Our team
The brokers, riggers and service hands.
Brokerage, rigging, service and storage are all handled by one team at one address in Holland, Michigan. These are the people who do it.
Independent since 2003
The people who will do the work.
A passionate team of professionals committed to delivering exceptional expertise and personalized service.
We list boats locally and sell them internationally, and every part of that job is done by someone on this page — the broker who takes the listing, the rigger who preps the boat, the scheduler who books the work.
We have worked hard to build our business into the most well-equipped and capable brokerage in our region. We enjoy complete independence as a self-sufficient entity that can handle every aspect of the brokerage experience — from finding buyers on an international scale, to hauling your boat to an inside location to rectify survey items.
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Joshua Van Howe
Yacht Broker
I spent my college years managing the marina at Coral Gables Resort in Saugatuck, Michigan. While working on the docks, I discovered that there was a niche market for capable boat handlers. So, armed with a 100-ton captains license and a flexible schedule, I became a delivery captain which provided extra spending money to make it through the school year. After graduating from college and working as an investment banker in Louisville, Kentucky, I did not feel I belonged in a corporate environment. I therefore returned to the water - this time in Norfolk, Virginia as a Sea-Tow captain. I wanted to work on a boat that had a "function". After spending time in Norfolk, a full time captain job was offered to me in Holland, Michigan bringing me back to the Great Lakes where I ran a 74' Hatteras (among other boats), and spent my time between the Great Lakes, Florida and the East Coast.
Brandon Ricci
Yacht Broker
I have been in and around boats for most of my life. I began my career in yachting as a young adult, working for a full-service marina in Macatawa, MI starting in 1999. After a few winters of painting bottoms and waxing hull sides, I decided to migrate south during the winter periods to further my career in Florida and the Caribbean. I held a professional crew position aboard a 114' motor yacht, cruising to several ports in the West Indies. The following winter season I began my 100-ton Captain's License studies and worked with mega-yachts (both sail and power) in the port of Ft. Lauderdale.
Brian Bussema
Yacht Broker
Ever since I was a small child, I have harbored a passion for boating and being on the water. I grew up outside of Kalamazoo, Michigan, near Gull Lake. Whether I was skiing or tubing with my friends, riding jet skis with my sister, or getting up early with my dad and Grandpa to go after some perch or bluegills for dinner that night, I was right where I wanted to be.