Broker Spotlight - Michael P. Strassel

Hello, I'm Michael P. Strauss with HMY Yacht Sales. I've had the great joy of being raised in a boating family. When we relocated from Buffalo, New York, it was because my father was employed to help start the AquaSport boat manufacturing plant and build the entire dealer network. And I was by his side through the entire process. My dad's first dealer was Bob Hughes. Bob Hughes and I became very good friends and I spent the next 15 years of my life working at Bob Hughes Boats, building and designing bonefish boats for the likes of Kirk Gowdy and Al Pfluger, and testing new products like Kevlar and Divinicel and Klejicel. Before that stuff was common, we were making bonefish boats as light and as strong as we possibly could. That led to bigger sport fishing boats and I was drawn from Bob Hughes Boats to Hatteras of Lauderdale. At Hatteras of Lauderdale, we took on the Tierra Pursuit line where I became part of the sales training team for all of the dealer network and I was the number one salesperson for Tierra Pursuit of the world. Every single day, I get to help families use the most precious time in their life to enjoy the water and the experiences brought on by boating and yachting in South Florida. It's my passion. This can be a very enjoyable and affordable recreation if you are led by someone that has the experience and the tools to make it possible. And I have found the very best tools in the entire marine industry for this level of boating in South Florida are provided at HMY Yacht Sales. What Steve Moynihan and the team built at HMY Yacht Sales is an amazing machine that allows the brokers that work there to offer their clients the information, the products, and the service necessary to make yachting an enjoyable experience. I've met too many customers that bought it somewhere else, weren't explained all the necessary elements, weren't properly surveyed, weren't properly inspected, closed on a boat, and it ended up being a nightmare. I find it to be an honor and a privilege to spend my working days helping very successful men and women who can afford to buy and sell yachts when you can buy it, sell it, manage it, crew it, maintain it, service it, and resell it at the right number. Yachting is good for everyone. When I go into a LMC Marine Center or I go into a Rossioli Marine Center and I say I need a boat hauled out tomorrow and they say no, and then I say but I'm with HMY Yacht Sales, very often then they say yes because they know how powerful that team is and what a value of repeat customers and repeat clients. And HMY brings that to all of these marinas in Fort Lauderdale. And when you are part of HMY Yacht Sales, you are part of a powerful team. In this quarter here at HMY Yacht Sales, I've been able to list $50 million worth of boats. A 157-foot Trinity Miss Christine, a 130-foot Westport Elysian, a 100-foot Hatteras Magic, an 84-foot Azimut Satisfaction, an 80-foot Viking Enclosed Bridge Tower rigged 2019, a 68-foot Viking 2020 Open Bridge Full Tower, and a 68 Viking 2021 Enclosed Bridge Full Tower. All of these repeat owners and repeat sellers are sticking with me at HMY Yacht Sales because they can see what's in my toolbox. The marketing staff, the service center, the marinas that are owned, the product development, the business development. All of those things are noticed by these very smart men and women that own these yachts and they come back to HMY for exactly those reasons. If there's ever a time I can be of assistance with buying, selling, repairing, crewing, chartering the yacht that you have now or the yacht that you have your eye on, don't hesitate to reach out. Once again, I'm Mike Strauss with HMY Yacht Sales.