Your Smoothest Path to a Fast, Safe, and Profitable Sale — From Palm Beach to Daytona and Orlando Area
Skip the Stress — Let Top Notch Marine Sell Your Boat for You
When you’re ready to move on from your boat, Top Notch Marine in Melbourne, FL makes the entire process effortless. As one of Florida’s longest-standing marine dealerships, our reach stretches far beyond what an individual seller can achieve on their own. We market aggressively across top national boating websites, high-traffic marketplaces, and our own established buyer network — so you don’t have to lift a finger.
Why Our Consignment Program Works So Well
Top Notch Marine consistently succeeds at selling pre-owned boats because we offer advantages private sellers simply can’t match:
• Professional repairs and reconditioning
We can take care of any service or cosmetic work needed to help your boat shine and maximize resale value.
• Financing for buyers
Most private sellers can’t offer financing — we can. This instantly expands your pool of qualified buyers.
• Delivery options
Want to attract out-of-area buyers? We handle transport, making it easier for customers to say “yes.”
• Reputation and trust
For decades, boaters across Florida have relied on us. Buyers trust our guidance, our inspections, and our process, which means your boat sells faster and more confidently.
From the Atlantic coast to inland lakes, we’ve helped customers purchase pre-owned boats across the region — and we’re ready to help you sell yours too, whether it’s a boat, pontoon, or other marine vessel.
Need Cash Now? We Also Buy Boats Outright
Not everyone has time to wait for the perfect buyer. If you want a fast, straightforward sale, Top Notch Marine will buy your boat directly.
We’re always looking for clean, well-maintained boats from 2005 and newer, and we pay cash on the spot. No delays, no hassles, no risky meet-ups with strangers.
Just bring your boat to Top Notch Marine in Melbourne, FL — or let us come to you — and walk away with cash in hand.
Selling a boat should feel exciting, not stressful. Yet too many boat owners end up overwhelmed by the grind of listing, showing, negotiating, and dealing with strangers. At Top Notch Marine, we specialize in making boat-selling simple for owners across Palm Beach, the Daytona coastline, and the greater Orlando market.
If you’re ready to move on from your current boat, here’s how to make the process smooth, safe, and successful.
Why Selling Your Boat Yourself Can Be Difficult
Listing your boat on your own might sound easy at first, but the reality is often very different.
Unqualified Shoppers and Wasted Time
You may receive dozens of inquiries, but most come from low-ballers, dreamers, and people who aren’t financially ready. Many private sellers spend weeks dealing with no-shows and endless conversation loops.
Pricing Without Data
Unlike cars, boat values aren’t standardized. Without real market analytics, it’s easy to underprice a Sea Ray or overprice your Boston Whaler and watch the listing sit stagnant.
Safety Concerns and Scams
Meeting strangers at marinas from Palm Beach to Daytona can pose risks. Fraudulent checks, fake wires, risky sea trials, and identity scams are increasingly common.
Paperwork Challenges
Title transfers, registration issues, lien payoffs, and financial verification can turn into a tangle — especially if you’re not familiar with Florida requirements.
Selling your boat yourself isn’t impossible, but it’s rarely the easy route.
The Easy Route: Let Top Notch Marine Handle Everything
Top Notch Marine offers two streamlined options designed to eliminate headaches and maximize your return.
Option 1: Fast Cash Purchase
If you want certainty and speed, our cash-purchase program is the simplest path.
- Quick evaluation
- Fair market offer
- We handle all paperwork
- We manage any bank payoff
- We pick up the boat
- You get paid fast
From Orlando’s freshwater lakes to the Palm Beach and Daytona saltwater scene, this is the fastest, cleanest way to sell your boat.
Option 2: Consignment — Maximum Exposure, Minimum Effort, Highest Price Paid to You!
If your goal is to get top value without doing any of the work, consignment is your best choice.
What We Provide
- Professional photography and marketing
- Listing across every major boat-buying platform
- Daily lead follow-up 7 days a week
- Buyer qualification
- Sea trial management after funding, NOT before
- Secure closing and payment controls
- Full paperwork processing
You simply drop off your boat — or we pick it up — and we handle everything else.
Option 3: Trade In your boat, RV, Auto, Motorcycle, Jewelry or Real Estate on a Boat and Trade Up with Confidence!
If you’re thinking about upgrading, Top Notch Marine makes trading in your boat one of the easiest and most enjoyable paths forward. Instead of juggling listings, sea trials, and uncertain buyers, you can simply bring us your current boat and apply its value directly toward something newer, bigger, or better suited to your lifestyle.
Why Trading In at Top Notch Marine Makes Sense
• Fast, fair evaluations
Our team appraises your boat on the spot using real market data, giving you a solid trade value without the runaround.
• Seamless upgrade process
Your trade-in instantly reduces the price of your next boat — whether it’s a center console, deck boat, cruiser, pontoon, or one of our many new models in stock.
• No selling headaches
Skip the ads, skip the strangers, skip the paperwork. We handle the entire process from start to finish.
• Potential tax advantages
In many cases, trading in reduces the taxable amount of your new purchase — a real financial bonus compared to selling privately.
• A huge selection to choose from
With locations serving Melbourne, Palm Beach, Daytona, and Orlando buyers, we keep a massive inventory of new and pre-owned boats ready for immediate delivery.
Whether you’re looking to move into a fishing platform with more range, a family-friendly sport boat with more space, or a luxury upgrade with every comfort, trading in at Top Notch Marine makes the jump easy and enjoyable.
Popular brands we buy or consign in Florida
Here are 50 of the most recognized powerboat brands in today’s market: (in no particular order)
- Sea Ray
- Boston Whaler
- Grady-White
- Yamaha
- Scout
- Cobia
- Tidewater
- Carolina Skiff
- Key West
- Chaparral
- Regal
- Sea Hunt
- Robalo
- Mako
- Everglades
- Sportsman
- Seafox
- EdgeWater
- Crownline
- Formula
- Bayliner
- Four Winns
- Hurricane
- Monterey
- Skeeter
- Lund
- Sea Chaser
- Tracker
- Ranger
- Bennington
- Starcraft
- Avalon
- Manitou
- Crest
- G3
- Tahoe
- Blackfin
- Intrepid
- Yellowfin
- Contender
- Freeman
- Invincible
- Jupiter
- Fountain
- Donzi
- Chris-Craft
- HCB
- Pursuit
- Nautic Star
- Scout
Our list of popular brands is just a start. We can buy or consign any boat up to 34 feet and 12,000 pounds.
Why Work With Top Notch Marine?
Top Notch Marine has spent decades building one of Florida’s most trusted reputations. We sell boats every day, understand real-time market demand, and have the reach to find qualified buyers quickly. From Palm Beach to Daytona and deep into the Orlando region, our footprint puts your boat in front of the right people fast. Our marketing reaches customers and brokers worldwide. We sell many boats into the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami market.
Ready to Sell Your Boat the Easy Way?
Whether you want fast cash or maximum exposure through consignment, Top Notch Marine makes selling your boat simple, safe, and profitable.
Share a few details about your boat, and let us take it from here.
