I had to jump in here to give more kudos to Kevin Ryan.  My wife and I have spent a total of 9 years living aboard and cruising full time and Kevin is the most knowlegable person we have met when it comes to boats.  In addition to just being an incredibly nice person, he… Read more “I had to jump in here to give more kudos to Kevin Ryan.”

Kevin Ryan has been our representative since the very beginning of our Nordhavn journey for the last two years as we transition from mountain life to a life at sea.  Kevin is so much more than “our rep”; he has become a very dear and trusted friend.  He has been a wealth of knowledge, and… Read more “Kevin Ryan has been our representative since the very beginning of our Nordhavn journey”

The guy to talk to is James Leishman – he knows about stuff that is going to be available and is probably one of the most honest, well respected and an all round great guy that I have 100% trust in. He was extremely patient and a great guy to deal with when we purchased… Read more “The guy to talk to is James Leishman”

Greetings!  I wanted to give a shout out to the folks at your Anacortes office, and to PAE. Devin Zwick was our broker in 2021 when we were searching for our boat.  We were in contract on a Nordhavn 47 in Stuart, Florida.  Devin’s service to us throughout that process was excellent.  That sale did… Read more “Greetings!”

Dear James, Thanks [for] all (your help). It was nicely handled – all was closed on time and exactly as we discussed. Well done! I like how you cultured the buyers, carefully bringing them along. They got a great deal on an even greater boat. But it takes a strong salesman to calm nerves, answer… Read more “I like how you cultured the buyers, carefully bringing them along.”

James, Thank you for your assistance with the commissioning of Another Road this past week.  Your staff at the North Palm office were very informative, professional and patient with our excitement of being on our boat for the first time. More importantly, thank you for your hospitality and company at dinner Thursday evening.  Your presence at dinner was… Read more “Thank you for your assistance with the commissioning”

Hi James Thank you, none of this would have happened without your support and guidance we really appreciate your effort and continued excellent communication through this process which has been all new to us. We are very happy Nordhavn owners really looking forward to the next steps in this adventure. Again big thanks from Jacqui… Read more “We are very happy Nordhavn owners really looking forward to the next steps in this adventure”

I am composing this email from our “new” N352 while at a mooring in Cherry Cove on Catalina Island. I wanted you both to know how happy we are that Larry helped us find the boat we wanted. My wife and I are experienced boaters and I am past commodore of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club.… Read more “Happy Friday Dan and Jenny,”

Devin Zwick has been assisting my wife and I with a purchase of a 35 nordhavn. I know this is the smallest in your fleet but Devin has made us feel like we are buying the largest!  Who ever writes his performance review (if you have these) should know what a valuable asset you have… Read more “I wanted to take a few minutes to recognize one of your sales personal…”

I wanted to write and take a moment to share my thoughts and thank you. Feel free to publish, use or do whatever you wish with the below :) Also ALWAYS open to being a reference – not that you or Nordhavn would need one. Nordhavn has always been known as a premier brand for… Read more “Hi James”

Please allow me this opportunity to congratulate you on having Mr. Devin Zwick as part of your enterprise! What an ambassador he is for you. Mr. Zwick was immensely instrumental in making our retirement dream of living on a Nordhavn 55” come to life. Though technically he represented the seller, we felt as though he… Read more “Dear Nordhavn Friends:”

We are writing to commend one of your brokers. We have worked with Don Kohlman in the purchase of two Nordhavns and the sale of one. In all of our sales and purchases of houses, boats and cars, we have never encountered a salesman with as much professionalism, thoughtfulness and creativity to close a sale.… Read more “Dear Dan, Jim and Jeff,”

We wanted to let you all know that we visited the West Palm Beach Boat Show at the end of March and visited your yacht.   We were warmly welcomed aboardby one of your crew, Captain Paul Hutton.  He was a fabulous spokesman for your company and for your yachts.  First and foremost, he made us… Read more “Hello: We wanted to let you all know that we visited the West Palm Beach Boat Show at the end of March and visited your yacht.”

Boats and the Alphabet. Do these two seemingly incongruous words go together? I think they do. Years ago, when all you had was the phonebook, all the businesses wanted to be first. AAA Plumbing was always top of the list. Now we have Google, Bing, Yahoo and Safari. The new technology is great but you… Read more “I can’t say enough great things about Devin”

Dear Sirs, I am sending you this letter to let you know how much I have appreciated the services of Andy Hegley and my whole buying experience with him. He has gone above and beyond his role in the process, helping me out at every step of the way. I would highly recommend him to… Read more “The services of Andy Hegley”

After looking at several other yachts, the timing, my personal needs and my expectation of quality led me to Nordhavn and broker Dave Balfour. If it wasn’t for Dave Balfour’s expert guidance through the sale and comprehensive knowledge of the boat, the sale would have never happened. Since my family and I will be splitting… Read more “Quality led me to Nordhavn and broker Dave Balfour”

Unless a broker is with Nordhavn, he won’t have the knowledge necessary to give a new owner the proper training these kinds of boats require. This is also very important for the seller. Nordhavn Brokers can articulate how these boats are built in terms of engineering and construction as well as the quality of the… Read more “Nordhavn Brokers can articulate how these boats are built in terms of engineering and construction”

Having never purchased a boat in the States before, I was a bit apprehensive about the procedures and what we would have to do. I called the Rhode Island office and spoke to Ben Sprague, who very quickly assured me that he could act in our best interest and that he could guide us through… Read more “Hi there”

I wanted to write and praise the professionalism of Larry Geiselman in his role as PAE broker. I put my boat on the market less than 6 months ago, and despite the fact that  Larry was in the USA, I was in the UK, the boat was in New Zealand and the buyer was in… Read more “I wanted to write and praise the professionalism of Larry Geiselman in his role as PAE broker”

We are newbies to Nordhavn having purchased our N40 in February 2010. We were at Dana Point on vacation (we live in Florida) and we met Larry Gieselman. When he learned what we wanted and what our financial status was he put us in a gorgeous 2002 Nordhavn 40. We could not be happier and… Read more “We could not be happier and we highly recommend Larry.”

I can whole heartedly recommend Larry as well. He is a super no pressure salesman. Unbounded enthusiasm. Harris Nordhavn 4738

Well… it finally happened, I bought a boat. Nordhavn 50-20 “CONTINUOUS ” has now a new proud 3rd owner. My name is David Mayer. We recently wrapped up a great delivery from Fajardo, Puerto Rico to St. Petersburg, FL arriving at first light Good Friday (4/6/12). I would first like to thank Doug Danielson (2nd… Read more “Well… it finally happened, I bought a boat”

Dear Mr Streech, After several years of thinking and looking at what is available my wife Zubi and I bought a Nordhavn N4701. It was a difficult transaction and the seller had left the boat in Florida and gone to England. During this difficult time of discussions, deal making etc , two of your brokers… Read more “I wanted to say thank you to you for having such good people in you company as we personally could not thanked them enough.”

Linda and I just bought a house in Tucson and we were talking about the last year, selling Discovery, moving to a rental house and then buying and moving into a beautiful house in Tucson. What a year it’s been. We occasionally look at the Nordhavn brokerage site to monitor the 46’s for sale and… Read more “What a year it’s been.”

Hi Dan, As we finished our first year on the boat, putting on over 8300 nm and 1100 hours, I just wanted to let you know how pleased we are with the boat and the team at PAE. The boat is wonderful and was the talk of the Cubar Rally with more tours than I… Read more “I just wanted to let you know how pleased we are with the boat and the team at PAE.”

A”A440″ departed in the wee small hours of the morning for our Alaskan adventure. Rich and I can’t thank you and everyone else at Nordhavn for the great care that was given to us the past several months. It’s been a pleasure being in Dana Point thanks to everyone at Nordhavn. Everyone’s efforts and friendliness… Read more “It’s been a pleasure being in Dana Point thanks to everyone at Nordhavn”

Hi Larry, You did an outstanding job of representing Nordhavn and me in our transaction. You are: fair, knowledgeable, a very calm person, easy to work with, unflappable. You did a great job of communication with the team. From the guys who directed the boat, Mike to the guys who helped deliver the boat, Glenn.… Read more “You did an outstanding job of representing Nordhavn and me in our transaction”

Yesterday was a great day and saw the delivery of our new N40. Having decided a couple of months ago to ‘move to the dark side’ and leave a lifetime of sailing for the comfort and utility of a passagemaking trawler, we met with Ted Robie – a senior broker with Nordhavn in Stuart, Florida.… Read more “Our Nordhavn Purchase – How It’s Supposed to Work”

Dear Sirs, I am sending you this letter to let you know how much I have appreciated the services of Andy Hegley and my whole buying experience with him. He has gone above and beyond his role in the process, helping me out at every step of the way. I would highly recommend him to… Read more “Dear Sirs”

Hi Dan, I never thought it would come to this, but I finally have a bone to pick with PAE. Here I am in sunny, hot, relaxing La Paz and dealing with a few issues on the boat. So I email Dave Harlow in the late morning, my time. I then hear he is in… Read more “I never thought it would come to this, but I finally have a bone to pick with PAE”

Just wanted to introduce myself. I’ve been watching the messages for awhile now and wanted to post but have been a little tentative. This group seems very welcoming to new people which is great. That isn’t always the case on some message boards. Well, I live in Surprise, AZ and have been dreaming about being… Read more “My experience at the boat show was outstanding”

Just thought I might echo Jay’s comments. I am in a smilar situation to him and recently went to the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show. While there I met Peter Devers from the Australasin PAE office. He was more than happy to show us through the boat and discus ideas I had for a layout that… Read more “Hi all”

I wanted to share with you our wonderful experience working with Larry Gieselman as our Nordhavn sales agent. We decided to list our 43 Nordhavn with PAE after listening to Larry’s explanation of all the benefits of listing with them. There were other avenues we considered as well but finally decided on Larry and PAE.… Read more “knowledge of the business”

Dear Mr Streech, After several years of thinking and looking at what is available my wife Zubi and I bought a Nordhavn N 47 01. It was a difficult transaction and the seller had left the boat in Florida and gone to England. During this difficult time of discussions, deal making etc, two of your… Read more “having such good people”

Linda and I just bought a house in Tucson and we were talking about the last year, selling Discovery, moving to a rental house and then buying and moving into a beautiful house in Tucson. What a year it’s been. We occasionally look at the Nordhavn brokerage site to monitor the 46’s for sale and… Read more “thank you once again”

Our Nordhavn Purchase – How It’s Supposed to Work Yesterday was a great day and saw the delivery of our new N40. Having decided a couple of months ago to ‘move to the dark side’ and leave a lifetime of sailing for the comfort and utility of a passagemaking trawler, we met with Ted Robie… Read more “How It’s Supposed to Work”