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!

Chef Michael Scattergood was culinary trained at the Culinary Institute 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 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 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!

Chief Stewardess Stacy Lynn Heap is a Native of Michigan and graduated with a degree in International Marketing. Before jumping on yachts in 2010 she enjoyed an amazing career traveling the world as an international flight attendant taking military troops all over the world. After traveling the world by air she decided to turn her sights to yachting where she worked her way through different departments both as mate and stew as she traveled the same world by sea. Of course, travel and adventure is at the top of her spare time list with favorites being scuba diving, biking, rollerblading and ocean swimming.

Deckhand/Steward Shane Brown was born and raised in Portland Jamaica. While is Jamaica Shane worked as a Paralegal at a law firm and worked for Nestle Food Company. In 2016 Shane migrated to the US and spent most of his time working as a carpenter. In 2021 Shane was introduced to the yachting industry by his brother who is a Marine Engineer. After completing his yachting certifications, Shane joined XOXO as a day worker and quickly proved his value onboard assisting in both the interior and the exterior of the yacht. In his spare time Shane enjoys fishing, playing soccer, driving and spending time with family.

Engineer Jake Headley - bio coming soon!