Marc started his sailing career as an avid racer, but discovered his love for cruising and instructing when he spent a summer teaching teenagers to sail on liveaboard boats as an ASA Instructor in the BVI in 2007. Since then, he's taken an interest in sailing as a platform for travel and a way to live a simpler life that is more compatible with nature.

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In 2015, Marc decided to buy an old boat to fix up and sail down to the Caribbean. He sailed down the east coast of the US and through the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos and Puerto Rico en route to the Virgin Islands. He sailed between the VI and the Grenadines with the seasons and has made it as far south as Grenada.

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Marc has taught for several sailing schools in the Caribbean and works for CYOA Yacht Charters as a captain, briefer, and technician. He founded Island Hopper in cooperation with CYOA to offer sail training on the best boats in the charter industry.

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Marc is now taking a hiatus from teaching to pursue graduate studies in meteorology at Florida State University.