Tradewinds Gear, Boaters Plus,  RV Plus and Hunters Plus are located in Chattanooga, TN a mile inland from the Tennessee River and the Chickamauga Lake. We are a boating & RV supply store that takes pride in our customer service.  We have access to over 100,000 boating, RV and hunting products.  We keep a variety of these in stock and if we don’t have it, our distributors do.  We would love to help you find the products that you need to make your boating, RV or Hunting experience an affordable pleasure.   Boaters Plus, RV & Hunters Plus is a family owned business and run by Jere and Colleen Edwards along with their son Chris Edwards.

Jere Edwards, President

Jere Edwards  has owned a boat and been a boating enthusiast since 1958 when he and his family had a cottage on a small island outside of Detroit. Jere played on the lake all summer long as a child.  He has owned everything from a couple of sailboats, numerous runabouts  and  two houseboats.  Jere originally started Tradewinds Gear in Chattanooga because of the lack of boating supplies available locally.

Colleen Edwards, Treasurer

Colleen Edwards has been a co-owner and a loving spouse through all of Jere’s boating adventures.  Colleen runs the accounting department at Tradewinds Gear.  She is the critical element of keeping Tradewinds Gear organized financially.

Chris Edwards, VP of IT

Chris Edwards is the IT guy of the family.  Chris currently owns a 25 foot sailboat and previously owned a houseboat with Jere and a larger cruiser on his own.  Chris with help and guidance from Jere has helped develop the online presence of Boaters Plus & RV Plus.   He carries several highly valued certificates in the IT industry and went to MTSU for his degree in Computer Science.

Lisa Cothran, Web Designer

Lisa has enjoyed spending time on a boat with her family and also traveling in their family’s RV and camping out.  Lisa is our web designer, she continuously updates our sites and will be creating and updating our catalogs in the future.

Drew Pickert, Manger of Shipping

Drew has a variate of past jobs in retail and worked for UPS.  Nothing leaves our warehouse until Drew approves it.  He attended the University of South Carolina.