We are Sailing Ripple Effect.

We are Captain Mara and Doc, a strange duo you might think - and we won’t disagree. But let us tell you a bit about ourselves and how we wound up here together, sailing the world on our boat Ripple Effect.

It all started with Doc; He spent 19 years of training to be a medical research doctor, went to work for the military trying to solve traumatic brain injury - but was escorted off the base by armed security guards and decided to sail the world (see full story here).

After all this time trying to help people, he still wanted to give back to the world somehow. So he had the idea of being a mentor to young adults while traveling the world, teaching them how to sail and survive at sea. He wanted to make them believe in themselves, so they could take on the world on their own terms. And so it went, in 2020 he set off from Florida with a crew of novice sailors.

In 2022 he was planning on crossing the Pacific Ocean and that’s when he met me, Mara.

I was a Norwegian Champion athlete/entrepreneur/sailor/project manager with a draw towards the ocean and an urge to create something great.

I was going to cross on a different boat, but faith wanted it differently and I ended up crewing for Doc. Something that was supposed to be a simple transportation mission, turned into a dream of Ripple Effect. A boat promoting female empowerment, freedom, passion for the ocean, an urge to give back more than we take from the places we visit. When this idea was ignited, there was no chance I could ever go back to a “normal life” on land. It seemed so meaningless living a 9 out of 10 life, when my 10/10 boat life filled with purpose and sailing was right there in front of me. So I started my online businesses to get the freedom I needed, jumped on a plane, and now we are here. Doing exactly what we envisioned.

Trying to be a little bit better every day, while living out best day ever - every singe day