Online Boat Shows and Social Distancing

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_cdaf-a060″][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…

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Welcome Intro

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_d22a-6479″][bs_citem title=”Wayne Goldman” id=”citem_7ff5-f540″ parent=”collapse_d22a-6479″ open=”true”] 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…

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A Womans Perspective

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_1e5a-7098″] [bs_citem title=”GELI BURGIN” id=”citem_6c62-013c” parent=”collapse_1e5a-7098″ open=”true”] GELI BURGIN 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…

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Welcome to VBS day 2

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_b63a-e153″][bs_citem title=”Wayne Goldman” id=”citem_dd0a-702c” parent=”collapse_b63a-e153″ open=”true”] 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…

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Why Catalinas are better

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_c4b3-c313″][bs_citem title=”Wayne Goldman” id=”citem_6109-c75f” parent=”collapse_c4b3-c313″ open=”true”] 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…

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How to tie up and dock a boat

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_faba-374b”][bs_citem title=”Mark Wieber” id=”citem_654a-abe9″ parent=”collapse_faba-374b” open=”true”]  Atomic Tuna Yachts Mark has spent most of his boating life in San Francisco Bay, the Pacific Coast, and the Sacramento Delta. His family has always had some sort of boat. Even if it was just a skiff with an outboard, or a Mini-Fish sailing dinghy. His Uncle…

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Liveaboard Lifestyle

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_25f5-607d”][bs_citem title=”Margie Benziger” id=”citem_486f-3e7a” parent=”collapse_25f5-607d” open=”true”] Margie Benziger came late into sailing. A landlubber growing up, she met her future husband, Peter, an avid sailor, in Boston. By the second date, she realized there would never be a third date unless she expressed interest in learning how to sail. So, that’s just what she…

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Financing a boat in todays climate

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_1e5a-7098″][bs_citem title=”Joan Burleigh” id=”citem_ff95-d478″ parent=”collapse_1e5a-7098″ open=”true”] Trident Funding [/bs_citem][bs_citem title=”Wayne Goldman” id=”citem_d85b-80a8″ parent=”collapse_1e5a-7098″] 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.…

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Quiz Day 1

[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-6″][/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-6″] /bs_col][/bs_row] [bs_collapse id=”collapse_17db-d5a4″][bs_citem title=”Peter Benziger” id=”citem_5f45-31dc” parent=”collapse_17db-d5a4″ open=”true”] Sales Ahi – Atomic Tuna Yachts Peter Benziger is the newest addition to our team of expert yachting professionals. He and his wife, Margie, recently completed an eight-year circumnavigation of the world aboard their Tayana 47, Peregrina, covering 42,000 miles and visiting 44…

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Listing or Buying a boat

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_584f-b18c”][bs_citem title=”Michelle Leonard” id=”citem_72ca-082b” parent=”collapse_584f-b18c” open=”true”] Sales Ahi – Atomic Tuna Yachts Michelle learned to sail by taking Sailing 101 in college for a PE credit. After graduation the choice was: Buy a new car or buy a boat. She bought a used boat and a used car. Since then she has owned 3 different boats…

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History of Farallone and Catalina

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_37b3-cefb”][bs_citem title=”Pat Garfield” id=”citem_b9dc-d763″ parent=”collapse_37b3-cefb” open=”true”] Ahi – Farallone Yacht Sales They were “two crazy women,” old enough to know better and fueled at times by cookies and milk, but they made history in the classic Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii. It was almost an inadvertent achievement. The voyage began simply as something…

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Cat 425 Owners

[bs_collapse id=”collapse_42d8-a846″][bs_citem title=”Mickey Araneda & Linda Tromblay” id=”citem_a6b3-8715″ parent=”collapse_42d8-a846″ open=”true”] Mike and Linda began sailing in SF Bay in the early 1990’s with SF Sailing School. We quickly fell in love with sailing and after 10 years of chartering, we bought our first boat in 1999. We took off on our cruising adventure in 2004…

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