My name is Paul Berg. I've been a charter captain since 1998 — Italian-American, and these days I live aboard almost year-round in the Mediterranean, working from wherever the boat is anchored.
For years I ran the galley too. I cooked because I loved it — but the moment I could step out of the kitchen, I was on deck being a sailor again. The sea always won.
Why this exists
I've been fascinated by the law of the sea since I was a boy. And over years of study, I kept running into the same problem: I was looking for reference volumes that actually covered everything — and instead I found fragmentation, and real gaps.
Gaps in a market are what create opportunities. So, slowly, cruise after cruise, I started building the modules I actually needed — the same ones I use myself on every trip, whether I'm running in U.S. waters or in the Mediterranean, where I've preferred to stay for years now.
Module after module, checklist after checklist, a few trusted colleagues and I ended up building something real: a working library for maritime training and for managing risk and emergencies at sea.
Who it's for
These products are made for everyone — first of all for the anxious sailors, the ones who want to feel prepared before they leave the dock. But not only them. They're built for seasoned captains too.
Because even if you've been at sea for thirty years, you can't have learned everything. Especially not when the laws keep changing, engines keep evolving, passengers are sometimes genuinely inexperienced — or a hazard to themselves — and USCG enforcement keeps tightening. Nobody is ever finished learning out here.
What you'll find here
A growing library of manuals, checklists and operating protocols — plus free interactive tools like the Regs Navigator and the Global Nautical Plotter. Everything cites the regulation it rests on, and nothing here pretends to replace official charts, approved training, or your own judgment at the helm.