Yacht Connections International employs and contracts only the best!

Our Crew members are seasoned professionals. Most are college educated, and all of our crew members have extensive knowledge and credentials in their respective fields. In fact, it's a very tightly-knit crew built from a relatively small West Coast community of avid sailors and food service professionals. When we say "personal" and "professional," we really mean it!

Captain William “Bill” Nadauld has been operating cruise vessels on the San Francisco Bay for more than a decade. His life-long interest in boats began at the tender age of ten with the construction of his first motorized vessel. He brings nearly 45 years of direct, hands on experience with marine engine, navigation, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and emergency fire and life saving systems. Knowing that maintenance is second only to proper crew training, Captain Bill shares a large dose of common sense and real world experience essential in extracting the best possible performance from every crew member on a vessel.

Captain Bill’s professional sea time includes commercial fishing in Alaska, Mastering charter vessels off the Washington coast, and as a riverboat Captain on several U.S. Inland bay, sound, and river waters.

Crew of the first launch of the newly refurbished California Spirit under her new YCI flag.