Seas Life was purchased in 2016 after a long search for the perfect sailing vessel!
We design and provide lifelong, keepsake memories for families, friends and guests.
Our Mission
To design customizable, lifelong, and keepsake memories for families, friends, and guests through adventure, education, and happiness on the water.
Meet the Captain of Seas Life
Captain Ryan
Captain Ryan Carroll loves being on the water, he is a tenacious dude who works really hard to manifest the dreams he envisions. In 2006, he purchased his first sailboat to live on without a clue of how to sail. Living at a marina in Norfolk, he befriended Captains who brought him offshore for a taste of the sailing world: Guadeloupe to the Bahamas, Florida to North Carolina, traveling with the winds, and experiencing new cultures.
Captain Ryan spent two years living aboard his Bristol 40’ in the Virgin Islands, where he went from snorkel tour guide, to Captain for Caribbean Sea Adventures, then on to a private yacht Captain for a 50’ Cranchi Mediterranee. In 2012, he Captained Bagheera from the Virgin Islands to Virginia. The skills acquired during this chapter of life fueled his return to the mainland to make and save enough money to find a vessel worthy of safely taking him and his whole family around the world.
As a leading real estate agent in Hampton Roads, Ryan found homes for families throughout the region. He also served as General Manager of a 35-year-old catering business to help modernize with software.
A graduate of East Carolina University, which makes him a Pirate by degree, Captain Ryan desires to help others create a life that feels good for them.
Captain Ryan has spent time in the past sailing this catamaran around the Caribbean. He has sailed this boat to 13 countries, hundreds of islands and made so many friends for life from all over the world. He wanted to find a community that he felt he could stay in for a while to build back up the “cruising kitty” and he feels so lucky that he found and fell so in love with Folly Beach.
This dream of having this boat in his life would not be possible without each and every person who comes out to sail with him and he appreciates each one of his guests so much for helping to make his dreams come true!
He has met the most amazing people here on Folly Beach and he is so excited to be integral part of this community. A main goal of his is to leave guests with a wonderful experience so they rave about it to friends and return to this beautiful island again.
““We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.””
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
50-ton Captain License
Traveled 6,000+ nautical miles of open ocean
Visited 13 countries, and counting
Re-fit a 43-foot Catamaran.
Start businesses committed to life's work.
Offering overnight and day trips.