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JUL 8-13 MJM'S FUN WEEK IN NEWPORT: 53z Commissioning, 12 Meter World Championships!

Scott Woodruff is a boat broker with East Coast Yacht Sales, heading the company’s offices in Camden and Belfast. In his spare time, Scott provides essential support to MITA’s boat donation program by evaluating boat donation offers and managing listings. We asked him to tell us how he came into the boating industry, why he supports ...

It would be easy to describe the Sirena 58 as another pretty example of European style and leave it at that. Certainly her profile—with plumb bow, fully windowed house, and crisp superstructure accent lines—is enough to draw approving glances at any marina. Doing so, however, overlooks a host of substantive features, including the healthy dose of yachting passion that went into the design, engineering, and construction of this new model.

MJM’S 43Z ADDS TRIPLE OUTBOARDS TO THE TRADITIONAL DESIGN OF DOWNEAST YACHTS.

The MJM Yachts 35z... Family Boating Like Never Before   “Fast, Smooth, Quiet… a Pocket Super Yacht” The MJM 35z raises the bar for luxury day-boating in two ways: First, performance with joystick docking ease, skyhook hovering and cruising speeds over 40 knots with the twin Mercury Verado 350 option....

It was a Chamber of Commerce summer morning when we headed out of Newport Shipyard on Zinnia, hull number one of the new MJM 35Z, with a beautiful light blue sky, the wind coming in from the ocean at an easy 15 knots or so, the waves on Narragansett Bay just about two feet with gentle, breaking, white foam on top. Leaving the dock, Bob Johnstone, the founder of MJM Yachts (and J/Boats before that), turned the teak joystick under his left hand and walked the boat sideways, the twin 300-hp Mercury Verado outboards pushing the boat in any direction he wanted.

Take a tour of the MJM factory and learn about the hull construction process with Boston BoatWorks and Boating Magazine.

The story of MJM is the story of perseverance, innovation, determination, and a love of the sea that goes back to an intrepid young boy's first solo sailing experience in Stonington, Connecticut. First experiencing boat-building at age 13, helping Dad and Mom build Lightning No. 3310 in their Glen Ridge, New Jersey garage; the love of the craft and the continual pursuit of better performance eventually led to the founding of J/Boats by two brothers in 1977. It is from these roots that the worlds best performing powerboats would emerge.

Come join us for an MJM Rendezvous at the Mystic Seaport this summer, August 18 - 19.

Recently one of our brokers took a few trips down south while waiting for the warmer season to arrive up north. Read on to learn more about the trip!