This is not a casual question. The Rim Run™ is a decade-long sailing expedition through some of the most demanding and most beautiful water in the world. I need a partner — not a passenger. If that's you, read every word on this page.
I'm going to tell you exactly what this is before I tell you why it's worth it. That's respect, and it's how this whole expedition works.
The Rim Run™ is not a vacation that never ends. It is a working expedition — structured, disciplined, and purpose-driven. We sail eleven countries across the Western Caribbean on a 17-foot Hobie Getaway catamaran. We anchor over reef systems that have barely seen a scientist. We dive. We log data. We come back next year and do it again.
Some days are luminous. Some are long and wet and physically demanding. Some anchorages are paradise. Some are sketchy. Weather windows are not suggestions — they are decisions that determine whether you sleep or sail through the night.
The boat is small. The ocean is not. The mission is real. There is no support crew. There is no shore team waiting. There are two people on a catamaran, and both of them need to know what they're doing.
If that made you lean forward instead of back — keep reading.
I'm not writing a job description. I'm describing a person. If you read this list and recognize yourself, that recognition matters more than any resume.
I mean that plainly. Not as a sales pitch. As a statement about what this expedition actually is for the person who's right for it.
Mexico to Curaçao — the full Rim Run Caribe™ circuit through some of the most biodiverse coastal water in the Western Hemisphere. Reef systems that have never seen systematic monitoring. Anchorages most sailors never find.
You're not a tourist on a science expedition. You're part of the team. You dive. You log. You train local observers. Your name is on the data record that builds year after year. That matters.
The expedition is documented in real time — photos, writing, field notes, the whole arc of it. You are part of a story being told to the world as it happens. Your perspective is part of the record.
Not a hierarchy. Not a captain and a crew. A two-person team where both people carry the mission and both people carry each other. That's rare. That's what this is designed to be.
We don't push north in hurricane season. We stay south of 12°N when the weather says stay. If a place is worth an extra month, we give it an extra month. The expedition runs on good judgment, not a calendar.
Most people spend their lives talking about what they might do someday. This is the day. This is the expedition. And twenty years from now, you will know exactly who you were and what you did with the time you had.
The Rim Run™ is more than an expedition — it is a story being written in real time, one anchorage at a time. The Living Saga™ is the narrative record of everything that happens on the water: the science, the places, the people, and the two lives at the center of it. The Shield Maiden is not background. She is one of the two protagonists.
Read The Living Saga™ →If you've read this far and the answer is yes — not "maybe someday," not "that sounds interesting" — but a genuine, clear yes — then write to me. Tell me who you are. Tell me what you've done on the water. Tell me what draws you to this. I'll read every word.
October 2026 (Tentative) • Caribe: Mexico MAR → ABC Islands • Pac: Chile → Sea of Cortez, MX • (928) 250-9763