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 Once in print everything is immediately out of date, but much of what we have written about still has some relevance.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
New Postcard in Paradise – Nordhavn 52 Sally Forth
A new Postcard in Paradise has arrived!
Selene 55 Price Improvement
Selene 55 Price Improvement
Kadey Krogen 58 Location Change
The Kadey Krogen 58 has moved!
It’s never too early to plan for the future
“Hi Jeff—My family and I are live-aboards and today was “career day” at my youngest son’s school...
Nordhavn 50 Location Change
The Nordhavn 50 Grey Goose has moved!
Listing Sold – Nordhavn 60 Ginard
The Nordhavn 60 Ginard has closed in Sausalito, CA. Congratulations to the sellers, the new owners and broker Jeff Merrill!
Selene 55 Location Change
The Selene 55 Finish Grade has moved!
Newsletter: Steady Pace
One of the advantages of cruising in a trawler is that you have more predictable timing – a steady pace makes forward progress and while running at trawler speeds, time slows, but never stands still.
New on Trawler Vision: Baltimore Trawlerfest Dock Walk and Talk!
Watch our new Dock Walk and Talk from Baltimore Trawlerfest!
Baltimore Trawlerfest Recap – September 2023
The trawler lifestyle is lived and loved by so many around the globe - so much that it is celebrated 3 times a year in the form of Trawlerfest!
New on Trawler Vision: Nordhavn 56 Talk Through Tour
Watch the new Talk Through Tour for Nordhavn 56 Perelandra!
Nordhavn 56 Perelandra – For Sale
The Nordhavn 56 motorsailer, or “trawlersailer”, is a proven ocean crossing yacht (2 Atlantic crossings) and a natural bridge between sail and power.