In June of each year the Cruisers Net team pauses to remember our founder and our friend, Claiborne Young, who was taken from us six years ago in a tragic accident. Because he is with us on every page of his website, it is still hard to believe that he is gone. We hope that you, too, will continue to see him in the work we are continuing. See also Tribute to Claiborne.

Claiborne Sellars Young 1951-2014

Claiborne S. Young was considered one of the foremost authorities on cruising the waters of the Southeast, having written numerous cruising guides from North Carolina to Mobile, AL, as well as creating video guides along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway through the Carolinas. Claiborne was a larger than life man with a huge dream and a large family of cruising and boating friends that boated or cruised the coastal and near coastal waters from all over the southeast from Virginia to Alabama. He was a real people person, meeting and making new friends wherever he went. We remember and miss his tireless commitment to serving the cruising community concerning water access, clean water, navigational rights, safety, as well as providing information that would make every cruise most enjoyable. His ability to tell a story was unmatched and made him a very popular quest speaker. In his rich southern drawl, Claiborne’s ability to tell you where to anchor safely or visit a marina comfortably was matched equally by his yearning for a fine and enjoyable dining experience. In his own words, “a gastric-intestinal delight” or “cholesterol enriching experience.”

Since his tragic and untimely death in June of 2014, his Salty Southeast Cruisers Net team of associates, and now new owners, have worked to keep Claiborne’s dream alive by continuing to provide detailed, up-to-date cruising information free of charge to the boating and cruising community. This work, Claiborne’s dream, is supported by many maritime business sponsors contributing to the growth and sustenance of our website. The SSECN Team is constantly upgrading the site with easier to open and read graphics, new data formats, technology such as ARGUS, a crowd sourced bathymetry depth recording available on all ChartView pages, and a powerful mobile app putting all the tools of Cruisers’ Net and more in the palm of your hand.

The members of the SSECN Team were deeply touched and extremely grateful for the outpouring of remembrances and expressions of sympathy from those who knew Claiborne personally and from some who knew him only through his writings and his website. We are determined to keep his life work alive.

And we are ever so grateful for your continued participation: “CRUISERS HELPING CRUISERS!”

Kaye Adams
Larry Dorminy
Winston Fowler
Curtis Hoff