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Glad you made it this far! We are… a family-owned full service yacht brokerage company that offers a variety of yachting and marine services including domestic and international. As a full-service company, we cover all aspects of owning, buying, selling, maintaining, and managing your vessel. Our goals, beliefs and principles are the foundation of the work we do every day on behalf of our clients. But we feel we are strongest at helping and educating people through the process of buying and selling a boat, big or small… it doesn’t matter! If you are looking for a team that you feel is going to go to bat for you… well then welcome again! Hope to start working with you soon… In the meantime please subscribe to our updates and you’ll soon start receiving some of our literature, blog posts and tips and tricks about all things yachts and boats. We are putting together a Monthly Newsletter we know you are going to like so make sure you give us your email so you can receive that one too right to your inbox!

Wheter you are in the market to purchase or sale a vessel of any kind, just come by to have a chat, or click on the button below to make an appointment.

At the helm is industry veteran Andrew Silva whose love for the craft is only closely matched by his knowledge of it.

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Claudia is the company's motor.

Claudia Martinez

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Tony is an experience captain that now specializes in Sales and Yacht Management

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Jorge Corzo

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WHEN PASSION MEETS EXPERIENCE, VALUABLE PROJECTS ARE BORN

This is the common vision of the two founders of Nicolai Yacht Consulting & Project Management who share a passion for sea and yachting, luxury and style. Together, they have decades of experience in project managing and consulting, combined with marketing and business development skills. They share common values and a single objective: to provide 360° professional, tailored consulting and project management services for the superyacht industry.

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We listen to our clients to understand their vision for the project and translate it into a tailored design brief which envision their lifestyle aboard perfectly meeting their specific requirements for the yacht. We build each project team involving the most qualified professionals in the industry who have a proven history with our Company in accordance with the specific needs of each project. We manage the project during all stages of the design, engineering, construction and delivery of the yacht, by managing, coordinating and supervising the development of the project and all professionals involved, from designers to the shipyard. We advise our clients through the entire process providing them with expert recommendations on the best solutions to improve the final result and protect their investment, leaving them only the enjoyment of the project.

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Nicola nicolai, managing partner & project management director.

Nicola Nicolai is Managing Partner and Project Management Director of Nicolai Yacht Consulting and Project Management . With over 20 years’ experience in the superyacht industry, in 2017, at the age of 42, he decided the time was right for a new challenge and started his own consulting company. Graduating in Architecture and Yacht Design from Florence University of Architecture, Nicola started his career in 2000 as Design and Engineering Coordinator for North American Yachts and Shipbuilding . In 2003 he moved to Riva , a Ferretti Group Brand , as Project Manager responsible for Riva Athena 115’ series, where he remained until 2006. He then started working at Benetti as Project Manager of full custom yachts in 2006. Soon appointed Head of Project Management Department , at this time Nicola, acting as interim Sales Director, led the “Benetti Design Innovation Project”. Director of Product & Project Management, Planning, Budgeting & Cost Control between 2012 and 2016, he managed new builds of semi custom and full custom projects from 30 up to 90+ mt. Product Development Director , in charge of product development of semi-custom and full custom new projects in 2017. During his career Nicola has collaborated with the most important owners, designers, naval architects, brokerage, management and survey companies in the superyacht industry. He managed projects such as Benetti’s 70mt Spectre, 45mt Domani, 61mt Diamonds Are Forever, 65mt Seanna, 64mt Silver Angel, 56mt Annaeva, Riva 115’ Athena series, Genesis 153’ and many others. Combining his professional experience with his natural passion for yachts, he developed a 360-degree knowledge of product and process, from negotiation to design, engineering, production and delivery of superyachts. Nicola loves to manage projects where ideas become reality.

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Serena Bartoloni S.Omer is Managing Partner & Marketing Manager of Nicolai Yacht Consulting and Project Management. Graduated in Business Law from Bocconi University of Milan , she has a solid background in Marketing and Business Development in the Luxury Goods Industry gained while working as Marketing Intelligence and Product Manager for leading fashion brands, Salvatore Ferragamo and Bally . Serena collaborated on strategic projects such as the co-branding between Salvatore Ferragamo and Maserati, worked along Bain&Co in the coordination of the consulting project for Salvatore Ferragamo aimed to enter the business of jewels, worked together with Salvatore Ferragamo Vice President to analyse the market’s opportunities to create a collection dedicated to the product icons which made the history of the brand, the “Ferragamo’s Creations” collection. She recently worked as Marketing and Communication Manager and Consultant for leading international groups specialised in the industry of converting machinery for the paper industry, Fosber Spa and Fabio Perini Spa, Körber Paperlink Group. She believes in the power of tailored consulting services and loves facing new challenges .

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“I hired Nicola and he is doing a wonderful job, I had experienced other owner’s representatives and project managers and nothing can be compared with Nicola. He is very professional and has a lot of experience, he is honest and really knows about boats. Up to today, I do not have any concern about the work he is doing for me.”

“Thank you Nicola you are one of the most professional people that I have ever known in my entire life”

“Nicola and Serena, you were next to me from the beginning. You managed the project from “a” to “z” and defended my interest like yours. I appreciated that a lot. Thank you so much. ”

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Business | south florida yacht brokers hit with lawsuits that claim 10% commissions violate antitrust laws.

Two newly filed federal lawsuits claim that 10% sales commissions required by South Florida’s yacht broker industry are anticompetitive and violate antitrust laws.

The claims follow an October finding by a federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri, that the National Association of Realtors conspired with brokers to artificially inflate commissions paid to real estate brokers. The ruling, and a March 15 settlement by the Realtors, is expected to radically change how homes are sold in the United States.

Both lawsuits involving yacht brokers name as defendants the International Yacht Brokers Association, based in Fort Lauderdale, the Yacht Brokers Association of America, Boats Group LLC and YATCO LLC.

Also listed as defendants in both suits are a who’s who of South Florida-based yacht brokers, including Denison Yacht Sales, MarineMax Inc., Galati Yacht Sales Inc., Allied Marine Inc., Tournament Yacht Sales LLC and Northrop & Johnson Yacht Ships, among others.

Nearly all of the defendants are headquartered in South Florida.

The most recent suit, filed on March 22, proposes a class of plaintiffs that includes anyone who listed vessels on certain Multiple Listing Services using a listing agent or broker affiliated with one of the defendants and paid a buyer’s broker commission since March 22, 2020.

The lead plaintiff in the lawsuit is Kip Lamar Snell, identified as an Alabama resident. Snell entered into an agreement with Galati to sell a 41-foot Express Cruiser Sea Ray in July 2020 and ended up paying a $12,000 commission on the $120,000 sale price, the suit states. The lawsuit lists as defendants 15 brokers and six organizations that promote the yacht trade or operate Multiple Listing Services.

That lawsuit follows one filed on Feb. 29 that proposes a class of plaintiffs that includes anyone who paid a commission to a listing broker affiliated with the defendants since Feb. 19, 2020. It lists as defendants 11 brokers and five organizations that promote the yacht trade or operate Multiple Listing Services.

The lead plaintiff in that suit is Ya Mon Expeditions, a Wyoming company that paid a “substantial broker commission” when it sold a vessel in January 2023 while represented by Tournament Yacht Sales of Tequesta.

The most recent complaint accuses the trade associations of colluding with brokers to “enforce an anticompetitive restraint that requires (sellers of pre-owned yachts and boats) to pay a brokerage fee to the buyer’s broker and a total aggregate commission fee that is inflated as a condition for selling their yachts.”

The complaint states the typical commission is 10% and is shared between the seller’s broker and the buyer’s broker under terms spelled out in Central Listing Agreements provided by the brokers associations, including the International Yacht Brokers Association and the Yacht Brokers Association of America.

Only boat brokers are able to list boats and yachts on such Multiple Listing Services as YachtWorld.com, BoatTrader.com and Boats.com, and the Multiple Listing Services will not accept listings from owners who want to sell their vessels themselves, the lawsuit states.

Yacht owners are “severely disadvantaged” if they do not list their boats for sale on the listing services, while buyers suffer because their brokers are “financially incentivized” to show boats that will earn them standard “and inflated” commission rates of 4% to 5% through co-brokerage transactions, the complaint states.

None of the defendants contacted for this story responded to a request for comment, and no response has been filed yet in either case.

Robert Allen Jr., whose Miami-based law firm Robert Allen Law represents the International Yacht Brokers Association, did not respond to emails or return a phone call.

A woman who answered the phone at the International Yacht Brokers Association said, “We have no comment on that,” and hung up after a reporter asked for her name.

Of six brokers contacted for comment about the lawsuits, only Tournament Yacht Sales responded to emails. “No comment,” the company’s response stated.

Overall commissions have increased faster than the rate of inflation in recent years as the price of larger boats and yachts have increased, according to the lawsuit that lists Snell as lead plaintiff.

The result is that boat owners pay “hundreds of millions of dollars” in inflated commissions each year, the suit alleges.

Both lawsuits allege violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act that are upheld by “brokers who should be competing with one another but, instead, cooperate with each other to the detriment of pre-owned boat sellers.”

Some brokerages represent both buyers and sellers and retain the entire 10% commissions, the suits state.

The trade associations enforce rules requiring brokers to offer their boats through a listing service and to share commissions, the suits state, adding that they can impose significant penalties on members who do not comply with their rules.

Yacht purchasers are disadvantaged by the current system, the lawsuit alleges, because their agents would otherwise negotiate for their business by decreasing their commission rates.

But buyer brokers’ commissions have remained constant despite their diminishing role, the suits state. Many buyers today find boats they are interested in purchasing through online searches and enlist the services of a buyer’s broker only after identifying the yacht they want to buy, the suits claim.

The lawsuits seek an order declaring the commission structure to be illegal, a permanent injunction outlawing what they describe as anticompetitive conduct, plus damages and/or restitution, pre- and post-judgment interest, and attorneys’ fees.

Paul Geller, an attorney for one of two law firms representing the class that includes Snell, acknowledged “parallels between the allegations relating to commissions in the real estate and yacht markets.”

In the real estate matter, the National Association of Realtors on March 15 agreed to a $418 million proposed settlement that would free home sellers from paying commissions to brokers for both sellers and buyers.

After a jury ruled for the plaintiffs in the case against the National Association of Realtors in October, numerous lawsuits were filed across the country with similar allegations, including one in December against the Florida Association of Realtors and 16 brokerages.

“At bottom, the goals of (the suit against the yacht brokers) are similar: protecting consumers by challenging what we allege to be anti-competitive conduct,” Geller said by email. “We believe in the universal truth that consumers benefit by increased transparency and the competitive pricing that results from negotiated terms, including commissions.”

Geller is a partner at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, which specializes in securities litigation on behalf of investors. The firm has offices in 10 cities, including Boca Raton.

Ron Hurtibise covers business and consumer issues for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. He can be reached by phone at 954-356-4071, on Twitter @ronhurtibise or by email at [email protected].

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