St Barts is a great company. I get parts for my Beneteau sailboat from them. Every experience has been excellent starting with Amanda and others who answer and ensure I get in touch with the people to whom I need to speak. Jean Michel is incredibly helpful and informative. Turnaround on delivery is great. I am a stickler for service and this company gets it.Michael Stone
St Barts is truly consistent top notch quality across multiple locations and resource levels. My first experience was with a broker in Jacksonville, FL (Carey English) who was nothing but the VERY best in terms of depth of knowledge and professionalism when it came to shopping for a sailboat upgrade. We found the perfect boat and to this day we trust St Barts in Charleston (the mother ship) with all of our maintenance needs. Jean Michel is almost as entertaining as he is knowledgeable on the care and feeding of your vessel. He is usually able to pin point the exact problem within minutes and he has a reputation for being finicky about quality of parts and workmanship- truly an amazing and gifted man with a fabulous team! Chuck (owner of St Barts) has a kind and easy going midwestern air about him and has surrounded himself with an amazing pool of talented and wonderful people. I would highly recommend St Barts based on 3+ years of my own personal experience in terms of trust, quality service/workmanship and responsiveness.
From what I can tell, St. Barts operates with 3 business units: the assembly, brokering, and customization of new Beneteau boats, brokering of pre-owned boats, and servicing of owned boats. They specialize in sailboats, but have trawlers as well. My experience with working with the whole team has been top-notch. The sales team is very knowledgeable, and they choose to educate potential buyers about the upsides/downsides so that the buyer can make up their own mind instead of being typical high-pressure salesmen. The service team is also very knowledgeable and can do just about anything in the way of repair or customization. Their work is professional with attention to detail. What stood out to me was that they are normal people. If you dont need something done, they will tell you. If they cant do something, they will recommend someone who can. As a new boat owner, I call on them for help frequently. Its been great to be able to get quick help. My experience with other marine repairers is that they will get to your boat when they feel like it. Weve always received prompt attention from these guys. Highly recommend.
Purchase a 2014 45 Oceanis from St. Barts Yachts and have been loving everything about it. The sales experience and design was smooth and easy. Delivery was right on time for the 4th of July weekend and what a splash it made. My wife, myself, and 2 young children spend many weekends sailing all over Lake Norman, NC. We are land locked but the yacht is so easy, fun, fast, and pure lake luxury living that we never notice. It can go from cruiser, to racer, to even trolling for stripers in the cool winter air. It is always ready and has held up to heavy winds and the Carolina sun marvelously! Looks as beautiful and new as the day we took delivery 3 summers ago. Cant say enough positives about the entire process. My wife and I have owned several yachts and we can honestly say that we a still truly enjoying this one and not surprisingly, 3 foot fever hasnt hit or even been a though! My family thanks you to all for the sale, maintenance, and continual support. To anyone considering this vessel, go take a sail, but be ready to add one to your life!