Sell Your Yacht
Your Vessel Deserves a Disciplined Exit Strategy
Most yachts are undermarketed, mispriced, and sold to the first buyer who shows up — not the best one. Wake & Compass brings institutional rigor to private yacht sales: precise valuation, professional presentation, and a structured process designed to protect your interests from listing through closing.
Request a Confidential Market EvaluationThe Seller Journey
Eight stages. No shortcuts.
Confidential Consultation
We begin with a private conversation — no obligation, no pressure. We learn your timeline, motivations, and expectations. You learn how we work, what we charge, and what a realistic outcome looks like for your vessel in the current market.
Market Evaluation
We conduct a thorough comparative market analysis: asking prices, recent sold data, days-on-market trends, and condition adjustments. The result is a broker's market opinion — a professional pricing recommendation grounded in data, not optimism. This is not an appraisal, survey, or guarantee of value.
Listing Launch
Before your vessel appears anywhere publicly, we prepare it: professional photography, video walkthrough, specification sheet, and a narrative that positions the vessel accurately and compellingly. We do not list first and photograph later.
Advanced Marketing
Your vessel is distributed across the major listing platforms, promoted to our buyer network, and supported by targeted digital marketing. Every inquiry is tracked. Every showing is documented. You receive regular updates — not silence.
Buyer Qualification
We screen inquiries before they reach you. Serious buyers are identified. Tire-kickers are filtered. Your time and your vessel's availability are protected. We do not schedule showings for unqualified prospects.
Negotiation
When an offer arrives, we negotiate on your behalf with the same discipline we'd apply to any significant asset transaction. We understand the levers — price, deposit, contingencies, closing timeline — and we use them strategically.
Survey & Sea Trial
A buyer's survey is a standard part of the process. We prepare you for it, coordinate access, and manage the findings. Survey results are not the end of negotiation — they are the beginning of the final phase. We guide you through every outcome.
Documentation & Closing
We coordinate the closing process: purchase agreement, bill of sale, title transfer, escrow, and delivery. We work with your legal and tax advisors to ensure the transaction closes cleanly. Buyers are encouraged to engage their own independent counsel.
Why Sellers Choose Wake & Compass
Pricing Discipline
We will not list your vessel at an aspirational price to win the listing. Overpriced vessels sit. Sitting vessels lose value. We give you an honest number and the data to support it.
Professional Presentation
Every listing we represent receives professional photography, a written specification narrative, and a media package. We do not post cell phone photos and a spec sheet.
Buyer Network
We maintain active relationships with qualified buyers — individuals, families, and operators who have told us what they are looking for. Your vessel may sell before it reaches the open market.
Transparent Communication
You will know what is happening with your listing at all times. Inquiry volume, showing activity, market feedback, and competitive changes — all communicated proactively.
Negotiation Expertise
We have been on both sides of yacht transactions. We understand how buyers think, what they fear, and where they have room to move. That knowledge protects your position.
Closing Coordination
We manage the closing process from accepted offer through delivery. Title, escrow, documentation, and logistics — coordinated so nothing falls through the cracks at the finish line.
Market Evaluation
Request a Confidential Market Evaluation
Tell us about your vessel and we will prepare a comparative market analysis — asking prices, recent sold data, and a pricing recommendation grounded in current market conditions. No obligation. No pressure. Completely confidential.
What to Expect
Comparative market analysis of similar vessels
Asking price vs. recent sold price data
Days-on-market trends for your vessel category
A pricing recommendation with supporting data
A private conversation — no obligation, no pressure
Common Questions
Ready to Begin?
A confidential market evaluation is the right first step — whether you are ready to list today or simply exploring your options for the future.
Request a Confidential Market Evaluation