Last fall, the NSNY team sold a Carver 530 Voyageur – for the third time!

We understand that choosing the right brokerage to represent you can be overwhelming – after all you trust them with your boat!

After years of being in the business, we’ve developed some guidelines on how to find the right brokerage to sell your boat.

A few key things to keep in mind...

Choose a brokerage that has a track record of selling boats. At NSYS we have the connections to boat buyers, whether through boat shows, online or offline advertising, office drop-ins, or referrals. We’re in the business of selling boats!

Choose a brokerage that supports professionalization and accreditation. We are professional, full-time yacht brokers. We take our livelihood seriously, we want to do a good job

Choose a broker that will give you professional honest advice on how to put your best foot forward in selling your boat.

At North South Yacht Sales, we invest in our brokerage to make it one of distinction.

And the Carver 530?

Well, the new owners are thrilled. And when they are ready to move to a different boat, we are confident that they will ask us to sell the Carver on their behalf.

We’ll be happy to see that lovely yacht again – we know her ins and outs, her sweet point – and we’re sure to find the right buyer just for her!

Operating under the North South Nautical Group banner, North South Yacht Sales specializes in the sale of pre-owned power and sailing yachts. With its head office based in Port Credit Harbour Marina, North South Yacht Sales is one of the largest yacht brokerage in Ontario with several locations throughout the Province. In addition, the NSNG team has strategic alliances with brokerage firms in the United States and the Caribbean.

Heading up North South Nautical Group Inc. is Mike Burns, President. Burns has an extensive knowledge of the marine industry, and brokerage sales in particular. In addition to being a Certified Professional Yacht Broker, Burns was the General Manager of the largest yacht brokerage in Canada, Clift’s Marine Sales, for more than 6 years. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Yacht Brokers Association of America, and serves on the Certification Advisory Committee for the Certified Professional Yacht Broker program. Working closely with these esteemed organizations, and adapting the high level of standard and practices that these organizations demand has enabled North South Nautical Group Inc. to immediately attain recognition of an "Endorsed Brokerage" by the CPYB program. North South Nautical Group Inc. is the first yacht brokerage in Canada to attain this rating.

Joining Burns at North South Yacht Sales, Don Allin and Grant Bodnar (Port Credit), Rocco Barca (Orillia) and Greg Stratychuk (St. Catharines) all long time brokers at the former Clift's Marine Sales.  Fraser and Annie Campbell (Eastern Ontario) joined the team in the spring of 2009.

According to Burns,

"The North South Nautical Group marketing strategy is to emphasize the fact that our company is a ‘Pre-Owned Yacht Specialist’. Our goal is to become the preferred brokerage of choice for customers who are either looking to buy or sell previously owned yachts. New boat dealers that also sell pre-owned inventory may tend to focus on selling new boats and trade-ins. Arguably, boats on consignment do not receive the same level of service. With NSNG, our entire focus is pre-owned —there is no potential conflict of interest."

Read about North South Nautical Group in the Yachtworld.com Magazine.