"Second star to the right and straight on til morning"...
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J.D. is quite possibly a modern day Peter Pan.

Growing up in Vallejo, CA he started sailing at the Vallejo Yacht Club when he was 9 years old. He started racing sailboats at 13 and was named VYC JR of the year in 1986.

Out of high school, J.D. worked as a sailmaker and a professional sailor.  J.D. has since sailed and raced boats in the Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and the Carribbean.

During these same years, J.D. played in a California rock band named Riff Raff. In 1990 the band released a self titled 4 song E.P.

At 25 years old, J.D. wondered what he was going to do with his life...

In 1995 he moved to Las Vegas where he spent the next 21 years working as a stuntman.  Yes, you read that correctly, a stuntman.

During that time J.D. performed over 20 TV, Film, & Live Shows including The Treasure Island Pirate Show, Le Reve at the Wynn, Miss Congeniality II, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2, Luck You, Nitro Circus, E! in Vegas, The Travel Channel, Mike Rowe's Somebody's Got to Do It, and more...

After an amazing run in Vegas, J.D.'s next stop became the Emerald Coast where he could become re-united with his first love...the Sea.
Moving to Fort Walton Beach in March of 2016 J.D. knew he wanted to captain his own sailboat eventually.

He joined the Fort Walton Yacht Club and started racing his Wylie Wabbit "Wascally" winning 7 races in 2018 in the FWYC racing series.

Meanwhile on the job front, J.D. jumped right in the Destin Harbor work force and spent 3 seasons playing "Handsome Stitch" on the Buccaneer Pirate Ship. Then another season as a Captain at Destin Snorkel.  Also J.D. spent some time as Captain Pam's relief skipper at Smile and Wave Sailing Adventures.

In the Fall of 2019 J.D. realized his goal of running his own sailing charter by purchasing a Stiletto 30 Catamaran and starting Vitamin Sea Sailing Charters.

Come visit J.D. in his "office" he would love to take you for a sail...fair winds and following seas.  

Well as they say in show business...

That's a wrap!!