INTERNATIONAL Yacht Broker

I have had the pleasure of working with David for more than 5 years. I owned two boats in the past prior to meeting David. When I decided to return to boating, I made the decision that I would not use a broker ever again because of my prior experiences. I would simply search and find the boat that I was interested in and call the listing broker directly. I diligently did my research and found 5 boats on my short list. It was a Friday morning, I started making phone calls to listing brokers to line up boats to preview.  I was surprised, not one broker answered, I left a voice mail for each. Now it’s 5 pm and I wanted to see view boats that weekend, not one return call. I found one more boat, David was the listing agent. I called, he answered. We had a 30-minute conversation, I discussed what I was looking for, we made an appointment for Saturday. He showed me the boat I called him about along with 4 others. His honesty and knowledge were impressive, he listened to what I wanted and found the boats to show me. 5 Years and two boats (85′ Azimut & 98′ MCP) later David is a friend, I would not buy or sell a boat without him being in my corner. — Rick M

In view of our recent purchase of the 115′ Superyacht Texas Star II, it is our great honour to present this letter of recommendations in favour of Mr. David Johnson and his company – Denison Yacht Sales, Fort Lauderdale. In early August 2012 undersigned met Mr. Johnson where he facilitated our request to recommend to us a wide range of 100 foot and above super yachts. As a Captain for the buyer on his previously owned super yachts, my objective was to view, inspect and recommend super yachts to the buyer that were suitable for his needs in the pacific and SE Asia cruising grounds. After nearly 8 months of viewing listings and meeting brokers world wide, going through the different quality of service in the industry, we cannot describe how pleased we were with the services of Mr. Johnson.

Precision of marketing and advertised listing was superb. All correspondence were instant, accurate and to the point. Knowledge base of listed assets was in-depth and accurate. Through out the bidding process, Mr. Johnson provided us with a outstanding assessment of sellers expectations and furthermore, a realist offer range that shorten the over all purchase time. August 17, 2012 a purchase agreement was signed and sale was finalized – asking price was 1.7 million dollars. All third party Escrow account requirements were handled by Mr. Johnson and Denison Yachts. It is with great honour that we recommend Mr. Johnson and his company Denison Yacht to any potential buyer and seller should they wish be effectively close their sale of purchase.

— Captain Jon Olafsson