Eric Ravenschlag is the Harbourmaster of Legacy Harbour Marina located in Fort Myers, FL. What or who brought you to this marina? Haywood Sullivan, founder of Legacy Harbour Marina. I lived across the street from the marina and watched it being built. At the time, I was commercial fishing in Alaska and raising a family Read More
Doug Mason is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Sunset Harbour Yacht Club in Miami Beach, FL What got you involved in the marine industry? I was inspired at an early age by my grandfather who was a skipper in the Navy. By middle school, I was attending sailing schools instead of summer camps, Read More
Greta Sommers is the Director of Service Operations at Haven Harbour Marina Resorts in Rock Hall, MD. What brought you to this marina? I worked as the dockmaster at Haven Harbour Marina from 2005 to 2007. I left for almost a decade to pursue an opportunity to manage the marina right next door (Osprey Point), Read More
According to superstitions about bringing bad luck onboard, women on the water have been historically taboo among sailors and seamen. Thanks to the movers and shakers who bucked those ancient ideals, women’s strengths shine now more than ever. We’d like to pay homage to Baltimore’s leading ladies making waves in this historic seaport. Tonja Bristow Read More
Check in with Fernandina Harbor Marina General Manager Taylor Fitzsimmons in Fernandina, FL in this new edition of Port Personality. What brought you to this marina? I’ve been working in the marina business since I was 15, and I’ve been with Oasis since May of 2018. In that time, I have overseen operations of marinas Read More
How did you get involved in the industry, and what brought you to this marina? Since the age of two, I’ve spent my summers at Two Rivers Yacht Basin on the Bohemia River in the Chesapeake Bay, until I joined the Navy in 1991. My first boating-related job in high school was at a local Read More
General Manager Marathon Marina, Marathon, FL How long have you been in the marine industry? It happened gradually over the last 27 years. My background is in finance and business management. While working full time in the legal field, I took a part-time finance job at a marina. From then on, I kept growing away Read More
Check in with Kingman Yacht Center Dockmaster Scott Zeien in Cataumet, MA in this new edition of Port Personality. What got you involved in the marine industry? After 20-some years in the broadcast industry, it was time to make a change. I wanted to get into the business of other people’s pleasure. It was either Read More
When the Puritans set sail in 1620 to flee religious persecution in England, their long journey across the Atlantic was rewarded with a place more beautiful than they had imagined. As those travel-weary settlers exited the Mayflower, they were greeted by one of the most magnificent coastlines in North America. Timber-rich mountains reached down to Read More
Check in with marina manager Amanda St. Peter of DiMillo’s Marinas in Kennebunkport and Portland, ME in this new edition of Port Personality. What brought you to this marina? When I was 15, I began working for the DiMillo family’s restaurant, which floats in the center of DiMillo’s Marina. In 2011, when the former marina Read More