CORAL GABLES YACHT BROKERS LLC
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA

Gerald Berton – Business Entrepreneur Business entrepreneur – with extensive experience in all aspects of the marine industry, and considerable general management consulting experience in a variety of other industries, Founder/owner of a marine products company supplying all major boat building companies with innovative products, designed and sold hundreds of new boats and pre-owned yachts , involved in numerous projects in the motion picture and television industry, event organizer/creator of major marine events including: the 100 the anniversary of Statue of Liberty Celebration, the Miami Superyacht Show, power boat poker runs etc., Consultant/partner to the Seminole Tribe of Florida on windmill farms and exportation of agricultural products to Cuba, developer of a variety of other businesses, and highly experienced yachtsman. – With more than 30+ years’ experience as a professional in the Marine Industry and prior personal experience with the US Coast Guard, Mr. Berton has personally been involved in the design manufacture and sale of a significant number and wide range and style of yachts up to 200 +feet in length. As a consequence he is intimately familiar with contracts and negotiations involving new construction, whether foreign or domestic and the most effective methods to evaluate and acquire or sell a yacht. He is highly experienced on the water with extensive day and night navigation, of both USA Coasts, from Key West to Nova Scotia and Long Beach to San Francisco, the entire Gulf Coast, the Bahama Islands, The Mediterranean Sea including most of its islands, Mexico and Asia. Mr. Berton holds a 100 ton Captain’s license, a Florida Yacht Broker’s License, is a trained meteorologist; retired editor of Motor Boating Magazine, Former US Coast Guardsman; Member of the Explorers Club; and consultant to the motion picture industry, celebrities, and captains of industry. He also holds several offshore powerboat records. – Mr. Berton has developed a number of boats including with F.A.O. Porsche -the Porsche design boat, the Cigarette 38, the Sealine 47 (winner of the Boat of the Year 2000), and a variety of domestically produced boats and yachts from 30 to 85 feet. Additionally, he has imported and marketed new and pre-owned boats from England, Italy, France, Austria, Thailand, and Australia. These activities included contract negotiations, currency considerations and hedging, shipping, insurance and customs handling. Mr. Berton’s clients have included many captains of industry, Celebrities, business professionals, corporations and private citizens from all walks of life both from the USA and abroad. He has also formulated numerous successful marketing and branding campaigns, including winner of the best display in the Miami Boat Show (twice). He has traveled the world markets extensively, both in the worldwide sale of yachts, and in visiting a number of shipyards, and consequently is quite familiar with construction techniques, and many of the worlds harbors and cruising grounds. Mr. Berton has also worked on the development of a variety of hi performance propulsion systems and is intimately familiar with surface drive applications and various propeller technologies. – Mr. Berton has been involved in a wide variety of management consulting activities ranging from organizational structures. corporate feasibility, developments etc. Projects included feasibility analysis of the cruise ship industry in Palau and Saipan, marine manufacturing companies, boat sales companies, marinas, expert witness, windmill farms, investor properties, financial company reorganization and consulting + much more. Mr. Berton’s companies currently have affiliations with Italian, Spanish, German, Norwegian, Turkish, Chinese, and USA companies among others in various entrepreneurial enterprises ranging from products to food to consulting. was founded to provide yacht brokerage and marine consulting services on the highest professional level, backed by a solid base of actual field experience as opposed to theory, to a select client base. You will find us to be well versed in each area of our business, and to be extremely effective, efficient and responsive in providing a wide range of services, on a cost effective basis, designed to save you time, money and energy. Whether your interest is exploring the purchase or sale of a new or pre-owned Yacht or ship, the sale or acquisition of a Business, dealership, franchise, the management or marketing of your company or services, or promotional and/or theatrical events on the water, we have “been there and done that”, and can provide valuable experience to assist you in making the right decision for your needs. With more than 30 years experience and sales of hundreds of yachts, use my expertise and industry knowledge to help you evaluate, select, acquire and maintain the yacht of your dreams. With more than 30 years experience and sales of hundreds of yachts, use my expertise and industry knowledge to help you evaluate, select, acquire and maintain the yacht of your dreams.