Gary's career in boating began in the United Kingdom when he was only 16 years old. He started out as an apprentice carpenter at Birchwood Boats in Derbyshire, England. Before long, he knew he was hooked on the boating world. He worked his way up from apprentice to carpenter to fine finish carpentry. After he had been there for some time, he was offered a job with an Egyptian company, Shama Marine, to travel to Egypt to help form a startup company planning to build 50 to 110 foot yachts. He managed a group of Egyptian employees and taught them carpentry from the basics up. Today Shama is a thriving company with a solid reputation in Europe and the Middle East. Gary is proud to have been a part of this. He left Shama in 1997 to travel to the United States after meeting his new wife who was American. He began working here for Ross Yachts, a company specializing in customization of yachts, as a finish carpenter. Ross Yachts was eventually sold to Quality Boats of Clearwater. Feeling that he was ready to take on a new challenge, and approached Dan and David Bair to ask them for a chance to see what he could do in Sales. They agreed to give him a shot, and he has been there ever since and loves it!

Years of owning and operating businesses outside the boating world taught John that the most important part in any business is people and the relationships built with them. For buyers and sellers alike, John has the ability to determine their needs and work with them to facilitate smooth transactions. The 2000 Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show proved these points. It was John’s introduction into the boat business, and it was successful. His first sale was a two-year old 54’ Neptunus yacht. Born in Boston, John has lived and boated in- Cape Cod - Potomac River at Washington, D.C. - Chesapeake Bay - Lake Superior - Mississippi River at Minneapolis - Clearwater - Ft. Lauderdale, the yacht capital of the world. A home owner in Clearwater for 22 years, John brings a myriad of experience with him to Quality Boats; experience in new yacht and boat sales with Marquis, Carver and Cruisers yachts, Monterey, Pursuit, Jupiter, Wellcraft, Albemarle, Scout, Bayliner and Trophy. As a yacht broker his experience runs through Bertram, Hatteras, Viking, Marquis, Carver, Sunseeker, Neptunus, Regal, Formula, Cruisers, Sea Ray, Maxum, Monte Fino, Cranchi, Silverton among others. He has worked with pleasure cruisers and sport fish boats from 100’ to 16’. All this will help him enhance and increase yacht brokerage at Quality Boats while helping with new boat sales.