Crew

Ian is an MCA 200 ton Offshore Yacht Master. He is also a certified PADI Dive Master. He has been crewing Voyage 580’s across the Caribbean for two years. In total Ian has been sailing and cruising for close to 20 years. Growing up on the water in Ontario, Canada, he summered and sailed amongst Georgian Bay’s 30,000 islands where he developed his strong sense for navigation and pilotage.

After obtaining an Earth Science degree from Canada’s sailing capital, Halifax Nova Scotia, Ian returned to the Great Lakes to work as a Service Technician and to further explore Canada’s best cruising grounds. After 5 years of work he took his savings and fixed up his beloved sailboat and set sail on an 18 month single-handed voyage from Canada’s cold to the balminess and camaraderie of the cruising community along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and then east to the Bahamas where he immediately fell for the turquoise water, diving, game and spear fishing.

In Jody’s land-bound life she was a post-graduate educated, Human Resources Professional for the Automotive Industry. Although she was fueled by the demanding nature of this profession she spent her free time studying advanced cuisine at the George Brown Culinary Institute in Toronto, Canada and honing her culinary skills by entertaining for family and friends.

In 2005 Ian and Jody purchased another boat with a larger galley which they lived on as they worked their land-bound lives. Always sailing, cooking and entertaining and dreaming of a career that married both their passions. Their personalities already a successful union – Jody’s boundless energy and spirit and Ian’s adaptability, patience and practicality – a career as a crew only made sense.

Ian and Jody’s chartering career has allowed them to share, with their guests the beauty of the British Virgin Islands as well as the Windward and Leeward Islands. Allow this professional and accommodating crew to provide you with a custom vacation of a lifetime.