About Us

Joel Odhner:
My Father introduced me to sailing at a young age. We owned sailboats in the Delaware River, Chesapeake and down in the Virgin Islands throughout my childhood and young adult life. After a decade or so, I came back into sailing with my own s/v moored in the Delaware. I raced with our yacht club every week for years. From there, I began to sail as crew on longer passages and obtained my Captains license. In 2018, I started sailing instruction in Florida and doing deliveries and longer passages when time allowed. Over the last couple of years, Mercedes and I have focused on deliveries full time. This year we are blending deliveries with part time teaching and charters.

L. Mercedes Gillett:
I bought my first sailboat 5 years ago. For the next 3 seasons in Sweden, I learned how to service the engine, man the helm, sail, anchor, maneuver and much more. In the winter of 2021, I found myself in the US with opportunities to work delivering sailboats from Florida and in the Caribbean. I had experience sailing with my own sailboat and being a liveaboard, and even short passages at the time. Later that year, I moved back to the US and worked at a boat builder for a couple of months. Intermittently, I would take delivery jobs, but it was hard to balance with a 9-5. In the end, I dedicated my time fully to delivering s/v. For a couple of years, Joel and I partnered delivering sailboats. In early 2024, I received my Captains license and through the summer we both worked as Captains in Maine. We are starting to blend our delivery work with teaching and charters. If you are interested in a sailing holiday, check out my private charter down island.

Our longest delivery was 10,507NM from Tortola, BVI through the Panama Canal across to Hawaii and up to Alaska. Photo: crew in front of Galapagos Islands.

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