Captains

Capt. Rob and Rachel were customers before purchasing Island Sailing in 2015.  They have enjoyed taking care of customers, sharing our local waters and taking guests all of the way to the Bahamas.  

Capt. Rob has a deep passion for sailing and being out on the water.  He learned to sail on dinghies and a 27' Catalina before living on board a 45' Island Trader ketch with his father in the Bahamas.  At least every other summer you will find Capt. Rob sailing Bahamian waters again!

Rachel helps to ensure that our guests have a better experience than most other charters - she add the luxury and high expectations to Island Sailing - and keeps Capt. Rob focused!

 Captain Mark, whose hometown is Colorado Springs, Co., has spent many years on the water.  As a 50T Master USCG licensed Captain, photographer, and as a certified scuba instructor, Captain Mark will gladly provide charter guests with diving excursions on their sailing trips.  He enjoys extended day and overnight trips, and sailing up/down the FL coast, including the Keys.  Captain Mark is also a veteran of the United States Army. 

 Captain Marty started sailing a long time ago, 1966, in Puerto Rico, on his dad's 25' cutter. Since then, he has sailed in a variety of places like Puget Sound in the Northwest, Grenada in the Caribbean, Cazumel, Mexico, Tom's River, New Jersey, and much more. Until 2014, he was employed as a mortgage banker, but his undergraduate degree is in Limnology, so he worked at MSU's research lab on Lake Michigan for a season before completing his MBA at Northern Michigan University. Since 2014, he has taken his trawler from Naples into Canada twice and completed the Great Loop and the Triangle Loop. He enjoys meeting the people who charter with us at Island Sailing and he has experience in the Everglades which helps to explain the local wildlife. Most of all, he enjoys sailing and helps his passengers get enjoyment from it as well.