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Janesville, WI  USA
Thursday April 25, 2024
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John Lee

1964 – 1965 - University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WI
Civil Engineering and Computer Science.

1965–1969 Everhart VW Janesville, WI
Apprenticeship - Mechanic
5 yr apprenticeship completed
Service Manager at the end and liked it

1967 Married Pat Blum of Janesville Class of 66

1968 Built house myself Janesville

1969 – 1969 - Rock County Buick Janesville, Wis.
Assistant Service Manager

1969 We moved to Davenport, IA for a Job with Dodge
This lasted 3 months before Chrysler Service and Dodge
Combined and they moved us to Ottawa, Ill.

1969 – 1973 - Chrysler Corporation Northlake, IL.
District Service Rep
Managed 29 dealers 4 states.

1973 April Friday 13th My wife and I separated.
I moved to Miami Florida and went to work for
American Motors Corp.
I lived in North Miami FL

1973 – 1976 - American Motors Stone Mountain, GA
Service Rep and Warranty Claims Control
Managed 38 dealers in Florida

1974 I bought the hull of a sailboat at
Summerfield Boat Works in Ft Lauderdale, FL
and stared work on it.

1975 I moved to Hollywood to be closer to the boat.

1976 AMC and I were done and I moved from the house
to the boat at Summerfield Boat Works in Ft Lauderdale

1976 – 1979 - Continental AMC JEEP Pompano Bch, FL
Service Director
Managed the Service, Parts Department, Fleet department, & Body Shop

1978 – 1979 - Continental AMC JEEP opened Lauderdale Yamaha
I Managed the Service, Parts Department

1979 - Chuck the owner had a heart attack and I became
his boat captain driver and taught his son (14) how to fix cars.

1979 met Lydia my now wife and Married 4/2/1979 (Lydia is French)

1979 – 1980    Maritimer Marine    Hollywood, FL
Electrical Subcontractor
Designed and installed the electrical system.
Developed and installed all the plumbing systems.
Assisted in Installing the driveline and engines.

1980 -    Maritimer Marine    Hollywood, FL
Plant Manager
All departments 32 employees
Trained employees
Ran production
Wired boats


1980 - We went to France for 90 days
Charlie sold the company to BlackFin Yachts
(I was the only person that knew how to build the boat.)

1980–1982 - BlackFin Yacht Corp Ft Lauderdale, FL
Production Line Foreman
Converted the Maritimer to the BlackFin 32 and ran
the production line. 28 employees
We bought the Palm Beach Boat company so I set up production of the 39
And ran the 39 line producing one boat every 60 days. With the 32 line and the 28
and 33 moved the the othe half of the palnt with the 25
12 employees more
Did the prototype work on the 29 BlackFin Combi and Fly Bridge
6 employees more

1981 Vacation 1 month to France

1982–1982 Summerfield Boat Works Ft Lauderdale, FL
Rigger and Electrician
Complete Rewiring of Boats
Stepping mast and crane operator
Finished our sail boat and went sailing from 4 months

1982 Went Sailing for the Summer

1983–1986 - BlackFin Yacht Corp    Ft Lauderdale, FL
Manager of Prototype and Mold Shop
Prototyped and built the molds for the BlackFin 36.
12 employees
Set up and started the 36 line
Also ran the 32 line.
12 employees

1986–1990 - Summerfield Boat Works Ft Lauderdale, FL
Rigging and Yard Foreman
Ran east end on the boatyard - 6 to 15 employees
Operated the cane and towboat.

1989 bought House and gutted 2 yr job

1992 finish 2nd house and sold sail boat
93 Vacation with Whale boat to the Bahamas
94 Vacation with Whale boat to the Bahamas
95 Vacation See the US up the middle 3 weeks
96 Vacation See US Fl CA WV and everything in between one month
97 Vacation See US and Canada MN crossed Canada to Nova Scotia one month
98 Vacation See Newfoundland

1990 –1999 Summerfield Boat Works Ft Lauderdale, FL
Assistant Manager
Managed the boat yard, customers and relations with Government
Wrote the software for the accounting system
15 – 20 employees

2000 vacation 1 month Winnipeg and back
2001 vacation 1 month trip around the west AZ – Yellow Stone
2001 vacation France visit Lydia's Father birthday
2002 vacation France 1 month rewire family house
2003 vacation with Lydia's Sister from France
2004 France 1 week clean out house in town
2005 Vacation France 1 month replumb family house and build new bath room

1999–2005 - Summerfield Boat Works Ft Lauderdale, FL
General Manager
Update and expanded the computerization of the systems

2005 Boat Yard Sold and Closed

2005– 2007 - Summerfield Boat Works Ft Lauderdale, FL
Cleaning up and shutting down the operation

2005 Finished my boat a 33ft Captain Gig

2006 Vacation 1 month Croatia (Summer)

2006– Now - Container Yacht s, LLC Buffalo, NY
Director of Production
3 trips to Croatia winter of 2006 - 2007




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