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🀫 Gratitude · the yacht brokers

The people who broker the great yachts.

Gratitude to the yacht, superyacht, and luxury marine brokers who match owners to the vessels of a lifetime. Celebrated from public work, with a cited source on every card. Find or get discovered locally in the 🀫 Yellow Pages.

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26 of 1024 Β· celebrated from public information, cited on every card.

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Jonathan Beckett

Chief Executive of Burgess, the full-service superyacht house, who has led the firm since founder Nigel Burgess died in 1992 and brokered some of the largest yachts afloat.

Burgess (London / Monaco / Miami)

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Why we celebrate them

He built Burgess into a global full-service house over four decades, guiding owners through sale, charter and new construction of the world's most significant yachts with a broker's steady, discreet hand.

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Ian Armstrong

Senior Partner and Managing Director at Burgess, a long-serving leader in the firm's brokerage and central-agency business.

Burgess (London)

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Why we celebrate them

He anchors Burgess's brokerage leadership, pairing deep market knowledge with the patient client work that turns a listing into the right owner at the right time.

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Ian Sherwood

Sales broker at Burgess, a former Army officer who sold the 89m Amels flagship Here Comes The Sun among other large yachts.

Burgess (London)

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Why we celebrate them

He brings the discipline of a military career and hands-on southern-hemisphere brokerage experience to representing sellers and buyers of very large yachts.

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Anders Kurten

CEO of Fraser, the largest and longest-established full-service yacht brokerage, appointed in 2023 after leading Finnish shipyard Baltic Yachts.

Fraser (Monaco)

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Why we celebrate them

He leads Fraser with a builder's understanding of the product and a belief that technology and a hands-on team deliver better service to owners and charter guests.

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Stuart Larsen

Sales broker at Fraser in Fort Lauderdale with a legal background and more than 350 completed yacht sales over his career.

Fraser (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

His legal training and market fluency let him structure complex transactions cleanly, which is why owners trust him with intricate sale and purchase deals.

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Jan Jaap Minnema

Senior yacht broker at Fraser in Monaco with roughly 25 years in the trade and over 100 successful sales, who found the buyer for the 59.7m expedition yacht Ulysses.

Fraser (Monaco)

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Why we celebrate them

He knows the 30-to-60m market intimately and works buyers and sellers worldwide with the calm persistence that closes considered deals.

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Josh Gulbranson

Senior sales broker at Fraser in Fort Lauderdale with more than three decades in the marine industry and over one billion dollars of concluded business.

Fraser (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

He has spent his whole working life around boats, and that lifetime of on-the-water knowledge shows in how thoroughly he represents his clients' interests.

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Kevin Merrigan

Chairman of Northrop & Johnson, who took over its Fort Lauderdale office in 1990 and grew the 75-year-old brokerage into a global full-service company.

Northrop & Johnson (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

He turned one office into a worldwide brokerage while keeping the client-first culture that let the firm reach its 75th year as a leader.

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Cromwell Littlejohn

President and Chief Commercial Officer of Northrop & Johnson, leading the firm's commercial brokerage and charter business.

Northrop & Johnson (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

He drives the commercial side of a global brokerage while keeping the focus on the service standards that repeat clients come back for.

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Ann Avery

Yacht broker at Northrop & Johnson and former Caribbean charter captain, named IYBA Sailboat Broker of the Year in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Northrop & Johnson (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

She spent years at sea as one of very few female captains before coming ashore to broker, and that captain's eye for a good boat earns her clients' trust.

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Missy Johnston

President and senior charter broker of Northrop & Johnson Yacht Charters in Newport, who helped shape the Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993.

Northrop & Johnson Yacht Charters (Newport, RI)

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Why we celebrate them

A former charter-yacht chef turned broker, she plans itineraries with a crew member's insight and has given real service to the industry through charter safety work.

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Bob Denison

President of Denison Yachting, third-generation of the Broward Marine and Denison Marine family, who has led the firm to the top of US superyacht sales.

Denison Yachting (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

He brought a dot-com era feel for tech and marketing to a family brokerage and built it into a national powerhouse without losing the family name's care.

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Jamie Edmiston

Chief Executive of Edmiston since 2014, who rebranded his father's firm into one of the most recognized names in superyacht sales and charter.

Edmiston (London / Monaco / New York)

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Why we celebrate them

He understood yachting as a luxury brand before most did, and grew Edmiston into a top-end house known for a very high share of the largest yacht sales.

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Nicholas Edmiston

Founder and Chairman of Edmiston, a figure in yachting for over 50 years widely regarded as a leading authority on superyacht build and classic yachts.

Edmiston (London / Monaco)

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Why we celebrate them

He founded a firm to serve the very top of yachting and remains one of the most respected voices on how great yachts are built and cared for.

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Robert Moran

Founder and President of Moran Yacht & Ship, the family-owned Fort Lauderdale house he started in 1988, a leader in new-build superyacht projects.

Moran Yacht & Ship (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

A former new-build project manager, he applies real construction know-how to represent owners commissioning some of the world's most iconic superyachts.

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Michael Mahan

Co-founder of Worth Avenue Yachts, the Palm Beach brokerage he started in 2011 after more than 30 years in the yachting industry.

Worth Avenue Yachts (Palm Beach)

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Why we celebrate them

He built a modern brokerage on decades of hands-on experience, growing Worth Avenue Yachts into a recognized name in luxury sales and charter.

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Merle Wood

Founder of Merle Wood & Associates, the Fort Lauderdale house profiled by Forbes as the billionaires' yacht broker for sales including Rising Sun to Larry Ellison.

Merle Wood & Associates (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

He grew up living aboard boats and turned a lifetime on the water into relationships that made him a trusted broker to some of the largest yacht owners in the world.

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Mark Elliott

Top-producing sales and charter broker at IYC for over 25 years and a former yacht captain, with more than a dozen Broker of the Year awards.

IYC (Fort Lauderdale / Newport)

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Why we celebrate them

A former captain who ran a leading charter fleet for years, he serves clients so well he even flies his own aircraft to get them to and from their yachts.

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Carrie Freeman

Yacht charter broker at IYC who started as a stewardess in 2005 and was named IYC Top Charter Broker of the Year in 2023 and 2025.

IYC (Fort Lauderdale)

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Why we celebrate them

Having worked aboard as crew, she knows exactly what makes a charter memorable and plans each one with an insider's care for the guest experience.

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Peter Hurzeler

Co-founder and CEO of Ocean Independence, one of the largest superyacht brokerage firms, who created one of the industry's first owner-operated charter companies in 1985.

Ocean Independence (Switzerland)

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Why we celebrate them

A pioneer of owner-operated charter, he built Ocean Independence into a global full-service firm while keeping the personal, service-first ethic he started with.

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Chris Cecil-Wright

Founder of Cecil Wright & Partners, a boutique Monaco and London brokerage focused on superyachts over 40m and Northern European builds.

Cecil Wright & Partners (Monaco / London)

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Why we celebrate them

After 20 years as a founding partner at Edmiston, he built a deliberately small firm on the principle of fewer clients served better.

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Charlie Birkett

Co-founder and CEO of Y.CO, the yacht company he started in 2004 after meeting his partner while working aboard a 59m Feadship.

Y.CO (Monaco / London)

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Why we celebrate them

His years working aboard large yachts give Y.CO a rare crew-and-captain fluency, connecting owners to boats and to the people who run them well.

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Gary Wright

Co-founder and Chairman of Y.CO and a former captain of some of the world's largest superyachts, including the 93m Tatoosh.

Y.CO (Monaco / London)

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Why we celebrate them

He captained giants before he brokered them, and that lived experience of running big yachts underpins how Y.CO advises owners.

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Peter Insull

Founder of Peter Insull's Yacht Marketing, one of the oldest superyacht firms under original ownership, and a pioneer of professional yacht crew placement in the 1970s.

Peter Insull's Yacht Marketing (France)

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Why we celebrate them

He helped invent modern crew agency and has represented buyers and sellers since superyachting's infancy, a genuine elder of the trade.

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Jonathan Syrett

Veteran sales broker who directed Camper & Nicholsons in Spain for over 20 years and now consults through his own firm, Hamilton Marine.

Hamilton Marine (Palma, Mallorca)

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Why we celebrate them

Fifty years in Mallorca's nautical business make him a trusted, plain-speaking adviser who has seen the Mediterranean market through every cycle.

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Sarah Futhazar

US Managing Director of Camper & Nicholsons, leading the American operation of one of yachting's oldest brokerage names.

Camper & Nicholsons (United States)

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Why we celebrate them

She leads the US arm of a house with centuries of heritage, carrying its standards into the American market with a modern, client-first approach.

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A celebration of the Yacht & Marine Brokers community, assembled entirely from public information as an act of credit and gratitude. It is not a claim of endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership by anyone featured. Every person is real and publicly documented, with a cited source of truth on their card; we never invent a person or a claim, and we prize accuracy over speed. Anyone featured can ask to be updated or removed at any time. Names and marks belong to their owners.