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If you are choosing yacht brokers IGY Portisco Marina, start with the question that matters most: who do you want the broker to represent? A seller’s broker brings your yacht to market; a buyer’s broker finds and negotiates a purchase for you; a full-service broker can handle both sides when that is agreed in writing. European Yacht Brokers offers all three at IGY Portisco Marina, with a free valuation, a commission of just 5% and a local broker for Sardinia supported from Olbia.
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Which yacht broker do you need at IGY Portisco Marina?
Three questions decide which yacht broker you need at IGY Portisco Marina. Are you selling? Then you want a seller’s broker, who markets the yacht and passes you the offers. Are you buying? Then you want a buyer’s broker, who researches the market and negotiates for you. Want one person to see the whole deal through? A full-service broker can do that and, if both parties agree in writing, represent both sides. Each one is set out below.
Our approach is to put it in writing: what the broker will do, what it costs and how long it lasts. The commission is just 5%, the valuation is free, and you are looked after in six languages by a broker who can visit your boat at IGY Portisco Marina quickly. Begin with a valuation below, or call or WhatsApp +39 351 949 3538.
Owners at IGY Portisco Marina who want to sell can appoint European Yacht Brokers as their seller’s broker. The local broker visits your boat, we value it free of charge, and then we put the yacht in front of buyers across Europe in six languages. Commission is just 5%, and we set out the scope of the service in writing.
The owner appoints a seller’s listing broker to take the yacht to market and find a buyer. Typical help includes agreeing an asking price, gathering the specifications and photographs, preparing the listing, advertising the yacht, answering enquiries and arranging viewings. The listing agreement should state whether the appointment is exclusive or open, its duration, the commission payable and the services the broker has agreed to provide.
The limited version of the service is simple: the broker advertises the yacht, passes an offer to the owner and does not negotiate or manage the remainder of the transaction. Some sellers want exactly that. It is a defined service, but it is not what every seller’s broker offers. Guidance on selling a yacht commonly covers the stages after an offer as well; Horizon Yachts International describes deposit, survey and sea trial, and YachtWorld says a broker may arrange a survey and sea trial.
Check the handover point before you sign. Does the broker negotiate price and conditions, help with the paperwork, keep track of deadlines and contingencies, arrange access for the survey and sea trial, and coordinate closing, payment and transfer documents? Should some of these be excluded, the seller may need separate professional help.
The broker who lists the yacht represents the seller under the listing relationship. A buyer approaching that broker should ask whom the broker acts for and whether to appoint a separate representative. A buyer may also be introduced by another broker through co-brokerage, with the firms sharing commission according to their agreement, so the seller should confirm how that affects the fee and service under their own contract. Read it as a seller’s listing broker with a deliberately limited scope rather than a general definition, whether the yacht is at IGY Portisco Marina or elsewhere.
Sources: Horizon Yachts International: Guide to Selling Your Yacht; YachtWorld: Buying from a Yacht Broker
If you are buying around IGY Portisco Marina, European Yacht Brokers can act as your buyer’s broker. We discuss your plans, size, budget and priorities, research the market, help you compare boats and prepare your offer, and coordinate the survey and sea trial with the seller’s broker. Our brokers speak six languages, so you can deal with us in yours.
The buyer’s broker represents the purchaser in the hunt for a yacht. A typical search starts by establishing the buyer’s plans, preferred yacht type, size, budget, location and priorities. The broker can research the market, identify boats worth considering, gather details from listing brokers, review available records and help the buyer compare. Previews and remote viewings are offered by some buyer brokers, so the client can narrow the choice before travelling.
Once a particular yacht is selected, the broker can assist with preparing and negotiating the offer, explaining the process and its deadlines, and coordinating with the seller’s listing broker. Typical stages are a purchase agreement, deposit and escrow arrangements, an independent marine survey, specialist inspections, a sea trial and follow-up discussions. Coordination and communication are the broker’s contribution; the surveyor assesses the yacht, and the broker is no substitute for an independent technical inspection.
Buyer services at yacht brokerages typically take in research, negotiation, survey coordination, sea-trial arrangements and assistance with closing documents. Examples: Curtis Stokes & Associates helps buyers research and preview yachts, prepare offers, negotiate and find surveyors and documentation support, and HMY coordinates the survey and sea-trial stages, post-survey discussions and closing. The service on offer varies, which is why the buyer should ask what the broker handles and what is left to the buyer.
Payment varies. A buyer’s broker may be paid an agreed share of the commission through a cooperating listing broker, or the buyer may owe a fee under a separate representation agreement. Before the search begins, the buyer should have the fee, duration, scope of authority and any exclusivity in writing. The result is a dedicated representative across a wider search, even when the yacht you choose is listed by another brokerage. Buyers looking at yachts around IGY Portisco Marina should ask these questions before appointing anyone.
Sources: Curtis Stokes & Associates: Buyer Brokerage Service; HMY: How Brokers De-Risk a Used Yacht Purchase
Prefer one broker to manage everything? At IGY Portisco Marina our full-service broker handles the sale from assessing the yacht to closing and, if the parties agree in writing, represents both buyer and seller. The arrangement is written down so that each side knows whom the broker acts for.
From the owner’s first call to completion, a full-service broker can manage the sale. That may mean assessing the yacht and the asking price, preparing photographs and particulars, advertising, dealing with enquiries, arranging viewings, communicating offers, and helping the parties move an accepted offer through contract, deposit, survey, sea trial and closing. Documentation, escrow arrangements, delivery and other practical details may be included too, depending on the agreement; the precise service belongs in the listing and sale documents.
The broker in this profile deals with the buyer directly as well, representing buyer and seller together. That is what the Yacht Brokers Association of America terms dual agency: one broker, both parties, the same transaction. A listing broker who simply helps a buyer while remaining the seller’s appointed representative is not the same. Before making an offer, ask the broker how the relationship works.
A broker for both sides faces two sets of interests. Sellers generally want the strongest price and terms; buyers want a suitable yacht at a fair price and need to make informed decisions on its condition. Private negotiation for each side, as two independent representatives would do, is not possible for one broker. The YBAA discussion therefore stresses transparency about the arrangement and careful handling of confidential information, and the parties should rely on the written agreement and applicable local advice, since the legal rules and permitted arrangements vary by jurisdiction.
Payment arrangements vary, though the seller’s listing agreement often addresses the commission. The buyer should check whether they owe any separate fee. Two terms are easily confused: full-service describes the range of work, and dual agency describes whom the broker represents. A broker can give extensive transaction support while representing only one side.
Olbia is our head office and your first point of contact, and from there brokers serve the coastal regions and many marinas throughout Italy. The Olbia team connect you with the broker responsible for your area, and our regional network means that broker can reach any Italian marina within the hour to arrange a visit to your boat and provide a no-cost valuation.
Our people are where your boat is. Delegates and agents work across every coastal region of Italy, namely Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany and Veneto, so a client at IGY Portisco Marina in Sardinia can have the local broker visit the boat and talk things through quickly, while the Olbia head office stays your single point of contact.
A valuation starts with the boat’s details and condition: download our Sales Mandate and Evaluation Sheet and we will study the market for you. The result is a precise, evidence-based valuation informed by the sales data available to us for boats worldwide over the past three years, and it is an assessment of likely market value rather than a guarantee of the sale price.
After appointment, your regional broker handles finding a buyer, or the right boat for you, and guides you through the transaction to completion and the successful transfer of funds. We advertise across over 20 platforms throughout Europe so boats are seen beyond the Italian market, and reaching international buyers can often help secure a stronger price than relying on local demand alone. Six languages are spoken between our brokers, so someone can talk to you in yours.
Where a yacht is kept shapes how it sells, and for boats at IGY Portisco Marina that place is Portisco Marina in Sardinia. The notes below summarise the marina’s facilities, the town, its history and what there is to do.
Portisco Marina is situated in Sassari / Gallura, on the northern coast of Sardinia within the province of Olbia-Tempio, part of the Costa Smeralda. The small port of Portisco has a history as a northern Sardinian harbour and is close to notable locations such as Porto Cervo and Olbia. IGY Portisco Marina is described as adjacent to beaches, cafés, boutiques, and places serving Sardinian cuisine. The artists’ village of San Pantaleo lies approximately five minutes away by car from the marina, which is accessible in around 20 minutes from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport.
IGY Portisco Marina provides 589 berths suitable for yachts measuring up to 90 metres in length and with a maximum draft of 10 metres. The site includes a long outer breakwater, fuel service, 24-hour security, and video surveillance. Onsite amenities consist of restaurants offering breakfast, fish, pizza and Sardinian food available for takeaway or onboard delivery, alongside shopping facilities such as a supermarket, a specialty shop, and a liquor store that can deliver provisions onboard. Additionally, there are shipyard and vessel-service directories. Nearby attractions include the Costa Smeralda, Porto Cervo, Porto Rotondo, Portisco’s beaches, San Pantaleo, Tavolara, and the National Park of the Maddalena Archipelago with Caprera’s Garibaldi Museums and the protected Capo Testa area. Olbia airport is the main air connection for the area.
Looking for a boat near IGY Portisco Marina? Listings appear in the European Yacht Brokers archive once a local broker has added and verified them, and the broker for Sardinia can search more widely for you. Selling instead? Your boat can be shown to buyers looking in this area and in neighbouring ports.
IGY Portisco Marina is sheltered by a lengthy outer breakwater, with the waters reported as clear. Live port information indicates wind conditions shift from light or variable to a south-easterly direction at 14 to 19 knots. Vessels departing from this marina cruise towards destinations on the Costa Smeralda and the northern Sardinian cruising area. Routes include the area around Tavolara-Capo Coda Cavallo Marine Protected Area and from La Maddalena, Palau and Costa Smeralda into the National Park of the Maddalena Archipelago. Other named cruising destinations encompass Caprera, Capo Testa, and the Strait of Bonifacio region.
If you are selling or buying at IGY Portisco Marina, you do not have to manage it from a distance. The local broker for Sardinia can reach the marina in less than an hour, with the Olbia head office behind them.
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) is located 18 km from IGY Portisco Marina, with a driving time of approximately 23 minutes. Public transport to the marina is provided by ARST line 601, connecting Olbia and Portisco. This offers a direct route from the local station to the marina. Travel connections from the surrounding region lead ultimately to this nearest airport and station.
Official references
Reviews from European Yacht Brokers clients, as published on Google (5.0, European Yacht Brokers) and on our client pages.
The listing agreement should say whether it is exclusive or open, how long it lasts and what commission is payable. We decide on exclusivity case by case.
The fee, the duration, the scope of the broker’s authority and any exclusivity should be agreed in writing before the search begins.
The seller’s listing agreement often addresses the commission, but payment arrangements vary, so a buyer should check whether any separate fee is owed.
Our brokers speak six languages between them, so you can be connected with a broker in your language.
The mandate can be ended at any time. If a buyer we introduced during the mandate buys the boat later, we are still entitled to our commission.
GUIDE
Check maritime mediation registration, qualifications, security and the person handling your transaction.
GUIDE
Distinguish mediation from selling, identify the contracting seller and check fees and warranty rules.
Owners or buyers interested in yachts around IGY Portisco Marina may contact the European Yacht Brokers Olbia team, who can connect them with the appropriate broker. Please provide details such as model, year, location and condition for owners; or size, budget and type of yacht sought for buyers. For example: for an owner a 2015 sailing yacht of about 12 metres, and for a buyer a sailing yacht of about 40 feet with a budget of up to 150,000 euros.
We only charge 5% commission.
Enquiries are handled by European Yacht Brokers, who cover any port in the Mediterranean. Call or WhatsApp +39 351 949 3538.
Sara Mattey, Yacht Broker · English, French, Spanish, German and Italian
Olbia office: Via Capoverde 2, c/o Delta Center, 07026 Olbia, Sardinia, Italy
Open Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:00
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