Welcome to my 20th profile for Seahorse Magazine! I am fascinated by how great names in sailing got to be so impressive, which is why these interviews are so much fun for me. This chat was with Robbie Doyle, the founder of one of our sport’s best-known brands—and luckily I also got to hear from his wife and former business partner. Along with lunch, Janet provided two very valuable items during our wide-ranging conversation: context and fact-checking. After 52 years of marriage, she says that “together, we have one brain.”

Also in the March issue of Seahorse are Paul Cayard’s thoughts about an All-American cross-country road trip; driving a Star boat almost non-stop from San Diego to Miami, with his son. He claims such experiences are helping to make him (in his own estimation) the richest man in the world… so you might want to subscribe.
Profile #21 is already in the publishing pipeline, and I promise it’s another “great” in the sailing world. Meanwhile, let me know what you think of this one by adding a comment below or sending me an email. I read every single one—and together, they might just help make me the richest woman in the world.
Thanks for reading, and see you next week.
Read Forward Towards the Unknown
Previous Seahorse Profiles
Paul Callahan: Maximizing His Unique Potential
Giving Paul Bieker Some Seahorse Love
Betsy Alison: Using All the Tools
Jerry Kirby: All the Stories are True
Peter Harken: What an Amazing Guy
Buddy Melges: He Really Was a Wizard
Toppa Talks: One Job, One (Big) Dream
Circus Minimus: The Rich Life of Bill Mattison
Mark Reynolds: Hard Chines and Unasked Questions
Dawn Riley: Setting the Standard
Clicks of Chance: Onne van der Wal
Just Say Yes: Stan and Sally Honey
Rod Davis: Why You Need His Wisdom in 2021
Rod Johnstone: An Amazing Legacy of Yacht Designs
A Final Conversation with Harry Anderson