All Ocean Yachts Brokers and Staff
Please see the short Bio's below linked to detailed Bio's. Contact the AOY Team for the best service and support.
President John DeCaro
John’s life-long love of all things nautical naturally led him to pursue
a career in mega yacht brokerage.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, John moved to Jamaica temporarily when he was 4. Here his father introduced him to sailing and all things to do with the water. "He gave me a love for the sea that grew with me. The first boat I sailed on was a 38' wood sloop out of the Kingston Yacht Club."
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 AutoCAD prior to his brokerage career, which has
kept him hopping the globe for the past 14 years.
Yacht Broker Steve Reoch
Steve sold his first yacht in 1978. He spent his childhood getting on the decks of whatever boats he could, which included extensive yacht racing on Chesapeake Bay. While working on his degree in International Trade at American University in Washington, D.C., he lived and worked on an 87' 1916 converted ice cutter. After graduation he sailed to Europe.
The years of 1976 through 1978 Steve worked at a manufacturing and sales management training program in a high tech mini-steel mill outside of Philadelphia before returning to work as brokerage and marina services manager at a new 400 slip marina, also in the Washington D.C. area.
Yacht Broker Curt Stevens
Born in California and raised in Indiana, Curt Stevens found his love of sailing at a young age through one-design sailboat racing on Midwest lakes. He attended Indiana University as a music performance major, and spent a number of years performing professionally as a vocalist.
In 1984 Curt moved to "America's Sailing Capitol," Annapolis, Maryland, where he and his partner, Thom Wagner, formed Wagner Stevens Yachts. Over time the company grew to become a premier sailboat builder. Curt spent 20 years developing and building the Passport line of semi-custom, blue water cruising sailboats. Having built and sold over 350 Passport Yachts, Curt has an extensive background working with high line clients to achieve their goals in a custom build.
Event Assistant/ Translator Gabriella McSwain
Born in Sweden to Swedish-Italian parents, Gabriella spent her childhood and in fact most of her life traveling through Europe where she learned to speak 5 languages fluently. Her roots are from Sweden, where she grew up and attended school, and Venice, Italy, where her father still lives. Before retiring he worked as 1st officer in the merchant marine, and has had a tremendous influence on Gabriella's love of the ocean, different cultures and travel in general.
Long before entering the Yachting world, she was working within the travel industry; acquiring experience while working with a Nordic based company owned by Scandinavian Airlines Systems, booking charters to destinations throughout the world.