Mandalay Marine is my small company with a big goal- to make your next yacht purchase as stress-free and enjoyable as possible. MARINE SURVEYS are an indispensable tool to help you decide if you have found the right boat and is my main specialty. Here is my background:
Graduated from the Pac 10 (now Pac 12) in 1984 with two job offers- to go to work on Wall Street or to crew on a 96-footer in the Mediterranean. Guess which way I went? Since sailing the jetset ports of France, Italy, and Greece my resume includes:
-Obtained first USCG Mariner's License in 1988, began a 6-pak kayak tour company in Ventura, California serving Channel Islands National Park.
-Began running yachts to Mexico for the winter season, starting with a Fleming 50 trawler and working up to 90-footers.
-Worked as a columnist for the San Diego Log and in 1993 published my first Mexico cruising guide- The Baja Bash.
-Became managing partner for a Cabo San Lucas marine hardware and repair business and started surveying yachts in Taiwan and Mexico.
-Consultant for Marina Costa Baja in La Paz, Mexico and then hired as design consultant and operations manager at Marina Puerto Los Cabos.
-After 18 years running yachts and businesses in Mexico returned to California in 2013 to work as a certified marine surveyor and buyers agent.
-Wrote second book (Bluewater Sailing) published by International Marine/McGraw Hill in 2015, still based on the West Coast and loving life!
Graduated from the Pac 10 (now Pac 12) in 1984 with two job offers- to go to work on Wall Street or to crew on a 96-footer in the Mediterranean. Guess which way I went? Since sailing the jetset ports of France, Italy, and Greece my resume includes:
-Obtained first USCG Mariner's License in 1988, began a 6-pak kayak tour company in Ventura, California serving Channel Islands National Park.
-Began running yachts to Mexico for the winter season, starting with a Fleming 50 trawler and working up to 90-footers.
-Worked as a columnist for the San Diego Log and in 1993 published my first Mexico cruising guide- The Baja Bash.
-Became managing partner for a Cabo San Lucas marine hardware and repair business and started surveying yachts in Taiwan and Mexico.
-Consultant for Marina Costa Baja in La Paz, Mexico and then hired as design consultant and operations manager at Marina Puerto Los Cabos.
-After 18 years running yachts and businesses in Mexico returned to California in 2013 to work as a certified marine surveyor and buyers agent.
-Wrote second book (Bluewater Sailing) published by International Marine/McGraw Hill in 2015, still based on the West Coast and loving life!