Yacht Sailing
Business Description
Australia’s Specialists in Boat Sales & Brokerage
Meet Your Local Accredited Yacht Broker at Bundaberg Port Marina.
If you are buying or selling a boat, look no further than Yacht Sailing. Based at Bundaberg Port Marina, 15–17 Marina Drive, Burnett Heads, they are an accredited marine broker with more than 25 years of experience in the industry.
That combination matters. A local broker who already knows the marina, the hardstand, the shipyard and the cruising crowd can move a listing faster and keep a purchase cleaner than someone working from a spreadsheet two states away.
Who they are?
Yacht Sailing is Australia’s specialists in boat sales and brokerage. The business is founded by local boating people and presents more than 60 years of combined marine-industry experience across the team. Their stated mission is simple: help Australians get on the water smoothly, safely and affordably.
The principal you will deal with is Sean Sullivan, who writes and lists under the Yacht Sailing name.
They also list from other ports such as Gladstone, Airlie Beach, Coral Sea Marina, Mandurah and more, but Bundaberg Port Marina is home base.
Yachthub lists them as a Queensland-based broker and licensed dealer, marine insured, with a large enquiry database (around 3,500 current and past buyer contacts). That is useful if you want your boat in front of people already looking, not just a Facebook post.
Why “Accredited Broker” is not just a Badge
Yacht Sailing is a Boating Industry Association (BIA) member and promotes the BIA broker process on both their sales pages and their own articles.
In practice, an accredited broker is supposed to give you more than a listing photo:
– Professional valuation and pricing advice, not a guess to win the listing
– Trust-account handling of deposits
– Title and encumbrance checks so you do not inherit someone else’s marina bill or finance charge
– Written contracts and settlement support
– Screening of buyers before they step on your boat
– Professional indemnity cover behind the advice
Sean’s own piece, The BIA Broker Advantage, makes the same case: private click and buy sales look cheap until a lien appears, a deposit goes missing, or a description of the boat does not match what is in the water. For marina guests and local owners, that is the point. You want the person handling the money and the paperwork to be bound by an industry code, not just a handshake on the fuel dock.
What they actually do
The service list is straightforward:
**For sellers**
– Free, no-obligation appraisal
– Listing preparation and professional photos
– Marketing across their own site plus major portals (YachtHub, Boats Online and similar)
– Buyer screening
– Negotiation and contract management
– Paperwork and settlement
**For buyers**
– Current listings from private sellers
– Buyer advocacy and inspection support
– Pre-purchase inspections and sea trials
– Advice on whether the boat actually suits the job (coastal weekender vs liveaboard vs passage-maker)
– Help with registration, insurance and finance referrals
They also source boats that are not on the public list if you tell them what you want.
Why being on the Marina matters
Bundaberg Port Marina is a port of entry, a shipyard and a staging point for boats heading north to the Reef or south along the coast. Buyers flying in want to inspect, haul, survey and fuel in one place. Sellers want someone who can walk down the pontoon, know which berth the boat is in, and talk to the travel-lift or hardstand crew without a two-day delay.
A broker who is local to the marina can:
– Arrange viewings without a long commute
– Coordinate surveys and sea trials with local contractors
– Speak plainly about condition, cyclone season, and what actually sells here
– Keep the sale moving while the owner is still living aboard or working nearby
That is the practical advantage over a broker who only knows Bundaberg as a pin on a map.
How to use them
Selling: Ask for a no-obligation appraisal. They will price it, photograph it and put it in front of their buyer list and the major listing sites.
Buying: Call with the type, budget and intended use. If the right boat is not on the current list, they will look for it.
Contact
Yachtsailing — Bundaberg Port Marina
15–17 Marina Drive, Burnett Heads QLD
0413 892 531
[email protected][yachtsailing.com.au](https://yachtsailing.com.au/)
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