I grew up sailing and playing on boats. I sailed across the Atlantic at age 12, with my family on our 36' sailboat. I raced dinghies and offshore throughout my teens and twenties. I spent my free time fishing inshore and offshore. During a university sabbatical I worked on super yachts. I got my 100 Ton captain license at 19. Through some luck I found myself working as an apprentice marine surveyor in New Orleans, inspecting tugs, barges, ships, OSV's, and cargo. I've bought and sold boats. I've broken most things on boats, and fixed them too. I've been in crap weather, dealt with after hurricane salvages, fires, sinkings, as well as tragic marine accidents involving fatalities. While I haven't done or seen everything, I have done and seen a lot. Let's talk, yachts, tugs, fishing, repairs or marine insurance.