Bob and Shar Fillingham, USCG Masters Licensed Captains and certified US Powerboating instructors. Our office is at the Salt Creek Marina on Salt Creek in Bayboro Harbor, St. Petersburg, Florida. Salt Creek has a great history in our beautiful Sunshine City of St. Petersburg. The great maritime history of Tampa Bay and Bayboro Harbor, dates back to 1901.
We bring a wealth of experience and maturity to the yacht brokerage community. We have many years of boating experience and have enjoyed extensive days and hours cruising throughout the Great Lakes, U.S. coastal waters, Canada and the Caribbean.
Our love of cruising even took us on a six month journey in 1997 to complete the Great Circle Waterway Trip – 5400 miles and 104 locks. If you are thinking about this type of voyage, be sure to ask us. We can help you with your yacht selection that would be best suited to a voyage of this nature.
Our boating experience includes both powerboating and sailing. We understand boats and we understand and love to work with the people who enjoy boating! We are well qualified to help you select and find your next quality yacht.
We work as a team to insure you buy a boat that will be appreciated and loved by every member of your family.
Fillingham Yacht Sales, Inc. is unique in that we also own the Powerboat Safety & Operating School. This is a hands-on, at-the-helm, on-the water powerboat instruction with full certification by a national organization. We can help you reduce your insurance premiums and insure you are a safe powerboat handler. Go to our website link or view more information about our school and class schedules at www.powerboatsos.com. This is the only hands-on at-the-helm school of its kind on the West Coast of Florida.
We also offer private powerboat instruction for anyone new to boating or moving up to a larger vessel, or anyone wanting to improve their skills. Perhaps your spouse wants to learn to drive your powerboat. We can help your family become more safe on our waterways and knowledgeable about boating in our waters.
Prior to boat brokering, we both had very successful business careers in the USA and throughout Europe and Asia. We are serious in the manner in which we conduct our business. You can depend on our integrity, knowledge, communication skills, professionalism and friendliness.
We are highly respected and can offer outstanding recommendations and referrals from our large customer base.Other professional sales members of our company are below.
Jim Clark brings over 30 years of sailing and powerboating experience to our organization from the Chesapeake Bay as well as the St.Petersburg/Tampa Bay areas. In addition to assisting domestic buyers for the last couple years, he has most recently been successfully representing international buyers with selection, evaluation, purchase, shipment and delivery of quality vessels to Europe, Scandinavia, and South America. If you have any international questions, call Jim at (727)692-1712. He can easily help you.
Capt. Bruce Edstrom brings over thirty five years of power boating experience to our organization. He started boating at a very young age in Chicago, the Chain of Lakes in Northern Illinois and Lake Geneva in Southern Wisconsin. He knows the waters of Lake Michigan and Green Bay, Wisconsin. Bruce relocated from West Palm Beach, Florida, to the Tampa Bay area bringing his personal vessel through the Okeechobee Waterway. He has owned many different boats over the years and has extensive knowledge of the boating industry. Bruce can help you find a vessel which will meet the needs of every family member.
Capt. Dave McCall has over 20 years of sailing and power boating experience along with many years in the yacht brokerage business in the Caribbean. He has opened a branch office for us in the U.S. Virgin Islands in St. Thomas.
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