The MJM Team – 35z Owner’s Guide page 50
10.4
S
COTT
S
MITH
Scott is a founder of Boston BoatWorks. He studied bio-medical engineering at
Boston University and worked in the financial industry at Boston Financial Data
Services and Shawmut Bank. He formed Boston BoatWorks with Mark Lindsay to
combine his passions as a life-long sailor, sailing competitor, technophile and
entrepreneur. BBW has brought boatbuilding back to the place where famous
clipper ships were built. Scott's active interest in contributing to community,
harbor and business issues has led him to participate over the years as a Director
of the East Boston Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the East Boston
Economic Development Council, Founder and trustee of East Boston's not-for-
profit sailing program, Piers Park Sailing, Inc., Member of the Boston
Redevelopment Authority's Municipal Harbor Planning Advisory Committee and
Trustee of The Boston Harbor Association,
10.5
M
ARK
L
INDSAY
Mark is a founder of Boston BoatWorks. He spent much of his youth in an old
boat shop watching a septuagenarian build lobster boats. At 14 he built a Sunfish
and two years later won a Sunfish championship. He studied architecture at the U
of Penn and MIT and began his boat-building career. One of the first to realize the
strength-to-weight characteristic of vacuum bagged epoxy, carbon fiber and
Kevlar, he made boats lighter, stronger and faster. His boats provided
championships for many competitors—including himself. With technological
support from Sikorsky Aircraft, DuPont and Hexcel Corporations, Mark pushed
the envelope, building many exotic yachts with storied naval architects and
yachtsmen. He provided specialized components for boats from Optimist prams
to America's Cup boats. He teaches boatbuilding to 9th graders, is chief
measurer for the Sonar Class, and Chairman of the Management Committee for
the New Hampshire Appalachian Mountain Club Camp.
10.6
S
TEVE
B
URKE
Steve is the structural engineer for MJM boats. He graduated from the University
of Michigan department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. He began
his career as a Naval Architect with hull design and structural engineering for
hydrofoils, ships and submarines for Boeing and General Dynamics. In 1990,
Steve turned to composite materials for the aerospace, naval, oceanographic and
offshore energy communities. As the marine composites engineer at TPI, Steve
was responsible for structural and project management for J/Boats.
