BVI Yacht Brokers
Our team of Caribbean yacht brokers have provided boat sales expertise internationally since 1981. We specialise in servicing both Caribbean and USA boat sellers and buyers as well as the within the European market, and are almost consistently the top-performing Caribbean yacht brokerage.
Brian Duff
Yacht Broker
Brian has been selling boats with BVI Yacht Sales since 2009, when he moved to the BVI having sold his yacht rigging business based in Annapolis MD. Brian grew up in a sailing family, racing Opti and 420 as a child, progressing to sailing keelboats and right out of high school took off on a 24’ Sloop to explore and learn the world of yachting. Working variously as a rigger, captain, carpenter, electrician and diver he acquired a wide range of skills relevant to his career in yachting, and applies all this to help USA & Caribbean yacht owners through the process of preparing their vessel for sale and actively seeking the right buyer to get the best possible sale, over and over again. Brian’s philosophy is that selling boats is about providing information to buyers accurately and transparently so that deals go smooth, and buyers become sellers again later through good relationships. Brian now lives on his Irwin 52 and is normally at our BVI Offices.
(284) 494-3260
Gary Lucas
Broker Consultant
Gary Lucas comes from a highly competitive sales background with decades of experience with top power brands such as Horizon Motor Yachts, Horizon Power Catamarans, Leopard, Fountaine Pajot, Yamaha etc. He has a special focus on the high end power and motor yacht market, bringing diversity and incredible sales experience to the team, consulting with all our Caribbean yacht brokers on how to get the best possible sale of your boat, here in the Caribbean and internationally.
Chesnee Cogswell
Yacht Broker
Chesnee Cogswell is a Tortola Native, and was almost literally born on a sailboat in Cane Garden Bay, Tortola! Chesnee comes from a serious sailing family having lived abroad and cruised many boats throughout his lifetime, as well as participated in extensive refit projects of varied and extensive nature. He joined the team as we re-expanded our sales force following Hurricane Irma in 2017. Prior to joining the team here at BVI Yacht Sales, Chesnee was a very active charter captain for many charter companies here in the BVI giving him the opportunity to sail various makes and model charter yachts. His passion also extends to the sportfishing industry having participated in many ‘Big Boat’ fishing tournaments as well as private and charter fishing programs over the years. Chesnee has dedicated himself to his position here at BVI Yacht Sales and it has shown in his performance, selling more boats himself than any other brokerage in the Caribbean as of June 2020, all while keeping his clients best interests in mind. He has climbed the ladder to being one of the top-performing Caribbean yacht brokers, consistently helping us maintain our position as the leading Caribbean yacht brokerage.
(284) 494-3260
Liz Day
Yacht Broker
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Day has been sailing all of her life and worked as a professional skipper for the last 8 years, taking out guests on a wide range of the popular charter vessels that work here in BVI, including mono hulls and catamarans up to 65ft , also with experience sailing in the Mediterranean and other parts of the Caribbean as well. For the last 4 years she has also had the privilege of instructing under the RYA programs. Liz can help not only to get your boat sold, but also has lots of knowledge to share with buyers and those new to the BVI on where to go, what to do, and the best boats to do it all on.
(284) 494 3260
Ocean Petersen
Yacht Broker
Ocean is our broker based on St Thomas, USVI. He keeps his classic yacht on island and takes folks on daysailing trips between brokering duties.
(284) 494-3260
Bob Carson
Yacht Broker
Bob has been surrounded by the boating industry since 1986, when he started up his own yacht brokerage on the west coast of Florida. Bob first sailed to the BVI in 1994 with his wife, where he then chartered his yacht for 2 seasons, before buying Southern Trades Yacht Sales in St. Thomas, USVI, in 1997. Bob then decided to move his new yacht brokerage over to the BVI, where he specialised in the sale of crewed charter yachts, including their businesses. In July 2020, Bob joined BVI Yacht Sales following the merging of the two companies, bringing with him his expertise in the crewed charter yacht industry!
(284) 541 0512
Bernard Evan-Wong
Yacht Broker
Bernard ‘Bernie’ Evan-Wong grew up racing dinghies from Snipes, Sunfishes, GP 14 ‘s, and Lasers; in the Caribbean, and later at university in UK. He lived in Trinidad following university, working as a health professional, and took up racing on keel boats, later located to the island of Antigua, in the Eighties. Still a resident of Antigua, his passion for the sea
and everything related to it led him to pick up qualifications as a RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, a dive master, a marine moorings specialist, and an avid yacht racing enthusiast. Over the past 35 years he has owned a succession of race boats, regularly racing the Caribbean circuit. If you’ve sailed the Caribbean and done a race, you’ve probably met Bernie!
His rotating fleet of power and sailing boats has gained him a depth of experience with the specifics of ownership, maintenance and repair of vessels in the Caribbean. He can help you gain a greater understanding of any aspect of boating in the Islands from ownership, management, stewardship to concerns structural , mechanical, electrical, rigging, finishing or any other aspect of yachts and yachting life in this region.
“Drawing on all the knowledge and experience he has gained over the years we are excited to support Bernie on our brokerage team, working to match potential buyers to suitable vessels based on their desires and needs. Sellers can have confidence that in working together with us the best strategy for positioning their boat for the best possible sale can be had. “ – Brian Duff, Managing Director at BVI Yacht Sales
(284) 494 3260
Lu Valade
Yacht Broker
Lu has lived in the BVI all of his life and has lived aboard boats for most of those years. He has a deep knowledge of the BVI and has worked in the marine industry here for quite a few years in various positions including dive master, salvage diver, and yacht management. Lu’s most recent position was in real estate sales for BVI Sothebys where he sold and assisted in the sales of some of the most luxurious properties around.
Lu missed working in the yachting industry so he decided to use his sales expertise towards selling yachts here in the BVI and throughout the Caribbean.