Rick Spilman

Rick Spilman has spent most of his life around the ships and the sea. Professionally, he has worked as a naval architect (ship designer) for several major shipping lines. An avid sailor, Rick has sailed as volunteer crew on the replica square-riggers "HMS ROSE" and "HMS BOUNTY," as well as sailing on modern and period vessels along the New England coast, the west coast of Florida, the Caribbean, the Great Lakes and the southwest coast of Ireland. He is also an avid kayaker.

Rick is the founder and host of the Old Salt Blog, a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea. He is alos a Cooley Award Winner in short fiction at the University of Michigan. His video has appeared in the Wall Street Journal on-lin been published in the Huffington Post, gCaptain, Forbes online, and several canoeing and kayaking print magazines. Rick appeared as an expert commentator on ship operations and design for the Discovery documentary series Disasters at Sea.

Rick lives with his wife on the west bank of the Hudson River.