At the age of seven or eight I stepped foot in a little 8’ sailboat that looked like a bathtub. If there was a moment that would determine life’s direction that was it. I could never seem to pull myself from boats for any length of time. I started teaching sailing at 14. Flew around the world as a teenager competing in world championship sailboat races. Took a short hiatus to finish school but quickly found myself moving onto a 37’ sailboat which I lived and cruised on for six years while teaching at the top rated sailing school in the country. Sold that boat and almost made 28 days when I saw Alchemy and my heart went pitter patter. After a brief honeymoon sail down the West Coast I somehow found myself on a plane to Alaska where I would spend the next three years piloting tugboats around one of the wildest places on the planet. Sounds about right. Then I met a girl. We got a puppy. You guessed it, being gone for half the year suddenly got tough. I decided to take the Tug Life to Southern California where I spent the next three years learning the ins and outs of marine construction. Big boats. Big cranes. Crazy everything. While driving tugs up and down my native California Coast, I came back to the realization that my heart will always be in sailing. After 30 years of sailing I still find myself absolutely awestruck and experiencing literal tears of joy - the freedom, the purity, the adventure, the people. So Alchemy Sailing was born with the goal of creating unique and authentic experiences that will allow you to get a taste of this lifestyle that has the potential to be life altering. And after all these years would you believe that one of my favorite things in life is still sailing around in my little 8’ bathtub?