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I have known Russ Schafer most of his natural life, and purchased several yachts from him. His product knowledge, honesty and experience in the marine industry is invaluable.

He always has your best interest in mind and works diligently to help you any way he can. I’m always comfortable with Russ. If you are looking for a great yacht broker, Russ is your Man.

Greg Sanders, Sr.

I want to thank you for all the support you gave us during our recent purchase of the Sea Ray 480. We especially appreciated your knowledge and attention to detail in helping us through the decision and purchasing process. Also, since we flew in from out of town it was very helpful that you were able to line up the survey teams to inspect and report their findings while we were in town. As well as the introductions you made to the different companies who provided 1st class service prior to our moving the boat up to Southern Maryland. Russ Schafer is the best – doubt we could have found a better representative to work with… I can’t thank you enough.

Joe & Dawn Costa // Solomons Island, Maryland // Sea Ray Yacht Owners

We have not communicated previously but I have sold a Hatteras 54 through Russ Schafer and Ned Bruck and I just want to let you know that you have great people working for you.

We all know that businesses succeed or fail by the people that run them and they helped me sell a yacht based in Italy, registered in the BVI to a buyer in Japan. A complicated deal!

Great work on their part and specifically Russ who never let go until he made the sale.

Stephen Palmer

My name is Johnny I live in Sebastian, Florida and I have had the pleasure of dealing with Russ Schafer – he helped me by my first yacht. He assisted me every step of the way to get financed and insured and I enjoyed the yacht with my new wife and had the time of my life on the yacht. 

And when the time came he helped me sell that same yacht, it took about five months of repairs to finally sell the boat. But he was patient and advise me to ship the boat to Fort Lauderdale.

He explained this would make it easier for the boat to sell and it did quickly thanks to his insight. I wanted you to know that your employee represents you with such patience and dedication that I consider him to be my friend. Even though it’s been months since we sold the yacht I still keep in touch with him knowing that I’m going to buy another center console fishing boat in the near future. I would never go to anyone else but Russ Schafer in the event I would buy another boat.

Russ is a total professional and extremely knowledgeable in the market I just wanted to give him the credit that he deserves and let you know how happy I am to make his acquaintance.

Johnny Cyzewski

I wanted to thank you for the great job you did in selling our 57′ Carver, Private Reserve. The whole process was extremely easy and I think you did a good job of understanding that we were not convinced we were ready to sell. You worked around our Bahamas trip, did your walk throughs, worked with our captain and scheduled buyer visits in a very accommodating way. We were stunned when we received a very credible offer in a matter of weeks. We were leaving for our summer place on Cape Cod a day and a half after the offer and we scrambled to unload the boat in case the deal would close in our absence.

You and your staff did a great job of getting the agreements finalized electronically. While we are experiencing the normal angst over selling a boat we loved, we are excited about the probability of searching for the replacement. When we start that process we will certainly make our first call to you. Thanks again for a terrific experience Russ Schafer.

Mike Johnston // West Palm Beach, FL

Hello Drew and Russ,
I wanted to thank you both for assisting me on the purchase of the 475 Intrepid Sport Yacht. You were both professional and honest throughout the whole transaction. If I ever want to buy or sell a boat, you guys are it.
Thanks for all your help.

George H Sr. // Coral Gables, FL

I recently completed the sale of my yacht, Manitou, with the fine assistance of your Salesman, Russ Schafer. The listing for my boat covered a span of over two years and several disappointing prospects before Russ was finally able to get the interest of a buyer who Russ convinced to buy my boat.

Through this selling process, Russ kept me fully and timely informed in order to bring the sale to a close in spite of the buyer being difficult to communicate with. Russ got around this problem and I
commend him for it.

Norbert Gits

I wanted to put into words just how much my family and I appreciate the amazing experience we had working with you and the Denison team.

I hope the following testimonial will help other sellers make the best decision in their boat selling strategy which is hiring Russ Schaffer of Denison Yachts to do what he does so well – sell his client’s yachts quickly and at a fair price – a win-win for both the buyer and seller.

After the passing of my step-father, selling the boat he and my mother loved, was one of the most daunting and time-sensitive tasks. Each month we continued to pay the hefty expenses added to our already mournful and anxiety-ridden emotional situation.

We had our boat listed with another broker for 6 months and during that time we had one serious prospect and about 5 other buyers who visited the boat but appeared to be more tire kickers than motivated buyers.

Russ was referred to us by a yacht owner that had a slip where our boat was located. He shared that he had bought and sold 5 yachts through Russ and vouched for his and his family’s reputation – stating that if we were serious about selling our boat, that Denison is the best in the biz.

After an initial phone call to vet Russ and a few Q&A emails – I was sold and contracted with Denison Yachts to sell our boat. Russ and his digital marketing specialist Drew drove 3 hours to our boat, staged it for an inside photo shoot and took it out to shoot a video using a drone – very high-tech! The video was so awesome – it made me want to keep the boat.

Leveraging their robust online marketing network – we received 3 calls within 2 hours of our listing going live. Within a week, we had 3 showings scheduled and our first offer 2 1/5 weeks later.

Russ was proactive and savvy, giving me guidance on how to evaluate the offers from price to survey and closing. This resulted in me countering on an offer and standing my ground which made it possible for me to entertain another offer simultaneously which ended up being the deal we closed on – just shy of 2 weeks after the offer was excepted and a week and 3 days after the survey.

Thank you, Denison Yachts, for a job well done!

J Hart // Atlanta, GA