Nuevo Nayarit Boat and Yacht Broker

Lon resides on a restored 1983 52-foot DeFever Performance Offshore Cruiser (POC) Trawler in Mexico. He was raised in Chicago and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Having sailed all the Great Lakes, Lon once delivered a Domino’s Pizza corporate yacht from northern Lake Huron to Fort Lauderdale, FL. When local franchises learned of the corporate vessel’s presence, they inundated the boat with pizzas. To this day, Lon remarks, “I ate so much Domino’s, I now prefer almost any other pizza.”

Lon held his 50-ton and 100-ton master’s near-coastal captain’s licenses. After delivering and managing yachts and operating tugboats in South Florida and the Bahamas, Lon “hung up his hat” and returned to land for a while. He found success in media, eventually becoming a business journal publisher in Colorado after working for newspapers in Florida, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Colorado.

Lon acquired a multi-state staffing agency, more than doubled its revenue in a decade, and relocated to Mexico. He’s actively involved with the Vallarta Yacht Club and races on others’ sailboats. Lon is a retired rugby player, referee, and administrator who toured England and played across the United States and the Bahamas. His yacht is named TRY.