Meet the Crew

Mike

Mike Huston

Partner

Mike Huston originally worked in the pulp and paper industry about 9 years as an engineer, supervisor and mid-level manager. In 1984 he started NP Information Systems, a custom software development company. NPI eventually (read more)

Lothar

Lothar Taylor

Partner

Boating and aviation have been two life-long passions for me. Growing up in the Midwest, taking canoe trips on Wisconsin rivers and fishing trips to various lakes and rivers, I was always happy on the water. Following school, I pursued a 30+ year (read more)

Danelle

Danelle Carnahan

Partner

To me there is nothing quite as wonderful as an evening at anchor in a secluded cove. Over the years I did some dinghy sailing and keelboat racing, but I am a cruiser at heart, and while I prefer the quiet of a sailboat underway I also (read more)

Jessica

Jessica Noonan

Cleaning Manager

Living in Whatcom County since 1999, I have found myself loving everything about the outdoors; especially in places of nature surrounded by water. My hobbies include spending time with my daughter running, hiking and just being in beautiful (read more)

Jim

Jim Bishop

Fleet Manager

My parents are entirely responsible for instilling in me my passion for boating – and I’m 100% thankful that they did!! I have raced, cruised, instructed, worked and played on all sizes of sail and power boats for going on 60 years now. (read more)

Jermaine

Jermaine Larson

School Director

As a native Northwesterner, I grew up sailing on a Cal 29, with long day sails on Lake Washington and summers cruising the San Juan Islands, Gulf Islands and north to Desolation Sound. My father later outfitted a Perry (read more)

Brianna

Brianna Graham

Charter & School Lead

As a Bellingham native, I couldn’t help but be surrounded by a life full of mountains, rivers, lakes, and the San Juan archipelago. I was introduced to sailing when I was 15, the same year I started working at San Juan Sailing. After working here for a (read more)

Rosemary

Rosemary Graham Mora

School Manager

As a native of Florida, most of my youth was spent with my family around the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico where I enjoyed boating, water-skiing, swimming, fishing, and Hobie-Cat sailing. At an early age, my father taught me to navigate the (read more)

Peter

Peter Steach

Fleet & Brokerage

Boating and water sports have always been a part of my life. I was born in Richland, Washington and lived close the Columbia River. I first became interested in boating at the Tri-Cities Water Follies, a long-standing H1 Unlimited (read more)

Pam

Pam Steach

Charter & School

There’s something about being near the water that makes me happy. My grandfather’s house in northern Wisconsin was located on a lake, and we spent my childhood summers fishing, waterskiing, and cruising in a Bayliner ski boat. (read more)

Wes

Wes Koenig

Certified Yacht Broker

I was born in Billings, Montana - you guessed it, no water. However, it all changed for the good when I was drafted in the Army and stationed at Madigan General Hospital in Seattle/Tacoma area, and worked as an x-ray tech (read more)

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