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TREASURE COAST BOATING
FORT PIERCE YACHT AND SHIP
The engine room sparkles like new after Haack’s superior team of professionals cleaned
and refit the pieces of machinery and equipment..
ness, Taylor Lane Yacht & Ship, in Dania Beach and Fort Pierce, repairing
over 75 mega yachts in just three years. I am comfortable making any
repair necessary, in or out of water.”
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Looking east from the immaculate porch of FPY&S is the most direct
view heading to the ocean on the Treasure Coast. The route was made for
“Born in Iowa in 1950, I grew up in Jacksonville
Beach by the ocean before moving to Fort
Lauderdale,” says Haack. “I always was on the
water and began surfing in 1963, fanatically for
nine years, almost every day and still surf on
occasions.”
He took every opportunity to be on the water
on boats and thought he would become an
oceanographer while in high school.
“I love the ocean,” Haack says. “It provided
me fun as a teen, and a great career as an adult.
I also love to see the ocean kept in good condition.
I try hard not to hurt the environment and
participate in ocean-saving groups like Seakeepers,
Save the Seas Foundation and Bal De
Mar, Monaco, and encourage our clients to help
as well.”
He got most of his practical experience from
starting as a deckhand and working his way up
to captain. As any of the best and most successful
businessmen know, it is the practical which
is more useful than the book knowledge, but
Haack had both.
His formal training to get his captain’s
license was through Coast Guard-approved
Sea School and Maritime Training Inc. in Fort
Lauderdale.
Haack went to work for the prestigious Lürssen
Yachts from 1997 to 2010 out of Bremen,
Germany, before venturing out on his own.
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