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 Once in print everything is immediately out of date, but much of what we have written about still has some relevance.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.
Occasionally we are able to find and 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. So, if you come back in the future to browse, you may find something new from the past!
Jeff wrote a lot of stories for the www.nordhavn.com site during his fourteen year career at PAE and we have most of those available at this link: https://jmys.com/trawler-lifestyle/nordhavn-com-articles-by-jeff-merrill/
Additionally, we do have a separate section for the Ocean Navigator Dialing-In-Your-Trawler stories: https://jmys.com/trawler-lifestyle/ocean-navigator-magazine/
PassageMaker magazine gave Jeff a column, Trawler Transactions, and those articles are posted here: https://jmys.com/purchasing-a-trawler/trawler-transactions/
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
Anacortes Trawlerfest Recap – May 2023
Situated near the gateway to Pacific Northwest cruising, Anacortes is a trawler heavy city with a picturesque backdrop – a great combination and exactly what visitors hope for!
Kadey Krogen 58 Price Improvement
Kadey Krogen 58 Price Improvement
New Postcard in Paradise – Nordhavn 47 Nelson
A new Postcard in Paradise has arrived!
Alaska On Our Minds – The Journey of Always Friday
Buddy and Kathy Bethea are the owners of Always Friday, a Nordhavn 55 that they ordered through Jeff while he was employed with Nordhavn.
Nordhavn 40 Dawg House II – For Sale
Dawg House II is a veteran cruiser with proven sea worthiness. She is an early model Nordhavn 40 – Hull 09 out of 44 of the first generation (US Built) boats.
Nordhavn 62 Price Improvement
Nordhavn 62 Price Improvement
New Postcard in Paradise – Nordhavn 47 Igloo
A new Postcard in Paradise has arrived!
Looking for a Nordhavn 40?
Looking for a Nordhavn 40?
New Postcard in Paradise – Nordhavn 78 Voyager III
A new Postcard in Paradise has arrived!
Join JMYS at Anacortes Trawlerfest!
Trawlerfest is teaming up with the Anacortes Boat and Yacht Show to provide a great week of informative seminars, boat tours on a variety of boats, and social events to keep you all caught up with fellow cruisers and the trawler lifestyle.
New on Trawler Vision: Cruising Conversations, Episode 11
Our latest Cruising Conversations guest is Butch Ringelspaugh – better known as Aqua-Cultured on YouTube and social media!
Kadey Krogen 58 Location Change
The Kadey Krogen 58 Bulldog Sally has moved!