Boat Dealer Prep and Broker Turnover Detailing in Tampa Bay

Boat dealer prep and broker turnover detailing is what we do every day for Tampa Bay dealerships and yacht brokerages. Every day a trade-in sits dirty on the lot is margin slipping away, and oxidized hulls in listing photos quietly cost you showings. Sunrise Marine Detailing exists to take that headache off your sales floor. We work as the consistent prep vendor your sales managers and listing coordinators can actually plan around.

Why Dealers and Brokers Choose Sunrise Marine

We built our process around the way inventory actually moves. Trade-ins come in rough, photos need to happen now, and the delivery slip is already on the calendar. Our crews show up on schedule, work on-site at your lot or in-water at the slip, and hand the boat back ready for the next step in your sales cycle.

• 48-hour trade-in turnaround so units hit the lot fast and start earning attention
• Pre-photography polish package that kills oxidation and chalking before the camera comes out
• Pre-delivery wash and wax so customer walkthroughs go smooth and complaint-free
• Brokerage volume pricing tiered to your monthly unit count

How It Works

It starts with a short intake call to understand your inventory mix, lot location, and typical turn cadence. We then schedule an on-site walkthrough, set a recurring slot in our production calendar, and assign a lead tech to your account. Billing is consolidated on a single monthly invoice with per-unit line items your accounting team can reconcile against stock numbers.

Service Areas

We cover Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and the broader Tampa Bay marine corridor, including the dealerships and brokerage houses along the Courtney Campbell, the Westshore waterfront, and the marinas of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. If your inventory lives on a trailer, a lot, or a slip in our region, we can get to it.

Get a Custom B2B Quote

If you are tired of chasing inconsistent detailers and want one prep partner for boat dealer prep and broker turnover detailing across your inventory, let us put a number to it. Call our B2B line or send your typical monthly unit count through the contact form, and we will build a pricing sheet matched to your volume. We will follow up the same business day to walk through scheduling.

What We Did for A Boat Dealers / Brokers in Tampa Bay

A St. Petersburg yacht brokerage contacted us after losing two warm leads on a consigned 38-ft cruiser. The hull had heavy waterline staining from extended slip storage at a downtown marina, the non-skid was gray with embedded grime, and the cabin carried that closed-up mildew smell every broker knows kills a walkthrough in the first 30 seconds. The listing had been active for 71 days. Their internal estimate to bring the boat to showing condition was a full week of dock-side labor they didn’t have staff to cover.

Our team mobilized a two-tech crew the following morning. Over 18 working hours across two days, we completed an acid wash on the waterline, a single-stage compound and seal on the topsides, full non-skid restoration, interior shampoo and ozone treatment, teak cleaning, and engine room degrease. The boat was ready for showings by 4 PM on day two. In the same week, we cycled through four additional vessels on their inventory list, 5 boats in 6 days, with zero schedule slippage and no rework callbacks.

The cruiser closed 19 days after our turnover. The brokerage has since moved Sunrise onto a standing retainer covering 14 listed vessels across two Tampa Bay marinas, with a 48-hour response SLA on new acquisitions. Their listed-to-closed average dropped from 94 days to 61 days across the next quarter, and they’ve cut roughly $3,800 per month in outsourced spot-cleaning they were previously routing through three different vendors.

Common Questions from Boat Dealers / Brokers

How do you price work for dealers and brokers?

We run two billing models for trade accounts: flat-rate per-vessel pricing tied to LOA and service tier (best for predictable turnover prep), and monthly retainers for brokerages managing 8+ active listings. Retainer clients get net-30 terms, consolidated invoicing, and locked-in rates that hold for 12 months. Spot-quote work is also available, call (727) 297-8866 for a same-day estimate.

Can you schedule around active showings and sea trials?

Yes. We coordinate directly with your listing agents and slip managers, and we hold a 6 AM to 8 PM working window seven days a week. Most touch-up details between showings are completed in 90 minutes or less, and we’ll re-detail high-touch areas the morning of a scheduled sea trial at no additional dispatch fee for retainer accounts.

What does your insurance cover?

We carry $2M general liability, $1M marine operators legal liability, and full workers’ comp on every tech. Certificates of insurance naming your brokerage as additional insured are issued within one business day of contract signing. We also document pre-service condition with timestamped photos on every vessel.

Can you scale for larger fleets?

Our standing capacity supports up to 40 vessels under active rotation across Tampa Bay, St. Pete, and Clearwater. For dealers running new-boat inventory above that, we add dedicated crews on 30-day lead time and assign a single account manager so you’re not re-explaining specs across jobs.