Sail California San Diego

If I can hand out negative stars, this business would get –3 stars. In September of 2005, I helped a friend coordinate the purchase and delivery of a new (used) J-​32 from San Diego to San Francisco from this boat brokerage.
From my direct experience with the broker (name withheld) handling the deal at this brokerage, I would be reluctant to buy any boat from them in the future unless I had another brokerage represent my interests as a buyer. This broker we worked with at Sail California San Diego was far more interested in getting his check deposited in the bank by the end of the business day than honoring his obligations to the buyer. Not only did he failed to carry through his end of the boat commissioning & provisioning as buyer’s agent, he left us scrambling on the weekend of our departure to SF with a number of pre-​existing mechanical problems that were agreed to be taken cared of prior to our arrival to San Diego. Trying to source parts and service on a weekend was not easy, but we managed to be resourceful and got the job done and cast off the dock lines only a little tardy to our original schedule — no thanks to the broker.
Needless to say, I now have a higher esteem for used car salesman than this boat broker…