TIM KOHL – YACHT BROKER Portsmouth, RI, US (203) 233-9709 (401) 682-2010 tim@ecys.com Tim Kohl has spent most of his life on the water. As a youth he grew up fishing the waters of the St Lawrence River. In high school he worked for a master marine carpenter doing wood repairs and caught the bug…
BEN SCHEFFER – AXOPAR BRAND MANAGER Yarmouth, ME, US (207) 846-4545 bscheffer@ecys.com Beginning with his first Portsmouth, NH, to Bermuda race at the age of 12 to working summers on the docks of Camden, ME from 14, and buying his own J/24 from ECYS at 16, Benjamin has spent every available moment around boats and…
WES LAWLER – SERVICE TECHNICIAN Yarmouth, ME, US (207) 846-4545 wes@ecys.com Wes is a 7th generation Mainer with over two decades of experience working on boats in marinas and shipyards. He inherited his love of boats from his grandfather who took a year traveling from Alaska to Mexico on a 52’ Grand Banks. His first…
LAURA PETERSON – OFFICE MANAGER Yarmouth, ME, US (207) 846-4545 laura@ecys.com Laura has been with East Coast Yacht Sales from day one, working as Jon’s assistant for 35+ years. In June of 1981 Laura answered an ad for a “yacht broker’s secretary” and the rest as we say is history. As a young girl Laura…
CAROLINE RUBY – MARKETING Mystic, CT, US (860) 415-8282 caroline@ecys.com Caroline spent her summers on Shelter Island, New York, learning to sail with her family from infancy and then at the Shelter Island Yacht Club on various dinghies and keel boats into young adulthood. Eventually, she began teaching sailing, to kids and adults of all…
JON KNOWLES – VICE PRESIDENT Yarmouth, ME, US (207) 720-0004 (207) 846-4545 jon@ecys.com Jon grew up sailing out of the local boatyard and the Portland Yacht Club in Falmouth, Maine. Any chance to get on the water was always an opportunity taken. Racing with boatyard customers, delivering boats, cruising the Maine coast; all were part…