Interviews

The Great Loop isn’t something you dabble in. It’s roughly 6,000 miles of rivers, lakes, locks, coastlines, currents, weather windows—and decisions that matter. Today’s guest, Curtis Stokes, understands that kind of journey not just from theory, but from a lifetime on the water. Curtis grew up boating and fishing. He sailed the East Coast and the Bahamas long before most of us ever touched a helm—me included. That early pull toward the water became a lifelong calling. Curtis has captained vessels ranging from 75-foot classics to 180-foot superyachts, completed multiple circumnavigations, crossed the Atlantic more than half a dozen times, and logged countless offshore and inland miles.…

In this wide-ranging interview, marine industry veteran Phil Friedman—Managing Director of Port Royal Group—shares insights from more than three decades in yacht design, construction, journalism, and consulting. From managing a small marina in Ontario to leading major U.S. yacht yards, Friedman offers a rare insider’s perspective on marine surveys, explaining the critical differences between condition and valuation surveys and true pre-purchase surveys, how to choose the right surveyor, and why yacht valuations are often misunderstood. This conversation is essential reading for anyone buying, selling, or building a yacht.…

We talk to David Alton in this interview. It’s a little different. He has a startup called Maintenance ROS that we are very excited to tell others about. Forget the Excel. This is a cruiser built solution for your maintenance needs, not just another rework of software from another industry. It even predicts when you need to do maintenance. If you mention CatamaranSite, David will be for sure to give you special service. Your boat is your escape, your sanctuary, your joy.…

Alicia interviews Erin of Roam Generation PR about becoming a sailing influencer. Listen to hear the key skills required and how long and hard the journey is to become the next SV Delos. Erin sailed with her family and that is how she started her PR business, so she has first hand knowledge of the path to start a business while sailing. Her client list is amazing including Delos, Ruby Rose, and many other super famous stars. We really enjoyed making and listening to this interview and hope you will too.…

Diane interviews Bill Coates on the factors that affect catamaran insurance rates such as age, value, experience, cruising range. They also cover ways to prepare your resume for the best rates and how the process works. Please listen and learn about the knitty gritty on getting insurance for your catamaran. You can contact Bill of​​​​ Offshore Risk Management at via phone at 305-743-7711 x2202 or email to ( wjc@offshorerisk.com ). Apply for insurance online here. Watch this video I’m with Bill Coates today from Offshore Risk Management.…

We interviewed Tim Geisler of www.NautilusSailing.com about his week catamaran sailing school. We cover how much experience you need to take his course, common misconceptions, and the big takeaways you gain from the week. Please enjoy and contact Tim via the info@nautilussailing.com email. He also has an excellent educational YouTube channel and is launching an online catamaran-sailing master class in the coming weeks. Watch this video Good morning Tim, it’s nice to be here to talk to you for catamaransite. I’m wondering if you could tell everybody a little bit about who you are, and what you do at Nautilus Sailing.…

We talked to Pat and Cal of Multihull Dynamics which is an excellent site to compare sailing characteristics of cruising catamarans. We walk through what their website can do by doing a comparison of the Catana 42 and Lagoon 440. They discuss why they started the site, various features of the site, touch on overall lessons they have learned from over a decade of analysis, and more. They are launching a new site within the next couple months, so please stay tuned and look for their enhanced site which will have more functionality, better look and feel, and an even larger database of cruising catamarans to compare to each other.…