Drew Donald grew up in Annapolis, MD as a third generation yacht racer/enthusiast. Drew started sailing and cruising with his family before he could walk. He started racing at age 10 and was teaching sailing and racing at the local Yacht Club’s Junior program. He has spent the last 25 years in the Yachting Industry as a sailmaker, rigger, boat builder and Captain. He has been competively racing sailboats for the past 30 years. He has raced all boats ranging from dinghies to maxi racing yachts. He has competed in almost every regatta and ocean race on the east coast. He has also completed four Atlantic crossings and won the Atlantic challenge in 1997 as Captain.

He started Captaining 15 years ago on grand prix racing yachts and performance cruisers. He has logged over 200,000 ocean miles sailing in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Caribbean and the East Coast of the U.S. He has mainly captained sailing yachts until 2004, when he took the Captain position of an 80’ classic motor yacht. He has been the captain of a Westport 130’ for the past 3 years. He is currently a Captain/Broker for Bartram and Brakenhoff.