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Russ & Leslie

Russ and his wife, Leslie, bought West Yachts in 2012 and have enjoyed working as a team to create the best, most rewarding buying and selling experience for each customer.

Russ Meixner

Power and sail experience.

Over 60 years ago Russ discovered his love of boating when his Dad stepped away from the wheel of the family yacht, a 36′ Richardson, and let Russ take over.   He was hooked.  He has been boating ever since. He has owned and captained many boats including power boats and sailboats, Yachts and  race boats (Olympia to Roche Harbor in under 2 hours!!).  He has even captained an authentic dug-out canoe on the Amazon River!  When he got into selling Yachts he was surprised at how much he knew about boating and boats, attained from years of practical hands on experience.  He has extensive boating knowledge that he is ready to share with you.  Russ has combined his love of boating and his experience in selling into a dream job.  How many people can say that?

[email protected] 360-299-2526 office 360-951-3000 cell

Lee Youngblood

Sail boat specialist with power boat experience.

Lee has 20+ years of sailing experience that range from deliveries on both East & West Coasts, lots of cruising, racing and fun offshore trips. Lee has a real understanding of the trade-offs and compromises in boat designs. So whether you are heading offshore or learning and looking for your first boat, he’ll work to help you find the “right boat” for your budget, goals and destinations or help you market and sell your current vessel.

[email protected] 425-444-9109 cell

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West Yachts recently completed a sale for us on our trawler and it was a very pleasant experience thanks to the professionalism of Russ Meixner. His complete knowledge of boats, his honesty and thoroughness were good for us and good for the buyer. Thank you Russ and Leslie - you two are a great team! Gene & Connie Cada

After a horrendous experience I have decided to write up a detailed review of West Yachts LLC, Yacht Broker located in Anacortes, WA. My wife and I feel that it is necessary to warn people about the shoddy service we received while attempting to buy a boat through their Yacht Broker firm. First off, I have to say I agree with all the one-star ratings in Google and Yelp Reviews online, so if you haven't read any of them yet I urge readers to seek them out and read them before proceeding any further - Sure wish we had up front! We both feel that those reviews are spot on and describe our experience and observations regarding this broker team to a tee. If it were possible, we would give them a zero-star rating! Why is that you say? Buckle up because this will not be short, and I will say much of the nasty stuff does have witnesses to fully corroborate what we are talking about! Read the entire story of our experience at this web link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xWd05RrvXODw8CSnjkYa8BikUp_PuA_mfGZXy54U-aA/edit?usp=sharing

I wish I'd read the reviews before considering working with Russ. What started out as a fairly pleasant experience then devolved quickly with his condescending manner-- acting insulted that we wanted to negotiate a price for the boat, and trying to press his "knowledge" of this particular boat that was completely lacking. He was incensed that we wanted our own trusted mechanic to review the engine on the boat-- and for good reason as the engine was a piece of unmaintained garbage, contradictory to the sales brochure. He tried to separate my husband and I on the sea trial ("so that the boat will operate at peak perfomance") What? If I can't run my boat with 4 people aboard I don't want the boat! He downplayed obvious flaws in the engine and became terse when the deal fell apart. Someone wrote he took his salesmanship cues from "The Art of the Deal"-- nailed it! I see that some folks have had positive experiences-- likely because the transaction went exactly as Russ intended it to.

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Jul 1, 2024

I am sorry you feel this way and are unhappy with West Yachts. I feel this attack is unwarranted and I must respond: -Negotiations are a part of buying a boat and I really enjoy this part of the process. -I AM very familiar with this particular make and brand of boat as my wife and I owned one. There was discussion of 5 people aboard during survey. I discussed with everyone the possibility of splitting the group up for optimum performance and room aboard the boat. It was an agreeable arrangement at the time so WHY it is not agreeable now? FYI: The mechanic was not able to attend and this 25’ boat performed perfectly during survey with 4 people aboard. I really don’t know what your complaint is. - We readily accept your choice of an unbiased, educated professional surveyor and/or mechanic. The seller was so shocked at your mechanic’s assessment of his boat engine that he had an unbiased mechanical survey done on his boat. This mechanic found this to be a sound engine. He has records to attest to his regular professional maintenance of this boat engine. -I have not spoken to you since the survey day. How can I sound “terse”. “It is a lovely boat and it is clear that the owners have taken good care of it.” (Your words.) We are sorry that you feel differently now and will miss out on a great boat.

Lee Youngblood talked to me about what kind of boat I would like, and then showed me a boat that I ended up purchasing. I was very impressed with the great amount of work that he did during the survey: moving items out of the surveyors way and going up the mast to re-run a halyard for the sea trial. His pictures for the listing were of exceptionally good quality. See for yourself on any boat he has listed! Don't discount my review just because I don't have many. I'm not usually moved to bother reviewing. I'm pretty sure he did more to make this sale work out than other brokers would! Thanks Lee!

Russ must be using Art of the Deal for his practice manual. Claims to know very little about his very expensive product. Denies objective facts about said product (USCG documentation). Assails the buyer for learning facts (as if researching a $150000 purchase is a criminal act). Even had his staff pull their car battery in the parking lot just to start the boat. Then Russ & his pal took turns trying to distract me from observing my survey in the sling! I couldn't even ride back from the survey haul out because I was afraid Russ would be swimming. Someone on here said "bully." To that I would only add "delusional." Now let's see if he refunds my earnest $.

Update: we did end up buying a nice yacht - obviously not from these prigs. When we had come into their office, the guy asked, "have you seen any boats you liked?". When we replied we had, he asked in a rather snotty tone, "Why didn't you buy it?". I get the implication; he had us pegged for 'looky-loos' who were just going to waste his time. Well guess what, squarenuts; we did get a boat, and you didn't get a commission. You won't miss it, obviously, but with your attitude, time - and karma - will catch up with you, so good luck...you'll need it.

Rather indifferent and actually kind of snotty staff. Textbook example not only of how not to make a sale, but how to spread bad WoM regarding your business. There are plenty of yacht brokers in Anacortes; skip this one. TOP TIP (WYS&C): Even if the walk-in client isn't going to buy one of your million-dollar listings, they may just have friends who might; treat them with a little bit of dignity.

The worst. Russ mansplained to me, talked over me, and yelled at me. When my husband got on the phone he talked over him, yelled at him, then hung up. Bullied both of us. Abusive bully behavior will not be tolerated in our personal or professional lives. He should not be in business.

Delightful from start to finish. You couldn't ask for a more helpful and caring company, and just beautiful customer service.

West Yachts', Russ recently sold my boat and handled my purchase of another. West Yachts is the best boat broker I have ever worked with. Russ is a problem solver, very knowledgeable. Almost every purchase or sale of a boat seems to have some kind of problem which comes up during the transaction. He is an ethical problem solver and uses his extensive knowledge to get things done. I have owned many boats and know that boats are complicated. Anyone can sell someone a boat but without good brokerage representation, lots of bad things can happen. He took the time to ask all the right questions, gave solid suggestions and made sure things went well. I think West Yachts is the best in class within the sea of other yacht and boat brokers who fail to reach these standards.

The secret to the process of selling a boat is to find the people you can trust. After looking at several brokers, we settled on West Yachts. Russ Meixner is the broker. He spent the time and effort to explain the process , showed us what we needed to do to get the best price, and managed the project for us. We wound up getting our boat sold at a good price and with no grief. I most highly recommend this company!

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Welcome To WS Yacht Brokers

At WS Yacht Brokers, all of our staff have had a lifelong passion for the water, and the vessels that bear us on that water. Whether it’s the ocean, rivers, or lakes, we’re happy! We are also extremely fortunate to be able to do something we love everyday of our lives, and meet wonderful people who share our passion as much as we do!

You don’t even need to be thinking about selling your vessel, or be looking for one! We’re just happy to meet people and talk about boats! So feel free to  call or email us  with any questions, thoughts, interesting conversation topics, and we’ll be happy to talk to you.

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