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Earning a 500-Ton US Coast Guard Masters License, John has spent 18 years enjoying a life around the ocean, logging over 80,000 nautical miles of experience. John has sailed on every ocean in the world. "To be a competent captain, you have to have total knowledge of the yacht. The first job I earned money for in yachting was cleaning the bottom of a 90' schooner in St. Thomas harbor. I worked my way up from there and have worked in every position on a boat including chef and engineer." For many years John ran his own business delivering yachts, managing projects and working in systems integration in Auto Cad prior to his brokerage career, which has kept him hopping the globe for the past 10 years.

Over the last 9 years, John has taken the time to visit and inspect shipyards all over the world, recently returning from inspecting 8 top European yards. Well know to most people involved in the yachting industry, he has also spent time searching out lesser know yacht yards and commercial yards that have built yachts or are capable of making the transition. He inspected half a dozen yards in the US Gulf of Mexico area from Texas to the Florida border and found several that have the capabilities and motivation to be involved in building Explorer yachts. "Like other yards I am working with in South America and other locations, one of the key elements I look for is a high degree of personal pride in the product that the yard puts out, whether work boats or yachts and their willingness to work with a team or professionals to improve their product and create a vessel of high standard at reasonable value."

"One of the keys to building a great vessel is putting the right team together and assisting them to coordinate all facets of the project. I work directly with the designers and owners on all of the projects, bringing into play my years as a captain. Often something that looks great to a designer and/or owner who has done mostly coast cruising is not practical in a real world environment. I try to bring these things to the surface or help refine aspects of the design in regard to making sure we are taking into consideration not only the owners needs but also guarding his investment by considering the resale aspects of the vessel in the future."