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| Publisher
A boater himself for over 30 years, Don Abbott brings his expertise to every page of Bay and Delta Yachtsman magazine. A former sail and power boat broker in Hawaii and the Bay Area, Don is sensitive to the needs of advertisers as well as consumers. |
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| Co-Publisher & Advertising Sales
Ty Mellott is an avid boater and grew up boating in Wyoming on Seminoe Reservoir. He graduated from Hanna Elk Mtn. High and then joined the Navy. After a four-year stint and serving on-board the USS Missouri BB63, Ty was honorably discharged from the military as a Second Class Petty Officer. It was while in the Navy and during the re-commissioning of the "MO" in San Francisco that he fell in love with the Bay & Delta area. After serving in the Navy, Ty attended college and worked for Delta Airlines in Southern California and Florida. Since coming on board with Recreation Publications in February of 1997, Ty has been involved primarily with the advertising sales for Bay & Delta Yachtsman. He also participates in many boat shows, shoots cover photos and writes the occasional feature article. Ty takes pride in continuing to give the readership the same quality publication they have come to expect year after year. He is currently fulfilling his sixth year on the Board of Directors for the Northern California Marine Association. |
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| Cruisin' The Delta
Connie, with her husband, Jack, began boating on the Sacramento River about 1988. Their first boat was a 30-foot home-built boat that resembled Noah's Ark. Today, Connie and Captain Jack boat the Delta and Bay in a 36-foot Nova Marine aft cabin cruiser named Fine Art. The boat is so named because it is an old and graceful beauty and because Jack uses it as a base to take photographs from to create oil-based landscape paintings. Connie has written for two other magazines, one a West Coast boating publication, and was in the public relations industry for 20 years. She and Jack, along with Sparkey the Wonderdog, can be found boating the Delta year-round. |
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| Fishing
Craig has been fishing the Bay Area waters for more than 35 years. He started with perch off piers and graduated to being the first deckhand on the boat Wacky Jacky. He had his own party boat license for over 25 years. |
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| From The Weather Deck
Jim is a US Coast Guard 100 ton licensed master and past Commodore of The San Francisco Yacht Club. He has skippered power and sailing craft from 8 foot dinghies, to 72 foot private power yachts, to 130 foot square rigged ships in waters from the Lesser Antilles to Puget Sound and ports between. With his wife Martha, daughter Molly, and son Woody, aboard their Islander 36 PILOT, they were the season champions for 8 years in the Bay Area. Jim, while owning a yacht delivery company that moved boats up and down the west coast of the U.S., also worked as a captain for one of the major charter company’s on the Bay for 7 years. He has served the racing community as an umpire and judge for such events as the Belvedere Cup, out of The SFYC, and the Big Boat Series, out of the St Francis Yacht Club. Martha and Jim, presently own the 47 foot catamaran FLYER that, in the spring of 2006, completed a voyage from the BVI’s, through Panama, to the SF Bay. In his other life, Jim was a full time teacher at a high school and college before going to work for a major Wall Street firm 25 years ago, where he is a Vice President. |
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| Boat Reviews
Born and raised in Modesto, and having lived for several years in San Francisco, Mike has been an avid recreational boater for over 20 years. Mike dedicates the majority of his weekends boating on the Bay and Delta in his Express Cruiser, Snafu. Having spent most of his life around boats, Mike is a passionate boat enthusiast. |
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| Kevo's Boating Tips & More
Kevin "Kevo" O'Leary has been boating for over forty years. He is an accomplished sailor as well as being president and chief instructor of Pacific Powerboating. They offer personalized powerboat instruction on the Bay an Delta. Kevo & his wife Susan currently own a 38' motoryacht named Her Way. (The dingy is named The Highway!) They live in Pleasant Hill CA with their three dogs, Draco the German Shepard, Boomer the yellow lab and Uncle Bob, the Boston terrier.
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| Advertising Coordinator
Coming to Reno from the Delta/Bay area in 1994, Janet joined the staff of Recreation Publications as Administrative Assistant. Two years later she accepted the challenge of Advertising Coordinator for Yachts For Sale and Bay & Delta Yachtsman. |
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| Art Director
An artist by nature, graphic designer by trade, Terry has worked with many different media; acrylic, watercolor, marker, colored pencil and pen and ink (his favorite). With a background in architechtural drawing the transition from artist to designer was an easy one for Terry. Attention to detail, balance in design and pride in workmanship are all aspects Terry puts into every piece he creates. |
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Nancy Lewis | Circulation and Classifieds
Nancy is a new voice in Reno but not with the company. She has been with Yachtsman and Yachts For Sale for over 15 years and has loved every minute of it. |
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| Office & Accounting Manager
It was early 1990 and Lana was fresh out of college when she joined the crew, bringing with her a degree in accounting, a positive attitude and a bright cheery smile. In the past decade, she has worn many hats: magazine delivery, boatshow weekend warrior and her current (and favorite) position as office/accounting manager. |
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