Meet The Sales Team

Ed Massey

Owner

2010 marks my thirty third year in the yacht sales and outfitting business. I've enjoyed everyday of my career and meeting the over 3500 couples that have purchased their yachts from Massey Yacht Sales. We are proud of our company and the sales, service and administrative team. Working with the many folks that we have met over the years has added a great deal to the lives of everyone at Massey.

Linda Reynolds

lindar@masseyyacht.com

(904) 638-7248

Mobile Broker - North Florida

Linda Reynolds of Jacksonville is a veteran sales person with a long and distinguished history in the North Florida market. She was the leading sales person at Whitney Marine in Jacksonville, a Hunter dealer for many years. More recently and prior to joining Massey, she operated her own brokerage business. As a Professional Broker with over twenty years' experience, Linda Reynolds is known in the sailing industry for her sailboat knowledge and business integrity. Her customers are assured of honest representation whether buying or selling a yacht.

Linda and her husband, Captain Gordon Reynolds are experienced sailors and live-aboards with many years' cruising adventures in their sailing history. Having worked with one of Hunter Marine's premiere dealers for many years, Linda has specific knowledge of Hunter sailboats and their history. In addition, Linda and Gordon lived aboard their 1989 Island Packet 35 cutter for ten years. They enjoyed several cruises to the Chesapeake Bay and the Bahamas.

Tom Rice

thomasr@masseyyacht.com

(941) 408-3390

Mobile Broker - Venice

Tom's first experience with private yachts was as a little boy visiting Jackson Park in Chicago, Illinois. Thus began a lifelong love affair with yachting. Over the years, Tom has owned 11 sail and power boats ranging in size to 44'. He has cruised the Great Lakes, Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, Northern Coast of Venezuela, and Cuba. He was president of a food brokerage company, owned a waterfront restaurant (Old Key West Deli & Café) at the Harborage, was a provisioner to Sunsail and Offshore Sailing School, and has 40 years experience in owning and managing yachts. He knows sound communication is the foundation for satisfied clients. His focus is on motor yachts, trawlers, & down east power boats, Massey new sail clients, and first time boat buyers.

Susan Everhard

susane@masseyyacht.com

(786) 477-5886

Mobile Broker - South Florida

Susan got her start in the marine industry at the ripe old age of five, when her parents' founded "Fox River Marina" in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; one of Hunter Marine's first dealerships. Susan grew up sailing a variety of boats on Lake Winnebago, becoming a proficient sailor. She spent summers working at the family's marina, "messing about in boats" and "renting fun!" In college, she enjoyed competitive racing as a member of the Hoofer's Sailing Team at her alma mater, University of Wisconsin- Madison; where she majored in Journalism.

You may remember Susan as the former president of Florida Yacht Charters & Sales, Inc., another business she and her family founded in 1983 and managed along with her, sister, Nan, and husband, "Capt. Bob" Everhard. Florida Yacht was Hunter Marine's east coast dealer and the leading yacht charter and ASA sailing school in Miami, Key West and Abaco, Bahamas, for the past 25 years.

Susan and Bob sold their interest in Florida Yacht to an investor about three years ago. The Everhards then started yet another new marine business called "SailTime Miami" featuring new Hunter sailboats in a shared membership program. SailTime Miami also offers ASA sailing instruction; and is the local Miami base -- one of a global network of SailTime bases worldwide.

Susan's many years in the charter industry gives her a unique insight into the pros and cons of charter and fractional ownership programs; including financing; insurance; maintenance; marketing; management and potential tax savings. Susan is a licensed yacht broker and charter consultant, helping her clients with planning their next yachting adventure.

When she's not busy selling boats, Sue and Bob can be found sailing in the Florida Keys, Bahamas, and the Caribbean with their three children.

Bob Everhard

bobe@masseyyacht.com

(786) 477-5886

Mobile Broker - South Florida

Bob Everhard got his start in the boat business after graduating from Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio; with a degree in Communications. He and a couple of college buddies headed east to the big city lights of New York City and later started a windsurfing business on Peconic Bay in Long Island, New York.

In the winter months, he worked at a local boat yard and gained hands-on mechanical and boat-handling experience on larger yachts.

It was during a windsurfing vacation in Miami Beach in 1983; that he met his future wife, Susan Williams, and her family, the original owner's of Florida Yacht Charters & Sales; and dealers for Hunter Marine.

Not long after, Bob sold the windsurfing business and headed down to Miami. He was then hired by the Williams family as service manager and three years later, Bob and Sue got married. Bob and Susan continued to grow the business together; adding bareboat charter fleet locations in Key West and Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas. Bob was eventually promoted to Vice President and Sales manager and was the "broker of record" for the company.

After 25 years in the bareboat charter and yacht brokerage business, Bob and Susan sold the company to a group of investors.

Bruce Penrod

brucep@masseyyacht.com

(786) 477-5886

Mobile Broker - Miami and Southeast Florida

Bruce grew up on a river in Pennsylvania and spent many of his childhood days on the water in a variety of boats and canoes but saved sailing for later in life, when he became passionate about the sport and started cruising in a sailboat. After taking some sailing classes, he and his wife have chartered many boats and bought their own in 1999 and another in 2007.

When they moved to Florida in 2007, their boat came with them and a desire to learn as much as possible about sailing continued with a pursuit of a United States Coast Guard Captain's license with a Sailing Endorsement and multi level US Sailing Instructor Certifications. He continues to teach sailing classes at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club in Miami and help with the member use program at the club.

Bruce is a full time sailor and loves to help others be as passionate about sailing as he is. His travels include both up and down the Intracoastal Waterway and East Coast, the Southwest Coast of Florida, the Keys, and Bahamas. He would love to help you find your next boat or help you sell the one you have and promises every buyer or seller his best effort and continued support.