Welcome to SeaKist Services S.A.
and The Crow's Nest, located in
beautiful Rio Dulce, Guatemala!
SeaKist Services has a wide range of yacht-related professional offerings for the Rio Dulce area. If unfamiliar, please explore the pages of this website, and forward any comments or questions via the convenient "Contact Us" tab. Let our 30+ years of liveaboard experience and refreshingly professional attitude work for you!
With WAECO importer Manfred Vodopivec in support, SeaKist Services offers exclusive sales and installation of the finest quality refrigeration equipment available on the Rio Dulce, as well as the servicing and repairs to meet all of your yacht refrigeration and air conditioning needs!
UPDATE: Be sure to check out our new page for The Crow's Nest!
About Us
SeaKist Services is a team of three: Chris Stanley, Kelli Doll, and Carlos Caal.
Chris has been working on boats while sailing over ten years, first up and down the US east coast, the next four years in the Eastern Caribbean, then over four years with Kelli on their new/old sailboat on the gulf coast and now the Western Caribbean. Chris' background is mechanical/electrical engineering, first with six years in the US Navy - over four years aboard ships, and then thirteen years in a co-gen utility - earning a Chief Engineer, Unlimited Horsepower license. Chris currently has a ham radio General license, and a HVAC Technician certification for refrigerants.
Kelli has been living on boats over nineteen years, working in marine-related jobs and traveling up and down the US east coast and Bahamas before joining Chris on the gulf coast and now the Western Caribbean. Kelli earned a USCG 100-ton Masters license while captaining fishing/diving/snorkeling boats and a 97' dinner-cruise vessel, and has worked for years using her PADI Dive Instructor certification. Kelli has also owned and operated a successful marine canvas business in the Florida Keys (Mañana Canvas), and worked as Head Swim Instructor at the YMCA in Hollywood, Florida.
Carlos hasn't lived on a boat, doesn't want to either, but he does want to work on them and his experience shows in the quality of his painting and varnishing. Carlos was trained at a shop in Texan Bay over the course of years and on a wide variety of jobs - a background necessary for him to be a partner in SeaKist Services. Now, with further training by Chris and Kelli, and under the reputable and professional standard of SeaKist Services, Carlos is the guy you want to hire for hull cleaning, painting, and varnishing at Texan Bay! In his spare time, while demonstrating a strong interest in learning to do electrical work, Carlos has begun a course of study and an apprenticeship for experience.
Chris has been working on boats while sailing over ten years, first up and down the US east coast, the next four years in the Eastern Caribbean, then over four years with Kelli on their new/old sailboat on the gulf coast and now the Western Caribbean. Chris' background is mechanical/electrical engineering, first with six years in the US Navy - over four years aboard ships, and then thirteen years in a co-gen utility - earning a Chief Engineer, Unlimited Horsepower license. Chris currently has a ham radio General license, and a HVAC Technician certification for refrigerants.
Kelli has been living on boats over nineteen years, working in marine-related jobs and traveling up and down the US east coast and Bahamas before joining Chris on the gulf coast and now the Western Caribbean. Kelli earned a USCG 100-ton Masters license while captaining fishing/diving/snorkeling boats and a 97' dinner-cruise vessel, and has worked for years using her PADI Dive Instructor certification. Kelli has also owned and operated a successful marine canvas business in the Florida Keys (Mañana Canvas), and worked as Head Swim Instructor at the YMCA in Hollywood, Florida.
Carlos hasn't lived on a boat, doesn't want to either, but he does want to work on them and his experience shows in the quality of his painting and varnishing. Carlos was trained at a shop in Texan Bay over the course of years and on a wide variety of jobs - a background necessary for him to be a partner in SeaKist Services. Now, with further training by Chris and Kelli, and under the reputable and professional standard of SeaKist Services, Carlos is the guy you want to hire for hull cleaning, painting, and varnishing at Texan Bay! In his spare time, while demonstrating a strong interest in learning to do electrical work, Carlos has begun a course of study and an apprenticeship for experience.
