Why should you sell your boat with AYS?
Hello,
I am Garth Hichens, President of Annapolis Yacht Sales and I could easily write 3 pages of promises and guarantees of why we are the best yacht brokerage company to sell your boat, but I won’t. Instead I will tell you what we do to sell our customers yachts and let you, the educated owner, make up your own mind.
Annapolis Yacht sales has been around since 1953 selling new and used yachts. We sell our all brokerage boats using the tried and true Yacht Brokers Association of America contract. This contract protects the seller and the buyer fairly - and being a member of YBBA, we ourselves are held to a strict code of ethics. Please contact us and we will send a copy of this contract so you can see how your rights as a seller are well represented.
First, let me tell you what steps we will take to present your yacht to the market place. You will be paired with a listing broker who, working with our Administration department, will gather the information and pictures and prepare an inactive Yachtworld listing. We will carefully search the market place through several industry-only sites to see what other complimentary yachts are for sale and, more importantly, what other similar yachts have been sold for to help advise you at what price the vessel should be offered. Once this has been checked and signed off by you it will be made active for the whole world to see. All of our listings are offered for co-brokerage by other brokerages, maximizing the opportunity to sell your boat. This listing will typically will be active within 10 days and will be available through our website and directly on the internet through Yachtworld.com and Marinesource.com.
We track the number of hits your listing gets each week and are always looking for red flags as to why your boat might not be getting leads or offers.
Next we place your yacht in our print ads in Sail Magazine, Spinsheet, Cruising World as well as selected publications through our Deltaville office. We at AYS still believe strongly in print media as a first means of contact to direct purchasers to our website where we can collect data to contact them. Depending on the type of boat we will send out dedicated e-mails to other selected brokerages that specialize in your type of yacht, giving them a heads-up.
Does this always mean we will sell the boat quickly? - not necessarily - but we do sell more used boats than all of our competitors.
Are we the best in the Area? - that’s for you to decide, but in 2008 Chesap
eake BayMagazine readers voted us 'Best Brokerage on the Bay' and this year the readers of the Capital newspaper voted us 'Best Boat Dealer.' We have won more CSI (Customer Service Index) awards than most of our competitors put together and our service department is renowned throughout the country. They are always there to help the deal by adding new equipment for the purchaser and to solve any problem that might arise during survey.
So if you are looking for a reputable company to list and sell your boat, one with a spotless record that actively displays their listings in both print and on the internet, you should contact us by phone, E-mail or just stop by one of our two locations and meet some of the best brokers in the business. Our track record shows that you won't be disappointed.
Thanks,
Garth Hichens
President, Annapolis Yacht Sales
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What our sellers are saying...
Dear Paul,
I just wanted to thank you again for all your help with selling our sailboat Andiamo. It was such a pleasure to work with you.
From the beginning you assured me you will take care of everything, that I don't have to worry while I was gone on all my different trips and Christian also being traveling and not very accesible.
Well, you were absolutely right. You took care of everything but still always kept in close contact with me what was happening. You have been so considerate in every way, from warning before someone came to our house to view Andiamo, or before a service person was about to arrive.
You even arranged to come to our house, fitting into our busy schedule for notarized signatures.
We really appreciated your professionalism and friendly approach and wish you many more years of success and, most of all, good health!
Many warm thanks,
Catharina and Christian