MJM Yachts LLC 40z, Owner'S Manual

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10
THE MJM TEAM
Before we end, we’d like you to know the remarkable people, recognized
throughout the yachting world, who create MJM Yachts. It’s a team that
has, in its young life, received many awards. The 50z received the AIM
Publishing Group’s 2014 Boat of the Year for the
“Best 50 Foot Plus Down
East Cruising Design”
By the end of 2017, MJM will have delivered 300 boats.
10.1 B
OB
J
OHNSTONE
Bob is the founder and CEO of MJM Yachts. A Princeton graduate, he co-
founded J/Boats in 1977 with his brother Rod. J/Boats is the leading
performance sailboat brand worldwide with 20 Boat-of-the-Year awards, a
Harvard Business School case study, five International Classes, and over
14,000 J Boats produced, Leaving J/Boats to the next generation in
2002, Bob and his wife, Mary, sought a boat for more comfortable
cruising. Bob, true to form, figured that innovation was required to get the
performance and solo handling ease comparable in power to what J/Boats
achieved in sail. Such a boat did not exist. That was the start of MJM
Yachts—the acronym MJM informally honors the inspiration:
Mary
Johnstone’s Motorboat . The tradition of excellence continues. In 2016 Bob
received the Mystic Seaport’s America and the Sea Award and was
inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame.
10.2 C
HRIS
H
UGHES
Chris is a partner at MJM. His personal boating experience includes
almost every conceivable version of recreational vessel: waverunners,
sailfish, small and large inboards, racing dinghies, power and sailing
cruisers, center console fishing boats, offshore sport fishers and luxury
yachts. He led BoatTEST.com LLC, a Web-based B-to-B and direct-to-
consumer relationship marketing business. He received the Epstein
Memorial Foundation Scholarship from Juilliard School of Music where he
studied for four years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and saw
duty in Central and South America and the Middle East. He was
recognized for technical and leadership abilities and assigned to special
duties for operational deployments. He participated in multiple operations
including Desert Storm.
10.3 D
OUG
Z
URN
Doug grew up sailing on Lake Erie in his family’s boats. He absorbed
Skene’s Elements of Yacht Design and made drawings and boat models
in high school. He graduated with honors from The Westlawn School of
Yacht Design in 1993 and promptly established Zurn Yacht Design. He is
a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the
American Boat and Yacht Council and the Yacht Brokers Association of
America. Doug believes that It is very clear that form and function need to
work together when designing a yacht. The attention given to each detail,
several times throughout the design process, is the number one key
element of any successful design. Not a single detail can be left alone.
With over 350 power and sailboats built in the last 20 years it’s difficult not
to recognize a Zurn Design as she passes in the water.