USCG documentation, title & registration, escrow coordination, and foreign flagging — managed end to end so your deal closes on time, the first time.
Purchase & sale agreement in hand; deposit to the agreed escrow holder.
Buyer's acceptance of vessel; we track the contingency dates.
USCG abstract of title plus lien searches on the vessel and seller.
Florida sales/use tax (6%, $18,000 cap) and nonresident considerations.
Closing statements and disbursement authorization; funds confirmed before closing.
Execute, disburse, file with the NVDC/state, and deliver your running package.
Lisa Chalker (formerly Lisa Borkowski) has spent more than a decade on the documentation and closing side of the yacht business, where she's known for getting complicated deals across the line. With her husband, Capt. Lee Borkowski, she co-owned ASAP Marine Documentation & Registration in Fort Lauderdale for over seven years — even authoring the document-production software the firm ran on. She later served as Director of Administration at 26 North Yachts and then Denison Yacht Sales before co-founding All Oceans Closings, which she led as President.
Her work spans USCG documentation, state titling, foreign-flag registration, lien and title searches, and full escrow-backed closings — with a particular focus on the hard ones: repossessions, U.S. Marshal seizures, estate and divorce sales, trusts, and absentee or overseas owners. She has spoken on "Listing to Closing" at FYBA/IYBA, and by her own count has handled in the neighborhood of 10,000 closings.
"The wisdom that comes with 10,000 successful closings is invaluable." — Bob Denison, Denison Yacht Sales
Wire fraud is the single biggest threat in a boat transaction. Here is exactly how we handle it.
Above Deck Closings will never send or change wiring instructions by email. If you receive any email claiming we have, treat it as fraud and call us.
Before you send funds, call a known number and verbally confirm the account details. Repeat the account number back. No exceptions.
We confirm seller, lienholder, and lender payoff details independently — not from an email signature line.
closings@abovedeckclosings.com
Lighthouse Point, Florida
Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm ET
Buying or selling without a broker? We handle FSBO closings too — same clean process, start to finish.