Online Boat Shows and Social Distancing
[bs_citem title=”Brandt Pemberton” id=”citem_72ec-11e5″ parent=”collapse_cdaf-a060″ open=”true”]
39Pixels
I opened my first business in Lodi, CA (Computer Impressions) in 2005. It is a local IT/Computer Repair company, which is still running today. My major role in the company was the marketing and sales side, which allowed me to go out and meet lots of people in my local community. As time progressed, we hired more people to handle the day-to-day tasks of the company, which in turn gave me more free time to start something else.
Photography has always been my hobby — especially capturing cityscapes. Two years ago I laid out all my camera equipment and calculated how much it was all worth. Turned out to be $30,000 in total. I said to myself “I gave myself an ultimatum to make back what I spent on this equipment in 6 months or less, or sell all the equipment and go to one camera and one lens, like a normal person”
That’s when I decided to start 39pixels. I have always loved photography and I have loved cityscapes, buildings, skylines and architecture. I was introduced to Wayne and Atomic Tuna Yachts and loved what they were doing. I have been working with Atomic Tuna Yachts for two years doing their photography, video and 3 d virtual tours. It is exciting to see the progress of the marine industry to online marketing.
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[bs_citem title=”Wayne Goldman” id=”citem_ea2a-3a9d” parent=”collapse_cdaf-a060″]
Chief Ahi – Atomic Tuna Yachts
Wayne has been around water his whole life and has sailed most of the waters of the world. He started out on his dad’s “huge” 21’ Chris Craft woodie cabin cruiser when he was still in diapers. He cried when his mom made his dad sell the boat to spend more time with the family. Once he had boating on his mind, he spent every chance he could on the lakes and rivers of upstate New York. Once he found the ocean when he went to college in New Hampshire, there was no turning back, buying and sailing boats wherever he went. He eventually ended up in California in a corporate job, but that did not stop him from buying his first cruising sailboat, a brand new Tayana 42’. During the next thirty years, Wayne would work a real job for a few years, then escape and go cruising for a few years.
Wayne has spent the last 20+ years in the marine industry, selling boating equipment to boat builders all over the world and doing international and local boat shows on the east and west coast. He has extensive experience with catamarans and has visited most of the catamaran factories around the world. For the past 5+ years, Wayne has focused his passion on helping other, like-minded boaters find the boat of their dream. With his vast knowledge of boats, and understanding what boaters are looking for, Wayne has been successfully finding the right boats for hundreds of boaters.
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[bs_citem title=”Geli Burgin” id=”citem_adef-d1cc” parent=”collapse_cdaf-a060″]
Accounting & Sales Ahi – Atomic Tuna Yachts
As a little kid, growing up in the land of 10,000 lakes, Geli always knew she would be happiest working outside. It’s been 25 years since she moved out to California where her Mom and Step Dad first introduced her to sailing. While sailing with her parents, she jumped at the chance to introduce co-workers and friends to sailing on San Francisco Bay, as well as the boating lifestyle.
After 18 years in corporate America, Geli pursued her dream to become a captain and delivered boats up and down the coast for a few years before going back to the steady “eddy” office life where she served as Vice President in billion dollar companies and CFO in a fast growing start up.
Geli met Wayne just before he and her Mom delivered a boat from Cape Town, South Africa to Florida. Geli would call that time frame in her life, “peak envy”, which re-ignited her passion to buy a boat of her own, master it and live-aboard it. For the past four years she has lived her dream, living aboard ‘Irene’, her Grand Banks 42′.
Geli thoroughly enjoyed the boat purchasing experience so much that she wants to share that experience with others, ensuring that their boat buying/selling experience is a positive one. Geli’s vast background in finance, operations and boating will ensure you will have a positive and memorable experience with Atomic Tuna Yachts.
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