The Four Services

What we do, in plain English.

Buy · Sell · Cross-border · New build
No. 01

Buyer's representation

Where we earn our long-term reputation. Market scan, off-market intel, shortlist, walkthroughs, sea trial, independent survey, escrow, closing. We'll tell you when the boat you love is the wrong boat — twice, if you don't hear us the first time.

No. 02

Listing & marketing

Contract to global market in seven days. Professional photography and walkthrough video, multi-channel listing, and direct, named outreach to qualified buyers — not autoresponder e-mail blasts.

No. 03

Cross-border closings

US, EU, Caribbean & Middle Eastern clients. Flag-state filings, multi-jurisdiction escrow, secure international wires. Ryan covers the European time zone before sunrise in Florida.

No. 04

New builds & marine insurance

A long-standing Southport relationship — slot allocation, options spec, survey-on-delivery — plus Hatteras and Sea Ray knowledge from the MarineMax years. And in-house marine insurance through Matt.

75' Hatteras hauled for survey75' Hatteras · hauled & surveyed under Woods & Associates
The part that protects you

Survey, haul-out & sea trial.

We retain only independent, credentialed surveyors. The boat comes out of the water, the bottom and running gear get inspected, the sea trial runs against a written checklist tied to your use case — and the survey results often become the basis for a second negotiation. That's where the deal is really made.

06
The Buyer Process

From "I'm looking"
to "she's mine."

Typical: 4–10 weeks
01

Intake call

Day 1 · 30 minutes

Use case, geography, budget, hidden constraints. What you want versus what you actually need — we're honest when those aren't the same boat.

02

Shortlist with off-market intel

Week 1

5–10 vessels, listed and off-market, each with a written assessment, the number we believe it should close at, and the questions we'd ask the listing broker.

03

Walkthroughs & sea trials

Weeks 2–4

We meet you on the dock; for international buyers we run live walkthrough video. Sea trials are coordinated, documented, and assessed against your use case.

04

Offer, survey & negotiation

Weeks 4–6

Written offer with contingencies, independent survey and haul-out, then the second negotiation the survey makes possible.

05

Closing, documentation, flag & insurance

Weeks 6–10

Escrow, USCG documentation or state titling, Florida tax handling, flag-state coordination, and marine insurance bound in-house through Matt.

06

Hand-over & the next year

Ongoing

Captain and yard introductions, the punch list, the maintenance schedule, the next slip. The relationship doesn't end at the closing table.

From the Closing Table

What clients have said.

Anonymized · per client confidentiality
SPORTFISH · BUY-SIDE FT. LAUDERDALE
"Pete found three boats that fit, walked me off two, and got me on the right one. The survey caught something the seller's broker had missed. We closed on terms."
Repeat buyer · third boat through W&A
MOTOR YACHT · LISTING POMPANO → MIAMI BEACH
"Listed, hard offer, closed — fast. Ryan ran the international wire and the flag paperwork without a hitch. We've already given them our next boat to sell."
Returning seller · two-time consignor
CENTER CONSOLE · NEW BUILD SOUTHPORT · FACTORY
"I'd never bought new. They walked me through the build slot, the options, survey-on-delivery, and the slip. Felt less like a broker and more like a partner."
First-time buyer
CONVERTIBLE · CROSS-BORDER FT. LAUDERDALE → EUROPE
"I bought from abroad, the boat sat in Florida, the seller elsewhere. W&A coordinated escrow, sea-trial timing, flag change, insurance. Three time zones, one team."
International buyer