MJM Yachts... High Quality Power Boats of The Future... Now

December 17, 2012.  10 years after the founding of MJM Yachts, the 150th MJM was born,  40z #32.   

Photo by Billy Black

MJM's are the best built boats on the market.  In the words of Eric Sorensen in Soundings, "These are marvelous works of art, the real deal in terms of construction methods and materials."  The owner of 40z #33 used the word, "masterpiece".

 The clearest indications of such exceptional quality are fuel efficiency and speed per engine horsepower applied.  The only way to get there is through a combination of hull design and leading edge (aircraft, race boat or race car) composite construction.

This behind-the-scenes video shows what the future of boatbuilding will be like... how MJM Yachts differ from other power boats in design and construction.

MJM Yachts- The Difference

MJM 40z... The Easiest Boat to Dock Solo

40z #25 ZING Solo Docking at Newport Shipyard

This new video clearly demonstrates why the 40z is perhaps the easiest and safest boat to dock over 29 feet, including our 29z.  No other boat combines the following 6 contributing factor to make it easy:  (1) Volvo Penta IPS joystick control (2) DPS hovering capability (3) port & starboard side access doors onto (4) a single level cockpit & bridge deck (5) a large side-opening through which to lean out from the wheel to flip a line over a dock cleat and (6) a really good 360 degree panoramic views from the wheel.  Click here.   Video - Solo Docking the 40z

IMAGINE - 15 Footers in Manasquam Inlet

Report from Mark & Jody Rollins departing the Inlet on 34z IMAGINE.

OMG! What a boat. I had to share this and I'm so sorry I did not video it as it unfolded so fast. 

Sunday morning at 9:00am I left Bay Head, NJ to bring IMAGINE back (to Mamaroneck NY). I am not sure if either of you are familiar with or have been in the Manasquam Inlet, but it can be a bear! 20 years ago we came in on my Dads 48 Tollycraft on the way to Florida from NY Harbor and nearly put her on the jetty. Seas were so bad… for the first time ever we had our life jackets on. So my history there is a bit shaky.

 

Anyway, as we approached the jetty to leave on a beautiful sunny day, I could see the sea was boiling at the end of the jetty. My wife Jody (new to boating) and friend Jim were with me. I knew it would be bad so we closed all the windows and rolled down the side curtains. As we got closer to the end of the jetty I could see two other boats ahead of me and as they got to the end they disappeared and appeared again about 6 times. There were similar in size to my boat. So the swells created by the 8 knot tide going out and the roughs seas coming in created the "perfect storm"!

 

Having run the 34z for a year now I had complete confidence but I have to tell you, as I got closer to the end of the Jetty, I really was concerned. The first wave we went over was not too bad, but on the other side was a deep trough. It felt as if we were headed down a steep slope. Bow into the bottom and a wall of water over the boat. I mean a wall of water filling the stern. Then you climbed the wall on the other side. It felt as if we were almost vertical! Remember the scene in the movie,  Perfect Storm! It felt like that. Only 5 more times. Wipers on, but complete white out as we crested and went into each wave. I caught a glimpse every once and a while but I was almost blinded. Out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of the other two boats heading south out of the Jetty, but thought at any moment one of them would capsize and be in my way. At one point I also saw three dolphins right ahead of me. It was all I could do to hold on. So sureal when I think back. The most amazing helpless, yet exciting feeling. Once through the 6 waves we were finally able to head north.  I looked back and could not believe what we came through.

 

The boat was incredible. The confidence I had behind the controls was amazing. I would never even think about any other kind of boat. Once out in the sea we were faced with 6 foot waves all the way around Sandy Hook. 90 minutes of this. Cruising at 16 knots burning 9 gallons an hour. Wipers on the entire time. It was amazing.

 

Thanks for building such a great boat. Some people say there are two happy days in boating. The day you buy it and the day you sell it. Not for me. This boat is amazing!

 

And Jody, while cleary concerned, never complaied once. I am a lucky individual. Heading up to Essex Island marina this weekend for some R&R.

 

See you in Newport in a few weeks.

 

MJM 40z... Sea Trial in 6-8 ft Waves

ZING went the strings of my heart. I'm in love. Driving this 40z at 24-28 knots in large 6—8 footers off Palm Beach was as much fun as I can remember driving a powerboat. Billy Black was there in a helicopter to catch the action while Capt. Ken Kreisler was with me as co-pilot in the port seat.

This 6 minute video shows the boat going into the waves upwind, across beam seas with great stability and running downsea with great control.  The MJM 40z and the Nordhavn 40 are the only known boats earning the highest ISO IMCI Certification of Category A Ocean... a function of design, structural strength and stability in waves.

Click on this link to see the action  40z Seatrial in 6-8 ft Waves   to see what you don't see at boat shows and most sea trials.

Maybe hard to believe, but you could freeze frame and zoom in to see that I'm one hand steering from the pilot's seat. No white knuckles here. There was such control that the autopilot could handle the driving with the helmsman being just a spectator.

MJM Yachts 40z... Best Boat for the Elderly & Infirm

While it's been said that Bob J. will do anything to sell a boat...shirt off his back, maybe.  But, breaking a leg was not a pre-meditated marketing strategy.  Creating a boat, however, that addresses infirmities of the like, was.  So, when he asked the orthopedic doctor at Mass General whether it was OK to go to Florida for  4 weeks he didn't let on it was going to be on a boat. The doctor would not have imagined that such a boat as the MJM 40z existed, where one could (a) dock the boat unassisted from the wheel (b) board the boat with crutches, and (c) had only 3 stairs to navigate to reach an interior where shower, office, galley, bed and head were on the same level and so close. The 40z is far more convenient and secure than Mary's and Bob's Boston apartment where a flight of stairs had to be navigated at least 4 times per day...not to mention the slippery slopes of snow and ice on Beacon Hill.  Florida has been flat and dry ashore with balmy winds, beautiful sunsets and calm seas, cruising between Naples, Sanibel, Boca Grande, Stuart, Jupiter Island, Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale en route to the Miami Boat Show.  It has been an uplifting experience, both spiritually and physically.

An important discovery for anyone having to wear an Aircast, which due to it's greater height off the ground than the good leg, will soon create a lopsided posture and problems with knees, hips and back was found through Google.  It's called an "EVENUP".  It attaches with elastic rubber straps, like a crampon or large Teva, to elevate your favorite shoe.  As shown, Bob has it on a Sperry Topsider.  Why doctors and hospitals aren't prescribing these devices along with the Aircast is a mystery.