Category: on board with
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On Board With: Coral Rose Aiello
On Board With: Coral Rose Aiello Coral Rose Aiello had an early introduction to the salt life. Courtesy Sara Star Fishing Charters As the daughter of a veteran charter captain (Capt. Joe Aiello) in Newport, Rhode Island, Coral Rose Aiello had an early introduction to the salt life. At 14 years old, she started serving…
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On Board With: Rudy Socha
On Board With: Rudy Socha Rudy Socha’s nonprofit is aimed at cleaning up the tidal marshes. Courtesy Wounded Nature-Working Veterans Rudy Socha had recently moved to South Carolina when he noticed nonprofit groups doing the hard work of removing trash from beaches where tourists visited. But he also noticed that there was a lot of…
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On Board With: Paul Barth
On Board With: Paul Barth Barth has been flying professionally for over 40 years, logging over 17,000 hours of flight time and participating in thousands of boat photo shoots. Garrett Cortese If you’ve enjoyed the stunning aerial photography seen on most of our covers for the last 30 years, odds are that Paul Barth flew…
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On Board With: David Williams
On Board With: David Williams David Williams has had a lifelong love for boat racing. Courtesy Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum The need for speed captured David Williams at a young age, compelling him to buy and start racing his first hydroplane at 19 years old. After years of racing, he started working with the Hydroplane…
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On Board With: George Laycock
On Board With: George Laycock George Laycock embarked on a foiling adventure from Bimini to Palm Beach. Courtesy Nautical Ventures After seeing a random person on a Fliteboard cruise past his Nordhavn three years ago, 67-year-old George Laycock decided he needed to get one. On a recent trip to the Bahamas, he decided to undertake…
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On Board With: Jim Pearson
On Board With: Jim Pearson Being a USCG Auxiliarist is just one of many roles that Jim Pearson has successfully filled. Jim Hendricks Jim Pearson has done so much in and around the water throughout his life, it’s hard to know where to start. A Vietnam veteran, Pearson served as a US Navy Diver with Naval Special Operations…
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On Board With: Gordon Harrison
On Board With: Gordon Harrison Gordon Harrison is an experienced boat driver. Tom King Gordon Harrison is the consummate watersports enthusiast. Growing up lakeside in Central Virginia, he naturally gravitated toward skiing and wakeboarding before moving to Orlando after high school to train and compete on the Pro Wakeboard Tour. Later, he would be drawn…
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On Board With: Tracy Nowacki
On Board With: Tracy Nowacki Tracy Nowacki helps protect waterways from invasive species. Charles Plueddeman Launch a boat in Green Lake, Wisconsin, and you may run into Tracy Nowacki, a friendly woman with a clip board. We met Nowacki on duty at the Horner’s Landing ramp, dressed in her bright blue “Clean Boats/Clean Waters” shirt…
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On Board With: Harry Besley
On Board With: Harry Besley Harry Besley made an epic voyage around Britain in an all-electric RIB. Courtesy Harry Besley On July 13 of last summer, 18-year-old Harry Besley left Lyme Regis on the English Channel, aiming to be the first person to circumnavigate Britain in an all-electric boat. He and a rotating crew of…
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On Board With: Randy Wayne White
On Board With: Randy Wayne White Randy Wayne White’s “Doc Ford” series has proven to be a hit. Courtesy Randy Wayne White New York Times bestselling author Randy Wayne White has written more than 40 novels, but he’s best known for his “Doc Ford” series, set on Sanibel Island, Florida. Doc Ford is a biologist…
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On Board With: Maria Galati Hill
On Board With: Maria Galati Hill Maria Galati Hill has helped the company grow thanks to her savvy social media skills. Courtesy Maria Galati Hill Maria Galati Hill literally grew up in the boating industry, hanging around her family’s Galati Yacht Sales brokerage business on the west coast of Florida and going to work with…