The Boats

For the past ten years, we’ve enjoyed local boating in this 24’ Wellcraft (see below). The boat is a combination bowrider and cuddy cabin, and it’s a perfect day boat or great for an overnight stay on Catalina Island. We dive, wakeboard, fish, booze-cruise and camp on this versatile little boat, and we’ve put about a thousand hours on it so far. We store it at a local “dry-slip” boatyard in Newport Harbor, where it’s launched with a giant forklift into the bay.

I grew up in the boating industry, and I’ve had a boat since I was 16 years old. I’m a PADI Certified Diver, a Coast Guard Licensed Captain, and have piloted boats for numerous TV shows, commercials and movies. A highlight from these days in the entertainment industry was working on the “Baywatch” television show for four seasons, where I put approximately 200 hours on the infamous yellow Scarab patrol boat. During this time, I got to shmooze with all the stars (Hey David, Pam, Nicole and Jasmine!) and hang with people like Kelly Slater, Richard Branson and tons of other stars.

Click on the thumbnails to see larger images of the Wellcraft and the Baywatch boat – that’s me at the helm in this shot!