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Trawler Broker Protests Our Essay on Surveyors

Trawler Broker Protests Our Essay on Surveyors

GUEST POST: 'Confusing, Misleading, Absurd, Ridiculous, Ludicrous,' Jeff Merrill Says

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Peter Swanson
Jun 29, 2024
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Jeff Merrill is principal of JMYS Trawler Specialists of Long Beach, California.

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JEFF MERRILL, CPYB, COMMENTARY

Phil’s portrayal of yacht brokers and marine surveyors (in the above story) is confusing and misleading at best. It includes multiple inaccuracies, generalizations and omissions.

(You will be able to read Phil Friedman’s response below)

I have been a yacht broker for over twenty years. In 2012, I became a certified professional yacht broker or CPYB. In my career, I have been involved in hundreds of transactions all over the U.S., Canada and abroad. In my experience the overwhelming majority of yacht brokers and surveyors I have done business with are people who are competent, qualified and are interested in taking care of their clients as if they were spending their own money—not salivating at the thought of a quick paycheck.

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Newspaper editor. Cruiser: Nova Scotia to Caribbean. Writer for boating magazines, specializing in Florida, Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Captain of excursion catamarans in the Dominican Republic. Delivery skipper. U.S. Coast Guard master's license.
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