Capt. Mark Drewelow of YachtAid Global

Who is your Hero? In his travels at the helm, YachtAid Global’s founder, Mark Drewelow (a former megayacht captain and now a port agent), saw plenty of places where people needed the bare basics: medicine, school supplies, you name it.…

Jean Michel Cousteau, Ocean Futures Society

Photo: © Carrie Vonderhaar, Ocean Futures Society.

Who is your Hero? Since first being “thrown overboard” by his father at the age of seven with newly invented SCUBA gear on his back, Jean-Michel has been exploring the ocean realm. The…

In The News

A Man for All Seas: David Rockefeller, Jr. is the YachtWorld Hero for 2013 In the decade since it was founded, Rockefeller’s ocean-stewardship organization, Sailors for the Sea, has taught, cajoled, certified, voyaged, borne witness – and become a powerful…

Mark Schrader of Around the Americas

Around the Americas is a 28,000 mile sailing circumnavigation of the American continents with the mission of inspiring, educating and engaging the citizens of the Americas to protect our fragile oceans. Mark has circumnavigated the Americas teaching youth in other countries the importan

Alex Braden of ENCOMPASS, The Daniel Braden Reconciliation Trust

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The United States Coast Guard

They defend our Oceans: Innovative ways to preserve and protect the worlds' oceans, rivers, lakes or other marine environments, and They help preserve the Joy of Boating: teaching boating skills, boating education or boating services to benefit others.

Debra Frenkel & John Weller of Freedom Waters Foundation

Debra Frenkel and John Weller co-founded Freedom Waters Foundation with the compelling mission to enhancing lives by providing therapeutic boating and marine related activities for people with disabilities, life threatening illnesses, youth at risk and others with special needs.

What We Know About Garbage Patches

What we know about Garbage Patches
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/patch.html 2011 Japan Tsunami Marine Details
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/japanfaqs.html Marine Debris Tracker App
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/projects/seamdi.html It’s Time To Stop Trashing Our Oceans, Clean Up Our Oceans Today
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/ Ocean Concervancy – Trash Free Seas
http://na.oceana.org/en/about-us/what-we-do The threat…

What can we do?

Sailors for the Sea – From the smallest sailboat to the largest mega-yacht, there are many steps you can take as a boater can take to reduce your environmental impact; here are six big ones. Overboard Discharge- Sewage discharge…

Nominate a YachtWorld Hero

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2014 HEROES. Every day we hear about boaters and yachtsmen around the world who do service work inspired by their boating life experiences. Do you know someone who shares their joy of boating by making others…