Blue Composites & Aeroyacht Super Catamarans - Our Team

Gregor Tarjan, founder and president of Blue Composites & Aeroyacht (USA, AUT)

Gregor is a passionate sailor. He has sailed more than 80,000 miles on multihulls and monohulls, performed dozens of offshore deliveries and transatlantic crossings and crewed with such luminaries as Dennis Conner and Yves Parlier on boats ranging from America's Cup yachts to 120' monster cats. His professional background include a degree in Yacht Design and a career as a project manager for builders of large yachts. His 300 page best-selling book "CATAMARANS" is an industry reference and is about to become a future classic. As a USCG-licensed captain, merchant marine officer and member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers he is author of numerous technical and seamanship articles. Top publishers such as Mc Graw Hill Companies consider him one of the world's leading experts on catamarans. Gregor is also founder and president of Aeroyacht Ltd., an internationally recognized brokerage specializing in cruising multihulls and large luxury catamarans.
 

Mike Danner, VP and principal partner of  Blue Composites  (USA)

Mike is a trained engineer. Having worked as an aeronautical-structural engineer for Boeing and flying his own Lear-Jet he is as passionate about aviation as he is for sailing. As one of America's leading wind-farm developers Mike's vision and entrepreneurial thinking make him the "can-do" member in our team.



Pete Melvin of Morelli & Melvin (USA), Co-designer of the Aeroyacht range of super-catamarans

Pete Melvin is the engineering partner in the renown US design firm of Morelli & Melvin who designed landmark catamarans such as the America's Cup's only catamaran Stars and Stripes and Steve Fosset's record breaking monster catamaran Playstation. Holding a degree in Aerospace Engineering Pete designed aircraft at McDonnell Douglas for five years before forming Morrelli & Melvin in 1992. He has been a champion sailboat racer since his youth and has won over 25 National Championships in a wide variety of dinghies, keel boats, and multihulls of all sizes. He has won three World Championships in the A Class Catamaran and competed in the 1988 Tornado Olympics. Pete also sails on larger multihulls such as the125' PlayStation, 60' trimarans, and Reynolds 33's. He has been a crew member on five WSSRC sanctioned World Records.
 

Paul "Whirly" Van Dyke (USA). Consultant and Aeroyacht Yacht - Operations, Rig and Sail Specialist

Paul was permanent crew on Steve Fosset's 125' monster catamaran "Playstation". He was responsible for the construction and testing of the boat's Cuben Fibre sails. Paul has sailed 4 official world records as crew  of "PlayStation". In addition, his experience includes 2 Whitbread - round the world races, 2 Worrell 1000's, and 9 transatlantic crossings. He is working for North Sails in Connecticut.