Marblehead, MA Office
Robert "Bump" Wilcox
Lives in: Marblehead, MA
Email: bump@newwaveyachts.com
Prior to starting New Wave Yachts with Parker Harrison in 1990, Bump worked at Baltic Yachts for several months in 1980 and then went to work as a broker for Sailboats Northeast for ten years. He has been racing and cruising sailboats all his life.
He grew up sailing on Narragansett Bay and has owned a boat since the age of eight. An accomplished racer with an impressive list of racing finishes, Bump is currently active in PHRF New England racing. He has won the PHRF-NE championships three times, the Mass Bay championship, the San Francisco Mid-Winter Regatta aboard an Olson 29 in 1987, and placed first in his class at Key West aboard an Aerodyne 43 in 2002. His sailing dedication has earned him a spot as an officer for the PHRF-NE since 1977 and he was commodore of PHRF-NE in 1982 and 83.
After New Wave Yachts began selling Edgewaters in 1996, he has had access to powerboats and has taken advantage, going out with friends and family whenever he has the chance. While Bump considers himself a sailor first and foremost, he is excited about all kinds of boats. "If it has to do with being on the water, I want to be there."
Parker Harrison
Lives in: Beverly, MA
Email: parker@newwaveyachts.com
Parker, the other founder of New Wave Yachts, has been in the boat business since 1985 when he worked as a broker for Sailboats Northeast until 1990. Prior to his career in yachts sales, he spent ten years managing stores for Eastern Mountain Sports. At New Wave Yachts, Parker works with Bump to manage the four branch offices and he coordinates promotions and marketing, including maintenance of the web site and boat show presentations.
He also has done extensive sailboat cruising throughout the Northeast, including delivery trips to and from boat shows and moving customers' boats between vacation destinations. Sabre yachts are his area of expertise; he has won the "Broker of the Year" (top producer) award five of the past six years. Parker is especially knowledgeable about all new and used Sabre yachts, from 1971 to the present, and oversees all communications and activities with the Sabre factory and staff. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, water sports, and cruising on his 18-foot Edgewater center console on the ocean and lakes of New England.
Greg Sullivan
Email: greg@newwaveyachts.com
Greg's career spans 25+ years in the marine industry focusing on sales, marketing, public relations and the application of computer technology.
At Blue Fin Yachts he was first Business Development Manager and then General Manager.
In addition, Greg was the innovator of a revolutionary marine industry computer system (BUCNET), a MLS, used globally by yacht brokers, to list new and used boats for sale.
Greg is tenacious in his efforts to always provide his customers the best sales and service experience. In fact, Greg was the recipient of the prestigious 2004 Billy Martin Award - given in recognition for grit, determination, and competitiveness.
Greg's water roots come from growing up on the Finger Lakes (Keuka & Skaneateles) and Long Island Sound.
Carolyn Tremblay
Email: carolyn@newwaveyachts.com
Carolyn grow up on the East Coast suburbs of Boston. She spent summers on Plum Island with her family and developed a love of the ocean. As a teen she became a competitive swimmer and lifeguard on Plum Island for many years. Later she took to the water surfing in Newburyport, Rye, York Beach, and Hampton. Sailing has been her passion for the last number of years. She started out of the American Yacht Club in Newburyport learning how to sail with friends and family.
Beneteau gave her the opportunity last year to visit the factories in France and attended the Paris Boat Show. With this experience she has earned a Beneteau Academe Certificate.
Customer loyalty, service and high quality products is always Carolyn's priority. Now with Hanse and Dehler Yachts at New Wave Yachts Carolyn will continue to deliver great boats, experiences and service to her clients up and down the New England Coast.
Jim Torinese
Email: jimt@newwaveyachts.com
I have been actively sailing and boating for the past 50 years on Narragansett Bay. Owned, operated, and raced an assortment of boats and have crewed and captained boats in the BVI, Bermuda, and down the East coast. My yacht brokering started in 2007 working with Brewer and Eastern Yacht Sales, selling both new and brokerage boats. My sincere enjoyment is working with my clients and helping them either sell their boat or find a new or brokerage boat that will fit their budget and needs.
I am CPYB certified yacht broker, earned a BSBA/MBA from Bryant University, and a Army Vietnam veteran serving with the First Air Cav in 1968-69 earning the Bronze Star , Air Medal, and Combat Infantry Badge.
Jim Munro
Lives in: South Dartmouth, MA
Email: jim@newwaveyachts.com
Boats have dominated most of Jim's life. He has worked as a boat builder for multiple well-known boat companies, having spent a year at Cape Dory Yachts building production fiberglass boats, three years at Newport Offshore building 12 Meters, and four years at Concordia Custom Yachts building composite cruising sailboats. Following his boat building days, Jim spent 11 years at Buzzards Bay Yacht Sales selling boats until 1997, at which time he came to New Wave Yachts.
Over his extensive boating career, Jim has accumulated over 60,000 sailing miles, participating in numerous races from Newport to Bermuda and Marblehead to Halifax, as well as cruising with his wife on his Bristol 35.5 Sloop in his free time.
Fred deNapoli
Lives in: Salem MA
Email: Fred@newwaveyachts.com
Fred's been sailing in and around Marblehead since 1968. At 15 he was a cadet on the square-rigged training vessel, "Tabor Boy", before serving as a junior officer on the 286' four masted schooner, "Fantome", for Windjammer Cruises. He spent three years as captain of the University of New Hampshire's sailing team, worked his way through college as a rigger at a yacht agency in Portsmouth, NH, before becoming chief instructor at the Boston Harbor Sailing Club coordinating 11 instructors and over 50 club-owned boats.
After college he ran the sales department of Can Am Sailcraft's Cambridge and Marblehead offices, selling new and brokerage boats. He's won or placed in a number of notable titles including the J/33 North Americans, the J/24 East Coasts (3rd, losing to Dave Curtis and Ethan Bixby), the Viper North Americans (3rd, borrowed boat), four consecutive J/105 Fleet 2 season's championship, winning the 2019 Candy Store Cup Super-Yacht Regatta, and most recently winning back to back class wins as helmsman at the Heineken Regatta in Sant Maarten, 2023 and 2024, in a Reichel Pugh Salona 45.
South Dartmouth, MA Office
Peter van Colen
Email: pete@newwaveyachts.com
Peter van Colen has been involved with sailing and working in the boating industry since he was a teen. He graduated from Tabor Academy where he spent 3 years on their 118' topsail schooner Tabor Boy. He has sailed up and down the east coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico. He has been a navigator and watch captain on multiple offshore races including to Bermuda. He has actively raced on everything from J24's & Etchels to 50' footers.
Over the years he has worked for multiple boat building companies from CE Ryder to Concordia. He has done just about everything from basic / custom woodwork as well as fiberglass, Kevlar and Carbon. He has worked on the layup floor to the lofting floor to the naval architects desk. Peter is the grandson of Palmer Scott (one of the inventors of the fiberglass cold mold system), so you can say the marine industry is in his blood.
These days, not only does Peter sell boats for New Wave Yachts, but also he is the head 420 racing coach for the Dartmouth High School Sailing Team. Even before the kids get on the water in March, Peter has been known to frostbite on his Laser usually starting in January. From late spring to early fall you can find him cruising with his wife and daughter or racing PHRF on his and others boats on Buzzards Bay and surrounding New England waters.