About Us

The Flagship Approach:

Enthusiasm, hard work, and experience: that is what we bring to the table, and that is what it takes to make your boat transaction an exceptional experience. Our goal is to be your broker for life, not just for one sale. We are excited to share our knowledge and experience with you, and to make your time on the water as memorable and trouble-free as possible.

 

Meet the Founder

Michael Beers, CPYB

Michael believes in the value of customer service and never hesitates to go the extra mile for his clients. He has built a loyal following of repeat customers thanks to his hard work, integrity, and experience.

Michael grew up in Pittsburgh, PA with a keen interest in boats but not much opportunity to get on the water. He began sailing casually at Boston’s Community Boating while in college, and after graduating spent a summer driving the launch at Boston Sailing Center. Boating slowly took hold of his professional life and he spent several years teaching sailing in San Francisco, where he obtained his USCG 50-ton Master’s License and got his start racing in the Melges 24 fleet out of St. Francis Yacht Club.

In 2006 Michael returned to the east coast and the following year joined McMichael Yacht Brokers, where he spent the next 16 years. He became established as one of the area’s most successful brokers of new and used J/Boats, Amels, and MJM Yachts. Michael routinely travels from Maine to Florida and across Europe to support his clients.

Michael lives with his wife and two children in Purchase, NY and the family cruises their Sabre 38 sailboat EXIT STRATEGY out of American Yacht Club.

 

Meet the Team

Ariel Jamil, 100gt Captain
Communications and Marketing Coordinator

Ariel has a lifelong dedication to yachting and yacht racing. She recently returned to her home port of Long Island Sound after over a decade on the island of Saint Maarten where she worked for Yamaha SXM, captained race and charter programs, was a crew trainer for the 12 Meter Challenge, raced a Melges 24, became a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and was the General Manager of the Sint Maarten Yacht Club and Sailing School.

Growing up locally, Ariel cruised her Baltic 38DP out of Stamford and joined local crews to participate in many regional regattas and race weeks. She utilized her 100gt license / TWIC to drive commercial vessels in the NYC harbor and deliver yachts up and down the Eastern seaboard and Caribbean Sea; instructed basic keelboat and bareboat charter courses and was a sailing coordinator at a local yacht club and an apprentice rigger.

Ariel joins Flagship Yacht Sales with her strong seamanship, service and hospitality skills and specializes in communications and marketing campaigns for yachting. She believes that through personal and professional integrity and meticulously detail oriented customer service, she can develop enduring relationships and help boat owners build positive lifelong memories for their families on the water.

She is now highly involved with the local yachting community as a member of both the American Yacht Club and Storm Trysail Clubs where she is an active member of the race committee.