About Bluewater Cruising Boats

We're cruisers. Helping cruisers.

We started by doing it ourselves: selling the house, casting off, learning offshore the hard way. Today we run the brokerage we wished existed when we were buying our first boat: a curated handful of bluewater cruisers, brokers who've done the passages, and buyers who've trained for the life that comes after the closing.

Get to know

Your captains and our founders.

Co-Founder & Captain

Keith Whitaker

50,000+ Nautical miles sailed

In 2016, Keith and his wife sold their suburban Texas home, said goodbye to friends and family, and bought a sailboat to circumnavigate the globe, with three kids in tow and zero sailing experience. Today they've crossed three oceans on both a monohull and a catamaran.

90 days in we were wondering what we'd gotten ourselves into. Now we can't imagine any other life.

Follow Keith's adventures around the world ↗

Co-Founder & Captain

Chris Biasutti

25,000+ Nautical miles sailed

In 2016, one month before his youngest daughter was born, Chris and his wife bought a boat to sail the world. He'd spent eight years running an international investment sales business and walked away from it to live differently. He's since crossed two oceans with his wife and two daughters.

It changed my life for the better, and my family's. Now I get to help others make the same leap.

Co-Founder & Captain

Chris Knapp

10,000+ Nautical miles cruised

Former salvage yard owner, ABYC-certified technician, and USCG 100-ton Master. Chris has lived aboard with his wife and three boys, cruising Florida and the Bahamas, and knows boats from the keel up.

The Crew

Meet the Boats Team.

The brokers who'll actually handle your buy or sale. Cruisers, captains, and licensed pros.

Chris Knapp

Co-founder, President, & Principal Broker

Former salvage yard owner, ABYC-certified technician, and USCG 100-ton Master. Chris has lived aboard with his wife and three boys, cruising Florida and the Bahamas, and knows boats from the keel up.

Mark Pittman

Broker, Boat Buying Coach, & Listing Specialist

Known across the cruising community as "Trawler Mark," he traded a career in heavy-equipment sales for his own trawler in the Florida Keys. His yacht tours and videos have helped thousands of boaters understand the boats they hope to own.