John Nevers

Tuppen's is a marine tackle store/boat dealer as well as a boatyard/service center for Yamaha outboard motors. Most of my duties were in the yard where I operated a forklift to transport boats and trailers across the yard to and from the service bays and assisting in loading and unloading boats, trailers, and other supplies. Most importantly I cleaned and detailed boats that had been serviced, while also maintaining cleanliness and organization of the yard and the warehouse.

This boat (35' Downeast) was mainly focused on bottom/drift fishing but we also exercised trolling and live bait/kite fishing which we offered on private charters. I have worked for this charter business for the last 4-5 years as a deckhand, and since receiving my captain credentials last year I just recently began to captain my boss' second boat (32' Seavee) which he got earlier this year. Prior to this job I had 1-2 years experience with working on boats and since then I have obtained many fishing/people skills from this business, as well as maintaining the cleanliness and basic operations of the vessel.

I had the opportunity to fish/mate on "Cast in place" (43' MagBay) a handful of times this past spring, this included a few kite fishing trips and a one week excursion to Bimini Bahamas and Cape Cod Bay MA. This was my first taste of working on a private vessel and traveling to either of those places. In the bahamas we chunked/live baited for tunas for 2-3 days and also attempted to dredge fish for marlin which was a first for me. From there we returned to Jupiter FL and were up early the next morning to transport the vessel to Cape Cod Bay MA which we managed in 3 days time.