Swiss sailing yacht brokerage, driven by experience.
Haas International is an independent company founded in 2004, created exclusively to serve sailing enthusiasts worldwide. We combine Swiss discretion with a highly personal approach, offering specialist advice for owners, buyers and sailors who value direct contact and genuine expertise.
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What Sets Us Apart
What sets Haas International apart is the depth of Manfred Haas’s experience. As a long-standing broker, former sailing yacht captain and new build manager, he brings a rare combination of commercial judgement, operational insight and technical knowledge to every mandate.
That background is particularly valuable in the world of large sailing yachts, where understanding the vessel matters as much as understanding the market. From Jongert to Royal Huisman and beyond, we know how pedigree sailing yachts are built, maintained, operated and valued.
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Why Sailing Only?
The answer is simple: we only sell well what we know well. By focusing exclusively on sailing yachts, we are able to offer sharper advice, deeper technical understanding and a more credible brokerage process from first conversation to final handover.
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Our Approach
We believe brokerage should be personal, informed and direct. Our clients work with a company owner who remains closely involved throughout the process, ensuring fast decisions, clear communication and a service tailored to each individual case.
Swiss values of discretion, impartiality and reliability underpin everything we do, but our real advantage is a practical understanding of sailing yachts from the inside out.
MYBA Membership
Since its creation, Haas International has been a proud member of MYBA, The Worldwide Yachting Association. MYBA is a leading professional body for established yacht brokers and superyacht specialists, known for promoting high standards of ethics, professionalism and best practice across the industry. For our clients, this membership is a clear sign of credibility, accountability and alignment with a trusted international framework.
Services
We offer a complete range of services around sailing yacht ownership and operation:
Yacht brokerage
Berth brokerage
Charter
Independent consulting
New construction
Refit
Management of sailing yachts
Crew placement
Founder Profile
Manfred Haas has spent more than 40 years in the sailing yacht world, with extensive experience as a captain on both private and charter yachts, more than 200’000 sailing miles, and supervision of several large sailing yacht new builds and refits at internationally recognised shipyards.
This rare combination of sea time, technical knowledge and brokerage experience gives our clients an advisor who understands both the operational realities and the strategic value of every yacht.
At Haas International, we bring the right people, the right yachts and the right expertise together. For clients who value a specialised, experienced and directly accessible partner, we offer a brokerage relationship built on trust, precision and long-term perspective.
What our clients say
Mr. Manfred Haas was given the full responsibility of handling the sale of my Jongert 40 Meter Ketch. Mr. Haas handled the process with the utmost professionalism. He was always available and cooperative. His honest approach to me, as the seller, and in turn to the buyer, certainly helped build the confidence needed to conclude such large financial commitments. I am happy to give my full recommendation and thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Haas' organization and should I need any further service in the maritime needs, I will not hesitate to use them.
C.G. Ex-Owner of Jongert 40T ST-JEAN
Manfred's in depth knowledge of sailing yachts in all categories has been an enormous help to me. He advised me with great understanding of my particular sailing interests when I was ready for a new yacht. When I decided for a new build instead of one of his listings he continued giving me solid advice and found an excellent surveyor for me to provide oversight of the yard during the construction of the new boat. He really puts his client's interest first. It's a pleasure working with Manfred.
J.K. Owner of BLUE OX
I would like to thank you for the contact and introduction by the CNB Shipyard. Indeed it was like a magic wand. The captain received responses very quickly, whereas previously mails remained unanswered... Thank you again.
T.B. Owner of CNB 95 INFINITY
It has been a pleasure to have Manfred Haas as buying agent for our Jongert 2700M. Mr. Haas is a knowledgeable broker and has a long experience of Jongert boats witch helps a lot in the decision process. He takes his mission very seriously and is very helpful. We can recommend him as a Broker.
J.K, Buyer of Jongert 2700M.
Dear Manfred, I would like to express my deepest appreciation for the dedication you put in the efficient and smooth sale of my sailing yacht. You looked to it that the first client who visited my yacht purchased it. You stayed on top of communication with all the parties that were involved and you were honest and ethical. Thank you so much for a job well done. Sincerely,
C.J. ex-Owner of Jongert 2700M
Je voulais vous remercier pour la manière dont vous nous avez aidées tout au long de notre aventure avec Hanseat. De l’acquisition de ce bateau, ou vous avez fait preuve d’une qualité d’écoute et de conseil rare, à la vente dans un contexte économique particulièrement complique, nous avons réellement eu le sentiment d’avoir à faire a un très grand professionnel, soucieux des intérêts de ses clients. Durant les quatre années ou nous avons navigué avec Hanseat, vous avez su nous conseiller avec pertinence quant aux travaux à réaliser, au choix de l’équipage, et dans toutes les situations ou les novices que nous étions avions besoin de conseils. Nous avons passé de merveilleux moments sur Hanseat, et vous y avez largement contribue, dépassant de très loin votre rôle de broker. Si un jour nous décidons de repartir dans de nouvelles aventures nautiques, soyez assure que nous ne manquerons pas de nous adresser à vous. De même, si des amis à moi recherchent un bateau je leur conseillerai de s’adresser à vous.
