Our Crew

Bruce Tait

Owner | Yacht Sales | Management | New Construction
Bruce was born and raised on the West Coast between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Living in Grenada in his late teens may have contributed to a passion for the ocean, sailing and the tropics...... Read More

Blade Hovekamp

Yacht Charters | Sales
Blade grew up in New York City and spent his summers and weekends in Sag Harbor. As a teenager, he worked as a Sailing Instructor at Breakwater Yacht Club. He eventually become the Head Instructor for... Read More
Danielle joined Tait Yachts in 1989 and became a partner in 1994. A degree in Gallery Management and Business couldn't keep her away from joining the family business but certainly contributed to an eye for... Read More
Craig Crossley Yacht Sales, Consulting, Project Management, New Construction Successfully representing J/Boats and other iconic brands in Florida for over a decade as part of Sarasota based CrossCurrent Marine, Craig now collaborates with the Tait... Read More

John Christopher Dowling

Yacht Sales | Project Management | New Construction
Chris first joined us as a sailing instructor in 1983. Born in Jamestown, Rhode Island, Chris grew up sailing the East Coast and the Bahamas. Right out of school he went on to work in... Read More
A full time resident of the east end, Captain Ken grew up on Long Island, Boating throughout the East coast and working in the marine industry since 1999. He is a 5 year us cg... Read More
Mark was born in Buffalo, NY and grew up on the shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. First in Crystal Beach, Ontario where he was introduced to motorboats, pram sailing dinghies and Lightnings …... Read More

Joe Grey

Security
"Smokin" Joe Grey was born in the artist community of springs in the town of East Hampton, right around the corner from the Jackson Pollock house. His interests, however, were not of an artistic nature,... Read More

Robert Merrill Fletcher

Palm Beach Gardens Yacht Marketing Leader
Robert Merrill Fletcher has been boating since his teens growing up in Destin, Fl.. He was a liveaboard on a 51' Bluewater that moved between Marathon, Pensacola, and Stuart.  He combines his love of boating... Read More