Steve Frankland is a former marine surveyor, founder of Boatbreakers.com, Yachtmaster Ocean, Advanced Powerboat Instructor, experienced boat and ship trader, and familiar face from Quest TV’s Scrap Kings, where he appeared across four seasons. That unusual combination gives him a perspective few people in the marine world can match.

He has inspected boats, skippered them, taught people to handle them, bought them, sold them, recycled them, and occasionally watched seemingly sensible transactions descend into expensive chaos.

Through BuyAnyBoat, Steve shares a refreshingly honest view of the boating world. His talks go beyond the glossy brochures and marina daydreams to explore what really happens when people buy, sell, own, value, and trade boats.

He speaks about the opportunities, the margins, the mistakes, the hidden costs, and the expensive lessons that often arrive shortly after someone proudly announces they’ve found a bargain.

Drawing on decades of experience, Steve lifts the lid on the commercial reality of the marine industry: how good deals are found, how bad deals happen, where profit disappears, why some boats sell in days while others sit for years, and why experience nearly always beats enthusiasm.

His talks cover negotiation, risk, valuation, buyer psychology, seller behaviour, and the constant challenge of making rational decisions in a market driven by optimism, emotion, and occasionally spectacular overconfidence.

These are not theory-led presentations or recycled conference material. They are entertaining, story-driven talks built around real deals, real mistakes, near misses, hard lessons, and the kind of situations that simply cannot be learned from a textbook.

For audiences looking for an honest, funny, and insightful look behind the curtain of the marine trade, Steve delivers practical knowledge, sharp humour, and stories that people will still be talking about long after the event has finished.