Your Crew for Sail Priorities

We enthusiastically welcome you aboard and invite you to share in our love of great sailing, great food, great wine and, of course, the Caribbean Sea.

Captain/chef Richard Cassarino and First Mate Lisa Pratt, have more than 30 years’ combined sailing experience. We spent years trying to make room for sailing in our busy professional lives in Providence, Rhode Island. One New England winter too many convinced us to make our passion for sailing our "priority."

Rich, a graduate of Johnson & Wales University, owned and operated Cassarino’s Ristorante in Providence’s “Little Italy” for 20 years. The restaurant is consistently rated the “Best Italian Restaurant in Providence.” He now brings his superior cooking and entertaining skills to the high seas. Each meal served aboard PRIORITIES will be tailored to your tastes, from breakfast to scrumptious multi-course dinners.

Lisa, an accomplished florist and art/design degree holder, owned and operated a successful, high-volume flower shop in Providence, Floral Designs By LiRog. She has 20 years experience with event and party planning.

Reggie, PRIORITIES’ mascot, has 56 years’ experience sailing (Dog Years). He is an adorable, unobtrusive and lovable golden retriever. We’re working on training him to fetch cocktails.

We are thrilled to join our passion for sailing with our business experience to move into a more personalized sector of the service industry. We are a relaxed, humorous couple who like to enjoy ourselves as much as you do. Welcome aboard.

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