Neal Barrett - neal@yacht-net.com

Raised on the New Jersey Shore, (Brielle area) and boating on the Barnegat Bay from early childhood.  Every free minute of all the "teen years" I worked on the local commercial fishing boats year round.  On off days I raced all types of sailboats... from Barnegat Bay "sneak boxes", Lightnings, Marshall Cats to ocean racing yachts.  During the Nasty winters I was an apprentice carpenter and rigger with Johnson Brothers boat Yard.  Here is where I received the ground floor of understanding how wooden yachts were made.  At JBs we replanked and double planked many yachts each winter.  The basics of sailing yacht rigging was preached to me by Capt. Winfield Scott (1st captain of the TICONDEROGA), Capt. Stew Purchase (builder and Captain of the Schooner EMMA C BERRY) and Capt. Sam Mossmen who (Chief mate on one of the last working commercial square riggers plying the Atlantic).  I was lucky to experience the change over period in yachting construction from wood to fiberglass.  As I was very interested in what fiberglass was all about I took a part time job at the local builder of Bay Head Skiffs.  I learned a great deal there but in time the first gas crunch shut down the factory.   As all the fishing boats were steel I had a wonderful education in both repair and maintenance of same.  Additionally (through necessity) I learned how to maintain Detroit Diesels and some good seamanship.  In my early 20's I did many deliveries which extended as far as Bermuda and the Virgin Islands.  To gain additional large boat experience I accepted some winter positions as captain on some large Burgers and eventually a mini cruise ship carrying 150 passengers for 14 day trips throughout the Bahamas.  Here is where I earned a masters pilot license for the Bahamian waters for ships of all sizes.  However yachts were my prime interest each summer I went back to Barnegat Bay as I was home sick for "the pineys".  In 1970 I met Al Jacukiewicz and we came down to Annapolis for the first Sailboat show.  This introduction set the Annapolis stage for the rest of my life.   Al moved down shortly there after and I followed in 1974... NEVER LEFT.  Since 1975 the sale, repair, and charter of yachts have been my only interest.

Ed Morris - eyatnet@yahoo.com

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Experienced in boating since 1970, starting in the North East.

Experiences include many trips up and down the Atlantic Coast including the Inland Water Way.

Ed's family lived aboard for seven years, settling in the Annapolis area.

After 27 years Ed is well experienced in power and sailing boats and specializes in client service.

He is proud to be serving a second generation of buyers and sellers.

Jack Hedlund - jack@yacht-net.com

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After a successful career in marketing and negotiating international financing and leasing, Jack, in 1985, turned his long time avocation into a full time vocation.  As a youth in Minnesota he sailed inland scows on Lake Minnetonka and raced a classic wooden Chris Craft powerboat on the St. Croix River.  As an adult, he seriously raced and cruised sailboats and cruised in trawlers primarily on the Chesapeake Bay, but also in Florida and in the Caribbean.

As a result of all of these experiences, Jack can be very helpful to you in combining his previously acquired negotiating and interpersonal skills with his "boating savvy".

Dick Winchurch - dawinch@worldshare.net

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