Captain Edward Mancini, Founder

Prior to starting the The Navigator Club in 2008, Ed served as a sales manager and yacht broker at two local Grady-White dealerships where he often led his colleagues in gross sales, and more importantly, in customer satisfaction. When not managing the club, Ed can be found at the helm of a 60 foot yacht that he captains between Maine and Florida.

Before entering the marine industry, Ed worked in marketing and public relations, including six years in the corporate marketing offices of Putnam Investments. At Putnam, Ed was responsible for developing and implementing marketing plans for well known 401(k) and pension plan clients such as PING Golf, Hyperion Systems and Johnson Controls.

Ed grew up boating and fishing along the Long Island Sound. He was graduated from The Canterbury School in New Milford, CT and later received a B.A. in Marketing from Hartwick College. Ed holds a United States Coast Guard - Masters 50 ton license with a commercial towing endorsement.  

Captain Paul Croteau, Director of Training

When not training members of the club, Paul works as an Environmental Police Officer with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Since 1980, Paul has been educating boaters on boating safety as well as enforcing state fish and game laws. He has worked all along the Massachusetts coast, including Boston, Cape Cod and the Islands.

Throughout his career, Paul has received extensive boating safety education and boat operation training at the United States Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown, Virginia and also at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia. Paul holds a United States Coast Guard Masters 100 Ton license and has also been a certified boating safety instructor since 1998.

Paul grew up in Newburyport, MA boating on the Merrimack River. He is married with three children and two, twin grandsons. Paul looks forward to sharing his knowledge with members of The Navigator Club and helping them gain the confidence needed for a fun and safe boating experience.

Chris Haight, Dockmaster

Chris Haight, is  a junior, Polyscience major at Boston College, a native of Beverly Farms, MA and has been a dockmaster with the club since 2009. Chris has been boating his entire life and has a wealth of information to share with club members. In his free time, Chris enjoys skiing, talking about exotic cars and zooming around the North Shore in his Zodiac Pro rigid inflatable boat.