Jason Dunbar was introduced to the marine industry while working in boat yards in the Midwest. He worked in the boat yard while attending Heidelberg College and earned his Bachelor’s degrees. In the Spring of 1992 he moved to Florida and began working at the Miami Beach Marina as a Yacht Broker and Captain. In 1996, Jason moved to Ft. Lauderdale to work for Andrew Cilla at Luke Brown Yachts.  Luke Brown Yachts has afforded Jason the opportunity to work with a wide range of yacht sizes, both sail and power.  Since 1993, the yachting industry has enabled Jason to become familiar with the waters of the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Selling and operating yachts has kept Jason close to many of the people that contribute services to the yachting industry. Like all yacht brokers at Luke Brown Yachts, he aggressively works to provide ethical and fair service to the customers that make Florida the Yachting Capital of the World.

Legislative Work
In 2008 Jason and colleagues in the FYBA and MIASF spearheaded the legislative change in the Florida tax code on the sale of yachts.  In March 2010, he testified in front of the Florida Senate on behalf of the Florida Yacht Brokers Association, Marine Industries Association Florida and the Marine Industries Association of South Florida.   June of 2010, the Florida legislature capped sales and use tax at $18,000.    

                 
Expert Witness & Court Appraisals
Jason’s study of yachts began in 1993.  Using more than 20 years of personal sales data, and Luke Brown Yachts’ proprietary data base on the engineering and selling prices of yachts, he has been hired as expert witness and testified in the State and Federal Court rooms for his knowledge of yacht values.

Some of the Law Firms Jason Dunbar Has Worked With 
•    Houck Anderson Attorney at Law 
•    McAlpin & Conroy Attorney at Law
•    Arnstein  & Lehr LLP
•    Steven H. Hibbe Maritime Attorneys
•    Fertig and Gramling Law Partnership
•    Churchill Law Office
•    Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine P.L.
•    Bajo, Cuva, Cohen & Turkel P.A. Attorneys at Law
•    Clyde & Co. US LLP
•    Shutts & Bowen LLC
•    Perry & Neblett

“In the 33 years that I have owned this firm I have never witnessed a broker who has worked  harder, or done more for the marine industry than Jason Dunbar.”   – Andrew Cilla, President, Luke Brown Yachts

“If it weren’t for Jason Dunbar’s vision, tenacity, and political acumen, I do not believe the Florida State Legislature would have ever passed the sales tax cap on yachts.”   – Bob Saxon, International Yacht Collection, past Executive Director Florida Yacht Brokers

 

Contact Jason Dunbar at Luke Brown Yachts
1500 Cordova Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 • 954-525-6617
Cell 954-805-4924 • Email jason@lukebrown.com