Shane Strause
Professional Yacht Broker
United Yacht Sales
Stuart, FL, USA
Contact
- Email: sstrause@unitedyacht.com
- Phone: 1-772-463-3131
- Cell: 1-305-407-7336
- Direct: 1-305-407-7336
Metadata
- Broker ID: 87682
- Office ID: 60000085
- Account Type: Yacht Brokerage
- Canonical Broker URL
Biography
First and foremost, I am a boater. I have had the privilege of spending my entire life boating and immersing myself in the lifestyle. I knew from a very young age that I wanted to work in our amazing industry. I have over thirty-five years of experience in the marine industry in sales, service, marina management, and marina construction.
I am happily married to my wife Amy of 25 years, and we have two children Delaney, and Jack. All have been part of this amazing adventure in the boating industry.
As a child I spent all my summers on my grandparents’ boat on the Bohemia River on the eastern shore of Maryland. I started in the boating industry at 15 years old working for a Tracker Marine dealer in Reading PA. I joined the Navy at 17 and reported to bootcamp in August 1991. I flew for the Navy as a Naval Aircrewman for 8 plus years on the Lockheed P-3C Orion. I was an Aviation Warfare Systems Operator and was trained to track submarines using the acoustical gear inside the aircraft.
After the Navy I returned to the Chesapeake Bay and started selling yachts for a dealership on Kent Island Maryland. After a couple of years, I started my own yacht brokerage and new boat dealership on the Bohemia River on the eastern shore of Maryland. I sold boats until the economy decline in 2009, when I was able to transition to marina management.
Since then, I have managed privately owned, municipal, and publicly traded marinas from the Florida Keys to the mid-coast of Maine. I have also had the opportunity to be part of two new marina construction projects in the Florida Keys and Richmond Hill Georgia.
Fun fact: My wife and I have owned a little over 50 boats since we have been married. She says I might have a problem, I say I have a passion. We also lived aboard our 55’ Ocean Yacht from 2009 to 2012. We traveled from Long Island NY to the Florida Keys the fall and winter of 2009/2010, and lived aboard until we moved back to land in 2012.
Brokerage Context
Our mission is to provide boaters unequaled brokerage and ownership services before, during and after every transaction. We hold ourselves to the highest levels of expertise and professional standards. We have cultivated a standard at United Yacht whereby our client’s best interest is at the center of everything we do.