A native of the Great Lakes region, Doug Zurn grew up sailing and boating.
His fa-ther owned boats that exposed Zurn at a young age to the design talents of Phil Rhodes, Ray Hunt and Jim McCurdy.
Zurn established his company, Zurn Yacht Design in Marblehead, Massachusetts, straight out of Westlawn School of Yacht Design in 1993 and spent his early career apprenticing for some of the industry’s most respected designers and builders. He’s a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the American Boat and Yacht Council and the Yacht Brokers Association of America.
Twenty-four years after hanging out his shingle, Zurn has 149 designs and more than 450 launches under his belt, including the MJM line. He’s established a reputation for boats that are beautiful, efficient and sea kindly, and which leave no detail to chance.
This story is from the April 2017 edition of Soundings.
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