I truly appreciate everything he has done for me. I cannot imagine a better yacht buying experience.