Posted on November 10, 2012 - by Memphis Istaboa

Yacht Tech/James Knight

In an attempt to find safe harbor for the hurricane season, we came across The Bluffs Marina. Though there’s not much to say about the marina, other than it’s a good hurricane hole, cell phones are spotty at best, and the internet doesn’t work well; we have plenty to say about the service we received from James Knight and Yacht Tech while we were there.

We’ve known James for more than 7 years; as long as we’ve owned Istaboa. He was the Captain who took us out Lake Worth Inlet in 12 to 14′ breakers for sea trail. No, he wasn’t being foolish, we asked that he do it so we could see how the boat handled such conditions. James very confidently put her nose into those giant breakers then turned to let us see how she handled a beam sea. She did well and we bought the boat.

While at the Bluffs, where James kindly sublet us one of his slips, we decided to have some maintenance done because Yacht Tech was doing a lot of work on the other Nordhavns there. His technicians were very friendly, on time, and finished the work quickly. Our opinion of Yacht Tech is a very good one. If you have a Nordhavn and in his area, go see James. He’s is the most knowledgeable fellow on the East Coast and probably the world. People fly him into ports all over the globe to do critical repairs.

Yacht Tech is not inexpensive, but actually they are in the long run. These guys have — been there and done that — with pretty much all the gear on these boats. Lots of Nordhavn specific experience to say the least.

Here’s to safe and happy cruises,

Bob