All Aboard NOLA

04/02/2022

This winter was the easiest time ever to FORGET to do necessary work on your boat...but NOW is the time to get out on the water! Procrastinate no further, and let the pros at All Aboard NOLA help you get past your project and out on the water!

02/14/2022

Forget to get your sweetie a Valentine's Day present? Gift cards for sunset sailing excursions are a great last-minute gift idea! Message us to get set up!

02/07/2022

Attention Chewbacchanalians and other New Orleans folks! All Aboard NOLA now takes bookings and appointments right here on Facebook! This is a beautiful week, sunny if a little brisk; great sweater weather for sailing gorgeous Lake Pontchartrain! We've got morning and afternoon charters available all week. If you're service industry and need to unwind after a long weekend, these charters are perfect for you, with a 15% discount for all the folks out there slingin' drinks and making snacks for Carnival revelers. You deserve a break!

Inclusive sailing charter based out of New Orleans.

04/30/2021

I almost can't believe I'm finally writing these words, but All Aboard NOLA is now open for bookings! I know I've basically been teasing this for WAY too long, but here we are!

I've also worked up a Mother's Day gift card, so take your moms sailing! They love that stuff! Just email me directly at allaboardnola.gmail.com.
In other announcements, I'm thrilled to announce that we've hired a great new crew member. Marcus Bond is going to be crewing on the TrueLove! You're gonna love him; he's great.
And feel free to spread the word! This is a pretty cool time for all of us, and we're really excited to have the TrueLove to sail around the lake; special thanks to Captain Peragine for letting us take care of his beautiful yawl while he goes "on the account" on the West Coast. More exciting news from his side of the continent coming soon, too!

04/25/2021

Hey all, we're hiring! Are you an adventurous spirit committed to social justice? Do you want to spend less time on your phone and more time outside? All Aboard NOLA is looking for a VERY specific person (but we're sure they/she/him exists!) to crew this summer aboard our 1969 Morgan yawl, a classic sailing vessel plying the coastwise trade in Lake Pontchartrain!
While some sailing or boating experience is helpful, training will be provided to the right candidate! Follow the link below for more information.
www.allaboardnola.com/now-hiring

Join our small but mighty team!

01/07/2021

All Aboard NOLA Statement Regarding January 6 Assault on Capitol Hill:

I find it incomprehensible that Vice President Pence and the Cabinet still have yet to invoke the 25th Amendment and removed Donald Trump from office. He has made his intentions toward our democracy very clear and doesn't appear mentally competent to administer his own exit from the White House, an exit prompted by a large and convincing popular and electoral defeat. His words and behavior yesterday portray a dangerous and small man, desperately attempting to cling to power like some foreign despot. The anti-democratic threat of the autocrat lingers about him like a stench, and in order to preserve our democracy and our union, his actions must be met with the unequivocal response of immediate removal, impeachment and censure.
Our democracy, among the oldest in the world, has shown itself to be vulnerable to unpatriotic and opportunistic predators like Trump. Freedom and democracy are two sides of same coin, the only worthwhile currency of the American system.
Senators Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and, shamefully, Senator John Kennedy of my state, along with the other co-conspirators in this despicable attempt to overthrow democracy and illegally reinstall Trump, I demand your resignations. You are all also responsible for the humiliation our democracy received yesterday at the hands of small-minded and fascistic insurrectionists, criminals that you egged on and encouraged. You do not get to condemn their actions now, no more than an arsonist can blame the fire. Your feckless behavior in service to the president has disqualified your capacity to serve in our government any longer. I will not list the names of the others because this statement is already overfull with the names of enemies of democracy.
As a veteran, patriot, and owner of a small, community-oriented business, I will redouble my efforts to avoid conducting business or having relationships with those who continue to support Donald Trump. It is routinely said at the funerals of my brothers and sisters in the military overseas that their deaths were in the defense of the Constitution, which enshrines and instructs us in the difficult business of civics and power-sharing, the cornerstones of our freedom. The oath I swore myself in the Navy covers the same material. Those cornerstones, our fundamental national values, have been under continuous assault, which crescendoed in yesterday's attack.. While it is popular to discuss socialism as a balm to society's problems, or to extol the virtues of capitalism for providing widespread opportunity, the reality as I understand it is that none of that matters a whit without a robust, revered democratic process. Therefore I can't help but see those who are willing to look away from this and continue to support this abomination as enemies of freedom and the American way. We must unite in our commitment to democracy and to extirpate any tolerance for anti-democratic or fascist actors within our government.

Sorrowfully,

David S. Lewis
Founder, ALL Aboard NOLA

05/14/2020

Hey all! We hope everyone's safe and observing social distancing recommendations. David's been working hard on the Mai Tai, and we've been kind of quiet because we thought there were more important things for you to be paying attention to, but look out for a pretty exciting announcement in the next few days!

03/19/2020

Hey you guys, we flirted with having our soft launch right before this disastrous last weekend, and so we are now sheltering in place like most of you. Wanted to let you know that we are all, like you, looking forward to getting back out there, but until curfews are lifted and things look under control, we want to do our best to help.
That said, we are thinking about ways to keep our brains engaged, and wondered if you guys wanted anything special. Kind of thinking about writing a blog, or doing Q&A sessions with my good friend and the other captain in the fleet, Christopher Peragine. Open to other ideas, as well. Any suggestions?

12/20/2019

500 likes! We would like 500 more! Thanks everybody!

12/04/2019

Dave, Mark, and Roscoe the dog on the road to cross a few more projects off the list before the immanent return of the Mai Tai to NOLA.

11/16/2019

Two and a half hours left to vote in Louisiana. If you live in New Orleans and need a ride to polls, hit me up. All Aboard NOLA supports John Bel Edwards, not because he's been a spectacular governor (he's barely a functioning Democrat and has signed and supported several truly idiotic and oppressive bills) but his opponent, Eddie Rispone, is running a candidacy almost exclusively based on his affinity for Donald Trump and Trump's mindless and cruel policies. We don't need another businessman looking for even more pathways toward self-enrichment, and we don't need more nativist, nationalist, and racist attitudes toward our neighbors.

All Aboard NOLA is committed to fighting for a more just, decent, tolerant society. Many small businesses avoid political statements because there can be blowback, repercussions that impact the bottom line. However, we think that it is more important to cultivate strong American values, and to call out crooked, corrupt, or immoral politicians and public figures. So we're going to do that. Our business depends on decency and truth and neighborliness.
So please go vote and let's send the bastards a message: that Louisiana is tired of the hateful garbage spewn by what calls itself the Republican party, and that we reject the current administration because it is corrupt, hateful, and wrong.