Craig Starns

Background

About Craig Starns

I am a specialist in producing custom vessel operations manuals for over 30 years. Lazzara Yachts, AIG, Bertram, Christensen, many one off and private as well. I create interactive immersive 360 photography and video. My emphasis with this is in leveraging emerging imaging technologies to produce more affordable virtual reality solutions for sales, training, and information delivery. I am a specialist in applications for the yachting and marine industry. My web site for this service is I am a certified Google Trusted 360 photographer producing Google maps business tours as well as all sorts of private virtual tours. I have been in the yachting/marine industry all of my life. I grew up living aboard, maintaining, and cruising on a converted USCG cutter. I have been involved in most every aspect of the yachting business as well as light commercial. I have been a diver, captain (private, charter, and commercial), surveyor, maritime training developer, project manager, new build manager (internationally), salvager, professional witness, broker, marine insurance underwriting risk consultant, ship building test engineer, and buyer's /seller's consultant advocate. I have produced over 120 operations manuals for large yachts and other vessels. I have done risk assessments and helped create underwriting standards for major marine underwriters of marine facilities and marinas. I have summaries of my experience on my current web sites: starnsmarine.com and therightyacht.com. I am a highly detailed and effective analyst and problem solver. I love working with people in finding their right yacht and helping them to enjoy it.