How to Buy A Yacht

If you choose to be your own yacht trader without a buyer's broker, this checklist links to handy tools that will help you avoid common mistakes. We have worked with thousands of boat buyers and they always are very anxious about all the paperwork and documents required to complete the sale of a yacht. So this checklist can help you be mindful not to miss deadlines and point you in the right directions to do your research.

To make buying a yacht a more pleasant and less risky transaction, we recommend that you have a good team on your side in your yacht broker, yacht surveyor and documentation agent. Similar to real estate sales, sellers pay the commission on a boat sale, so it won't cost you anything extra to have a yacht broker on your side. As a licensed and bonded yacht broker in Florida, we operate under a strict set of legal guidelines and ethical standards, and it's good to have us on your side during a transaction.

If you are an inexperienced boat buyer, you may be better served by having your own yacht broker to do the negotiations. However, if you want to go it alone, here are some guidelines to follow. Also read Boat Buying Tips and Charter Boat Buying Tips.