About Tony…

Your humble captain...

Hi I’m Tony. I was born in Chicago, and have lived in Italy, Brazil, Florida, the Virgin Islands, and ultimately call Los Angeles, California home (at least my last real home in the States). In my 4.5 decades on this earth so far, I have done everything from finishing a 4 year navy stint, selling real estate, tending bar, selling TV’s to ultimately building a somewhat successful internet company. I’ve spent the last five years cruising the Caribbean on Andiamo. I also do writing and consulting on the side. I’m not a bad poker player either.

Despite all that’s changed in my life, my passions have always been sailing and travel. Over the past 22 years, I’ve completed a transatlantic crossing from Antigua to France, crewed on charter and private yachts in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, sailed small boats including Lasers, Star Class, and FJ’s, crewed on dozens of deliveries, and have sailed in Florida and California (my California sailing was done mostly on my first boat, “La Dolce Vita”, an Islander Bahama 30). I’ve been sailing Andiamo since 2004.

I’m also a huge fan of traveling overland. I’ve traveled extensively in Europe, North, Central and South America and the Eastern Caribbean. I hope to cover some parts of the world I haven’t been to yet soon. For me, travel is really what life is all about.

“Andiamo” is the name of the boat I dreamed up when I was growing up and still didn’t know anything about sailing. I decided long ago that my dream was to cruise the world on a sailboat. The name has the attitude I’ve always had about traveling, “Let’s GO!”.

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