Jud Black

Sales Director

Jud Black is the sales director of Safe Harbor Yacht Sales and has spent nearly every working hour in the boat business since age 15. While attending Virginia Tech as an engineering major, he married his high school sweetheart, Ann, and took a four year sojourn with IBM before finding his way back into boats as a District Sales Manager with Johnson Outboards, later becoming the DSM for their largest territory in South Florida. He subsequently joined Boston Whaler as Southeast Regional Manager, living in South Carolina, where he and Ann started their family. He joined Bluewater Yacht Sales in 1988 to run their small boat division selling Whaler, Seacraft, Zodiac, and Evinrude outboards. Jud grew along with the company, eventually becoming a partner in Bluewater’s sales, marina, and service divisions. Jud is currently on the Board of The Virginia Marine Trades Association and the Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament. He has been honored as one of the country’s top sales people by Johnson Outboards, Regulator Marine, Hatteras Yachts, and Viking Yachts over the years. His recreational interests are, not surprisingly, sportfishing and boating, plus the occasional camping trip. He has been lending his extensive experience to Safe Harbor clients for nearly 25 years.