About Salthouse International Marine Brokers

"A lifetime in boats."

Introducing Don Salthouse

• One of New Zealands most successful and experienced marine brokers with more than 25 years in brokerage.
  
  
• He grew up in one of New Zealands best known boating and boat building families and spent much of his youth building and racing yachts.
  
  
• By the age of 17 he had won an international boat design competition, and represented NZ in teams racing.
  
  
• Established his own brokerage operation at Westhaven in the early 1980's and was appointed founding chairman of the Boating Industries Association's Brokers Division.
  
  
• In 1993, Don sold his brokerage business to concentrate on new boat sales for the family boatbuilding company Salthouse Corsairs Ltd, now the Salthouse Marine Group.
  
  
• During the last 25 years Don has sold hundreds of boats, including 25 out of the first 30 Sovereigns built, establishing key export markets.
  
  
• In March 2000, Salthouse Marine Group was awarded "Exporter of the Year" and was one of 3 finalists in the "Business of the Year" category at the Waitakere City Business Enterprise Awards.
  
  
• In April 2000 Don was approached by one of NZ's leading real estate companies Bayleys, to manage Bayleys Marine Brokers, marketing some of NZ's finest yachts and motor yachts internationally.
  
  
• The Salthouse Network. Don is a member of one of New Zealand's most respected boating dynasties, with expertise in virtually every facet of the market including marine sales, boat building, design and maintenance etc

Selling your Boat?

What can Salthouse International Marine Brokers add to the sale of your boat?

• Expertise in marketing programs which achieve results, designed to maximize price.
  
  
• Skilled and up to date internet marketing generating significant email enquiry.
  
  
• Strong database of qualified potential purchasers both nationally and internationally from Don's 25 plus years of marine brokerage in both new and pre-owned boats.
  
  
• Experienced advice on preparing a boat for sale, sea trials and surveys and key data on recent sales of similar craft.
  
  
• Assistance with export options and handling Customs and GST issues , ships registration and deliveries.
  
  
• Presentation of printed and electronic brochures to fully promote your vessel.

	75 ft "MY Southerly" sold for David Richwhite to Australian clients in 2003.
A new Alloy 18m commercial cat built in Melbourne and sold to Dolphin Planet in Hervey Bay for whale watching in 2004.