Your Captain - Geoff Byrne

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 28 days into my recovery from boat addiction I saw Alchemy in a boatyard in Washington and my heart went pitter patter. Here we go agin. 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 on brand.

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 started to come to the realization that my heart will always be drawn to sailing and it might be time to make a shift back to doing what brings inspiration and meaning. 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 a lifestyle that brings you back to a world there the things that really matter are the things that matter. It can be a life changing experience… And would you believe that one of my favorite things in life is still sailing around in my little 8’ bathtub?