Yacht owner training · San Diego

Real boat problems, worked through in the open.

The things that come up every day on boats like yours: what they look like, how we chase them down, and what you can check yourself. No pitch. Just the thinking.

Luke Ludemann of First Mate Yacht Club at the chart table aboard a yacht in San Diego, helm wheel behind him
15+ years at sea
42 vessels
35–90 ft
0 theoretical tips
Yacht maintenance

Off the docks and out of the engine room. Here is how we work them.

Each one is a real problem an owner met on their own boat, anonymised, with the diagnosis thinking laid out so you can use it on yours.

Got a problem nobody has explained properly?

Tell me what the boat is doing. I will tell you straight what I would check first, in plain words, no invoice attached to the answer.

Ask Luke