In the Wake is our archive of articles that have been posted as features on the JMYS home page. Once in print everything is immediately out of date, but much of what we have written about still has some relevance. We have been asked to keep these stories available by many followers who wish to take a short dock walk down memory lane and hope that people new to this website will also enjoy reading about people and events that have influenced our growth. For most of us it is fun to reminisce, and these articles serve as a chronological record of what we have been doing since JMYS was founded.
We are also working to organize previous boating related articles penned by Jeff in other publications, as well as articles that were started and shelved, but still want to be told. These will be completed out of order but will be filed by the date they occurred. Additionally, we do have a separate section for the Ocean Navigator Dialing-In-Your-Trawler stories. So, if you come back in the future to browse, you may find something new from the past!
At some point we intend to include the full collection of articles Jeff wrote for the PAE website while working for Nordhavn.
As demonstrated by our logo, our direction is to keep the bow pointing forward…but it is also fun to pause, reflect and look behind to see where we have been.
Articles
Looking for a Motorsailer?
Looking for a Motorsailer?
Listing Sold – Nordhavn 43 Cayenne
JMYS is pleased to announce the successful sale of the Nordhavn 43 Cayenne. She was surveyed in Ensenada, Mexico and closed in U. S. waters off of San Diego, CA. Jeff Merrill represented both buyer and seller.
Trawler Yacht, Containership, or Houseboat?
Peter Swanson, a longtime marine industry friend of Jeff’s, has an extensive knowledge of the industry and once held the position of editor-in-chief at Passagemaker Magazine and played a large role in organizing TrawlerFests.
TrawlerFest Stuart : Tickets Now Available!
2022 is here, have you made your cruising plans?
Trawler Transactions : It’s About Time
The decision to start seriously shopping for your ideal trawler is exciting – your days of saving and researching have paid off and you can now get aboard many boats, becoming familiar with different styles and layouts and deciding which one will work best for your family and cruising goals.
Newsletter: Making Headway
If you are moving in the right direction, you are making headway. Over the last year we have witnessed an unprecedented desire for people to buy a trawler and take off cruising. The rushed timing and sparse availability has strained trawler brokers and created a fast paced environment propelled by a swelling wave of buyers eager to enter into transactions.
New Listing: Nordhavn 46 Partida
Partida exemplifies the classic Nordhavn 46 that has become a legendary trawler. She is hull 25 (out of 82) and has been continually cruised and optimized by a series of active owners.
Certificate Advisory Committee Meets in Annapolis
Jeff has been actively involved in volunteering to support yacht broker associations for over a decade.
Trawler Talking with The Sea Y’All Life
Tom and Andrea are the faces behind The Sea Y’All Life’s YouTube channel. They are wonderful people who live part time on their 1988 DeFever 44 in San Diego and have taken to video to share their life aboard through their YouTube videos and social media.
Looking for a Nordhavn 46?
Looking for a Nordhavn 46?
Passagemaker writer Kim Kavin takes home top BWI award
Boating Writers International (BWI) is a professional and fraternal association for writers, editors, and artists who are involved in recreational boating and fishing.
Nordhavn 35 Project Manager Reminiscing
In this special 5-part video series, Jeff is interviewed by Kurt Antonius to reminisce on Jeff’s time spent as the Nordhavn 35 project manager.