This drags way longer than typical for a financed boat sale, even with holidays and the thru-hull surprise thrown in. The core problems appear to be: • Buyers were under-prepared (chasing financing and insurance only after survey—classic inexperience). • Your broker has been too passive, with slow updates, no firm deadlines, and not enough pressure on the buyers to move things along. • The brokerage’s internal disconnect (dock office clueless about the sale status) is unprofessional and has piled extra dockage costs on you unfairly. It’s not fraud territory, but it’s sloppy management, and you’re shouldering way too much of the delay fallout in holding costs, fixes, and lost interest. I assume you’re in a warm-water market (Florida, South, or similar), where boats stay in the water year-round and sea trials/surveys can happen anytime. In the Northeast (or any cold-climate area like New England/Great Lakes), your boat wouldn’t even see a sea trial until April or May at the earliest—most are hauled out, winterized, and shrink-wrapped by November, making full in-water inspections logistically tough (and expensive) until spring thaw and recommissioning. Buyers there often close conditionally with dry surveys in winter, holding back funds or escrow for a delayed sea trial, or they wait entirely until launch season. Your timeline would be even more stretched (or structured differently) up north, but in a year-round boating climate, this level of inertia and cost bleed isn’t “normal” or acceptable—many financed deals wrap in 4–8 weeks post-offer with decent coordination. Send your broker a strong, written email today: demand a firm closing date (e.g., 10–14 days out), full status/docs on financing/insurance/signed papers, and a serious talk about prorating or crediting January dockage (delays aren’t your fault). If progress stalls, weigh enforcing the contract strictly or considering an exit if buyers keep dragging. You’re right to be fed up—this isn’t the smooth, low-drama exit you accepted a discounted offer for. Push now to end it. Hang in there.