My boating life started way back in 1955 (yes, I am really that old) with a summer job driving a fishing boat for a friend of the family. I learned much that year but the overwhelming lesson was that I need to fish! As I grew older, went to college and off to corporate America (where the companies I worked for kept trying to make me a landlubber), the sea, the sails and the fish kept pulling me back to where I belonged so, more than 15 years ago, I left it all to become a Yacht Broker. This was quite a risk for a family man with three children, but the risk was worth it - especially since JM YACHTS opened in 2003. I don't get to fish as often as I would like to, but I can see water, boats and a few fish jumping outside the office every day and know that this is definitely the life for me.

Member Yacht Brokers' Association of America, Member & Past Treasurer Gulf Coast Yacht Brokers’ Association, Member Texas Mariners' Cruising Association

Email - jerry@jmyachts.com jerry@jmyachts.com

Karol Moulder, CPYB
Principal

My introduction to boating came in the mid-1970's when my cousin and I each held 50% interest in what we affectionately called the "infamous boat that no one owned". She was a 17-foot ski boat that we trailered around to ski and motor the rivers and lakes of Western PA. For the next 30 years, I traveled throughout the US, Canada and the Caribbean as a sales/marketing rep for a variety of medical diagnostics companies. I gave up the "glamour" of travel to be a yacht broker when I joined my husband in his business in 2003, JM YACHTS, and turned my love of water and boats into an exciting new career. And I am happy to say that I was even able to put my old career experiences to work in 2007 when I opened a new division of JM YACHTS, Watercastle Documentation, to provide our customers with cost effective ownership transfer for the boats that they purchase from us.

Member Yacht Brokers' Association of America, Member & Past Secretary Gulf Coast Yacht Brokers’ Association, Member Texas Mariners' Cruising Association

Email - karol@jmyachts.com karol@jmyachts.com

Darrell Cottle

After what seems like a lifetime in the aviation industry as a corporate pilot and some personal experiences, I decided it might be time to consider a new career path….but what could I do that would combine my skills, my hobbies and still make enough money to live on????? I sat down to discuss the situation with my wife, Marsha, who wisely suggested that I look into doing something with boats. So off I went……..to investigate what a career in yacht brokering entailed and which brokerage I might want to work with. As I stopped at brokerages in the Clear Lake area (I think I hit all of them) and conducted my interviews – yes, I did the interviewing, not the brokerage – I kept hearing that I should stop by JM YACHTS and talk to Jerry and Karol. So on a cold winter afternoon, I stopped in and spent some time with both of them, then went off to consider my options. During our conversation, Karol invited me to go to the next Gulf Coast Yacht Brokers’ Association luncheon so I could learn a little about what being a yacht broker was all about and meet some of the people I would be working with if I chose to pursue this career path. Of course, I accepted the invitation. By the time the luncheon took place, I had offers from two other brokerages to join their teams and was a little uncomfortable sitting with Karol and directly across from the broker who I had spoken with the day before at another brokerage. But all went well and I went off again to consider my options. I was in quite a quandary because I liked all of the people I met and beside JM YACHTS, one of the other brokerages that I talked to seemed like it might be a good fit for me. After what seemed like an eternity (to Karol and Jerry), I made my decision to join JM YACHTS and jumped into the whirlwind life of a yacht broker. This is an exciting time for me and for the brokerage business, in general, because there have many been changes in brokerage sales in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, but I know that following my new career path with JM YACHTS was the right decision for me.

Member Yacht Brokers Association of America

Email - darrell@jmyachts.com darrell@jmyachts.com

Gil Villalobos

I first fell in love with boats when as a 3rd grader my dad took us kids on a trip to the docks to see the fishing and shrimp boats. I was fascinated by the movement of the boats as they moved through the water and the different assortment of boats that were out there. Then as a fourth grader, I saw my first sailboat and I was “WOWED'! That's when I decided that someday I would have my own ocean going sailboat. I spent many hours at the library reading all I could find on building your own sailboat . Then in the seventh grade, I bought a row boat and converted it into a sailboat and from then on, as life and funds permitted, I bought, fixed up and sold sailboats of all types. I graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1972 and after serving in the United States Marine Corps I went to work at a family drafting and design business. While doing this I developed my other love and played professional golf which progressed into teaching golf full time in 1993. It was then that I began to buy and sell sailboats again. WHAT A LIFE! Somewhere in there I managed to have a great family which produced two boys and two girls and now nine grandkids. None of my kids took up pro golf but two of them love sailing. My current wife says my next boat will cost me a new car for her ! I feel at home around the water and boats. I also enjoy helping families find the boat of their dreams while making the purchasing of one enjoyable. I take my job and duties as a yacht broker seriously and am firmly committed to my clients.

Email - gil@jmyachts.com gil@jmyachts.com

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Capt. Scott Mauney

My life changed in 1974 when my father bought me a Sunfish sailboat. I spent the next two years sailing every chance I could at White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas. Two years later I skippered my first regatta hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club on Clear Lake. There were 48 boats entered and I finished 43rd. Three years later I finished 3rd overall in the Texas Laser Districts hosted by Seabrook Sailing Club, and from then on I was hooked. In 1988, I married Natalie and by 1991 she was hooked on sailing and we became a winning team at home and on the water. We now own “Natalie” our 36’ Westerly Corsair and continue to be a championship racing team and active participants in all facets of the boating community. For us, sailing is more than a sport, it’s a way of life. In the mid-1990s, I decided to turn my love of sailing into my career and joined Flying Scot, Inc. and spent the next 7 years as the manufacturer’s representative for Texas and Oklahoma. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Flying Scot, these boats are the second most popular racing/daysailer boats in the US. Life circumstances changed and even though I am no longer a rep for Flying Scot, I still maintain a strong relationship with the company and commitment to the quality of their product. A short time ago, I was helping a friend to purchase his first boat through JM YACHTS and realized how much I missed selling boats and casually mentioned this to Jerry. He just happened to be looking for a broker in the Watergate office, I sent my resume to Karol, who by the way had no idea what a Flying Scot boat was, and set up a time to get together. By the end of the interview, we mutually agreed that we would work well together and I came onboard a few days later. I look forward to seeing old friends again and making new ones as a Yacht Sales Professional for JM YACHTS. Call me or stop by our office and let me help you find the right boat for you.

Email - captscott@jmyachts.com captscott@jmyachts.com