PassageMaker Magazine

Jeff is honored to have his own column in Passagemaker Magazine, titled Trawler Transactions. In this series, he uses his years of experience as a yacht broker to break down the process of buying a trawler, and the individual steps into detail to make sure you are aware of what to expect and can prepare for ownership long before you complete the purchase.  The example article below is the first.  The other articles are now available to read here on JMYS.com in our Purchasing a Trawler section.

Jeff has been featured as an expert in the Passagemaker Magazine column, “Ask the Experts”, where readers submit questions to be answered by industry professionals. Below are some of the technical questions Jeff has answered.

Passagemaker’s Trawler Talk podcast aims to engage, educate and inspire listeners as they talk about all things related to the long-range cruising lifestyle. Jeff was a guest on the podcast with Kevin Althoff of Burr Yacht Sales to discuss their idea of a perfect buyer in the Trawler Transactions: Buying & Selling Tips from the Pros episode.

Every day, Passagemaker sends out a newsletter to their email subscribers with the latest articles, exclusive deals, and trends of the industry called a “Daily Dose of Trawler Zen.” In these emails, brokers can submit ads, called Broker Boxes, for their active listings. JMYS has been sending weekly ads for the past few years and have put together a collection of archived ads of past listings for you to view.

Every year, Passagemaker Magazine celebrates the trawler lifestyle with regional events called TrawlerFest. These events take place in coastal port cities in Washington, Maryland and Florida. Typically held in a marina setting with boats at the docks, rooms for seminars and outside tents filled with vendors, it is an excellent opportunity for guests to climb aboard new and used trawlers, attend educational seminars and enjoy the casual ambiance with like-minded people who share a strong interest in power cruising.

For over twenty years, Jeff have been invited back to be a presenter at the TrawlerFests across the country. One of Jeff’s TrawlerFest highlights was giving a presentation in Annapolis, MD about the Nordhavn 40 “Around the World” expedition to an audience of several hundred trawler enthusiasts.

After each TrawlerFest event, our team writes a recap article summarizing the event and includes a collection of photos taken! Here are a few articles from the past few years.

In 2012 Jeff presented a new class, “Cruising from point A to point B” at the Baltimore, MD TrawlerFest. The response and feedback from attendees was fantastic and Jeff was very fortunate to have longtime friend and power circumnavigator legend, Bruce Kessler sitting in the audience. Bruce pulled Jeff  aside after the class and suggested this subject matter could be expanded into more detailed topics that would take much longer than a 90 minute session. The folks at Passagemaker were equally supportive and encouraged Jeff to turn “A to B” into a two-day class for Trawler Fest University. Passagemaker excels in providing informative, new content to keep their events fresh and engaging to trawler owners. There are a lot of trawler owners who want to learn what it is really like getting out of the sight of land and cruise nonstop for days at a time. Using photos taken and lessons learned from Jeff experiences cruising over 14,000 miles on trawlers allowed him to prepare a curriculum that provided his students a simulated multiday passage. Jeff explained how to prepare for a long trip and what to expect offshore. Classroom time was split classroom with time on board different trawlers at each venue. The informal interactive environment opened up the class to share their own boating experiences and they went in to detail on the essentials of safe cruising. Jeff enjoyed presenting “Cruising from Point A to Point B” in Anacortes, WA twice, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Lake Park, FL and Baltimore, MD.