It started with an 11-year-old, a Jon boat, and the St. Lucie River.

Captain Chad is Florida born and raised, and long before there was Ragged Edge, there was a kid who wanted to be on the water.

At just 11 years old, Chad bought his first Jon boat and began exploring the then far less-developed shores of the St. Lucie River. What started as a childhood obsession quickly became something bigger. The river became his stomping grounds, boats became second nature, and somewhere along the way, one thing became pretty clear:

The water was always going to be part of his story.

Years later, Chad met Renee while the two were working in the hospitality industry. There was an instant connection—and as they built a life together and began raising their two daughters, their different strengths started to become part of the same story.

Chad understood boats. Renee understood people.

And together, they realized they could bring something to the marine industry that neither could have built quite the same way alone.

Eventually, Chad made the decision to leave the trades behind and build a career around the place he'd always belonged: the water.

Commercial fishing led to private fishing charters. Charters led to towing and salvage. One boat became hundreds, and years on the water turned into countless hours of sea time aboard vessels of all kinds. Along the way, Chad developed an intimate understanding of vessel systems, operations, and the small details that can mean the difference between a great day on the water and a very expensive problem.

His work has taken him throughout the Eastern Seaboard and into the Bahamas, with the Sea of Abaco and surrounding Bahamian waters becoming a particular specialty.

But all those years around boats and their owners made Chad notice something.

There was a gap.

Not yacht management.
Not another charter company.
Not someone planning extravagant vacations to faraway places.

Something much closer to home.

There was a gap between the owner and their boat.

The owner who leaves town and wonders if everything is okay at the dock.

The family who arrives Friday afternoon only to spend the first few hours cleaning, fueling, troubleshooting and getting everything ready.

The captain who needs another experienced set of hands.

The owner who just wants someone they trust to notice when something doesn't look, sound, or feel quite right.

That's where Ragged Edge began.

Chad brings the systems knowledge, seamanship, and years of experience on the water. Renee brings the hospitality, communication, organization, and the details that turn simply maintaining a vessel into genuinely caring for one.

Systems and service. Experience and hospitality. The technical stuff and that little extra touch.

Together, they built Ragged Edge around a simple idea: your boat should be ready for you, not the other way around.

Whether that means weekly systems checks while you're away, coordinating a repair, preparing for hurricane season, provisioning for the weekend, relocating your vessel, or making sure everything is exactly where it should be before you step aboard—we handle what happens in between.

So when it's finally time for your vacation, your staycation, or just a Saturday on the water, you don't arrive to a list of things that need to be done.

You arrive to your boat. Ready and waiting. Every time.

That's the Ragged Edge.