CAPTAIN - Tom Yost
Captain Tom Yost grew up on the Chesapeake Bay and developed his love for the water and adventure and the young age of 16. He is a highly professional, attention to detail individual with 45 + years of experience on the water. As a private Yacht owner for 15 of his 45 years on the water he fully understands what is expected of a Captain and his crew and the safety and responsibilities that these positions demand. Captain Tom is educated, well spoken, and has a personality that will get along with everyone and he goes the extra mile to assure his charter guest receive 5-star treatment! Captain Tom is a critical thinker in the most demanding of times and has a complete understanding and working knowledge of all shipboard systems. Captain Tom is familiar with cruising the Waters of the Bahamas and Caribbean and has Extensive Big Boat experience (300’+) as Captain of the Queen of the Mississippi & American Eagle sailing from New Orleans to Memphis weekly. Captain Tom has over 100,000 nautical miles in the waters of the US East Coast, Atlantic Ocean, ICW, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, & Caribbean and the Western Rivers, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio and the Pacific northwest on the Columbia and Snake rivers on Yachts and ships up to 305’. Captain Tom is a seasoned, experienced professional. AGE = Experience, Knowledge, & Maturity. A charter with Captain Tom on XOXO will surely deliver memories of a lifetime!

MATE - coming soon!

STEWARDESS - coming soon!

CHEF - Michael Scattergood
Chef Michael Scattergood was culinary trained at the Culinary Institue of Arts in New York City and started his culinary career at a very young age. He was fortunate enough to start his journey under the guidance of executive Executive Chef Jim Rua. By his early twenties he was working for one of upstate New York’s best restaurant groups and developing multiple concepts for them. In 1995 he met Captain Tom Yost and that took his career in a New and exciting direction as a private Yacht chef. Chef Mike has traveled extensively throughout the Bahamas and Caribbean and understands the provisioning and menu planning required to maintain high quality presentation of the Yachts menu. Chef Mike and Captain Tom have worked alongside each other for the past 8 years. They have teamed up again to bring their years of experience to the M/Y XOXO. Chef Mike maintains a consulting business in his off season where he just was awarded restaurant of the year for one of his projects. Chef Michael will work with you to create the ultimate culinary experience for you and your guests. His specialties include Mediterranean, South American, European, and Americana along with a wide variety of healthy cooking dishes. Chef Mike will create memories of a lifetime on board the motor Yacht XOXO!