About Us

 I am Captain Paul Van Voorhees. I grew up around the water, and had a wooden sailboat in Olcott before I was old enough to drive a car.   I have always done all my own maintenance. I have a 100-ton USCG near-shore (salt water) license, with sailing and assistance towing endorsements. My wife and I have cruised Lake Ontario extensively, including the Bay of Quinte and the Thousand Islands. We sailed our 1968 HR-28 out of Tuscarora YC in Wilson, NY for over 20 years. We know the Great Lakes!

I was the Manager at Obersheimer Sails in Buffalo, NY for over a dozen years, handling Marine Accessory sales, Outboard sales and service, sailboat rigging, and all the stuff that goes with running a retail store, before branching out to my own business in 2016. I know outboards!