Hunt Yachts Expands with Chesapeake Office

From left, Peter VanLancker, Bob Price and Todd Taylor stand in front of Hunt Yachts' new Chesapeake office.

     Portsmouth, Rhode Island -- Hunt Yachts has announced the opening of a sales office in Annapolis, Maryland. Located across Severn Creek from the Annapolis Yacht Club, Hunt Yachts Chesapeake will support the burgeoning number of Hunt Yacht owners in this region and serve the market’s growing interest in this iconic brand, renowned for its deep-V powerboats and motoryachts.
     Heading the new Annapolis office are Todd Taylor, one the region’s most experienced yacht brokers and dealers who has been associated with Hunt since 2003, and Bob Price, a successful businessman and experienced Hunt owner. Taylor brings nearly 20 years’ experience in yacht sales and brokerage including responsibility for many of Hunt Yachts’ sales in the Mid-Atlantic states. He is a long-standing member of the Yacht Brokerage Association of America (YBAA) and has served two terms on their Board of Directors.
     Todd was among the first yacht brokers to earn that organization’s "Certified Yacht Broker" designation. Todd has been around boats his entire life, had enough sea time to earn his first USCG Masters License at age 18, and held a 100-ton Masters License for many years while working as a professional captain and crew.
     "From the first time I handled a Hunt-designed boat, I’ve appreciated the design elements and unmatched sea-handling capability of Hunt Yachts," Todd added. "That’s what brought me to Hunt and what I enjoy demonstrating to customers. I also appreciate working with a company whose attitude toward excellence covers not just design but construction and standing behind what they build."
     Price, an experienced Hunt owner, is a practicing attorney and lifelong resident of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Bob has been an informal member of the Hunt team on the boatshow circuit for the past several years. After years of sailing and racing one-designs, he moved to power but remains active in the sailing community: he is past Commodore of both Tred Avon and Corsica River Yacht Clubs as well as Rear Commodore of Cruising Club of America, Chesapeake Station.
     Bob commented, "First as an admirer and then as a customer, I learned what a great boat Hunt Yachts can build and what a pleasure it is to work with them. This new ‘position’ gives me the opportunity to spread that word and to be a link between Hunt customers and the design and production teams."
     Peter Van Lancker, President of Hunt Yachts, said, "Although we’ve been transitioning to a agent network with recent appointments in several key markets, we felt that a company-direct communication was more appropriate in The Chesapeake. Our many owners here have always had a personal relationship with us at the factory and we chose not to disrupt that 'family' feeling. I am especially pleased to bring Todd into our company and to have Bob Price on our team. Todd needs no introduction among Hunt owners up and down The Bay. And Bob has become a close personal friend as we worked together on building his boat. Both thoroughly understand what Hunt is all about."
     Hunt Yachts Chesapeake is located at 222 Severn Avenue (next to the Charthouse Restaurant) and can be reached at 443-949-8540.
     Hunt Yachts offers models from 25 to 68 feet, in Surfhunter, Harrier, Coupe, Inflatable and Express Cruiser lines, all from designs by C. Raymond Hunt Associates. Hunt Design is acknowledged as the innovator of the deep-V hull form, and their work includes custom motoryachts, patrol vessels, military craft as well as production powerboats and motoryachts under other brands. Hunt Yachts are built in Portsmouth, Rhode Island as well as in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
     For additional information, go online to www.huntyachts.com where details, specifications, photos and videos of their yachts can be accessed.