Drew Maglio, owner and principal surveyor at Capital Marine Surveying, LLC is many things: i.e. he is equal-parts a student of history and the other liberal arts,—possessing a master’s degree from nearby St. John’s College in downtown Annapolis—in addition to being an experienced marine service technician, surveyor, and boating consultant/advisor. Originally hailing from South Florida, Drew has been a boating enthusiast since before his sixth birthday. Aboard his father’s 1989 Chaparral 2100 SX, Drew frequented the East Coast of South Florida in the late-90s and early-2000s—fishing and snorkeling in the Atlantic Ocean, while exploring the ICW and other inland rivers and waterways. By 2005, however, the Maglio family boat was aging and was therefore offered up for sale. Over subsequent years, Drew began to play and pursue other sports competitively,—notably golf and basketball—but his yearning for the water was never satiated nor extinguished. Consequently, Drew frequently badgered his parents while on family road trips to rent a boat, to which they relented on numerous occasions—renting boats in locales including Indian Rocks Beach, FL, Lake Lanier, GA, Lake Lure, NC, and Smith Lake, VA.  As a result of his feverish fervor for all things boats and boating, Drew contracted a pestilence which has been known to frequently drain his bank account: i.e. compulsive boat ownership. As of this writing, Drew has owned twelve boats over the course of his first 31 years—six of which he has painstakingly (and lovingly) restored—as you were reading this, the chance is very great that he has gone and bought another boat! Drew’s boats have spanned a large gamut,—representing a large spectrum of vessel sizes and types—but his boat-ownership journey began humbly yet passionately, with a 10’ imitation Boston Whaler knock-off that he purchased with his own money at age 12; he sold the vessel at age 16 and his boating passion lay dormant for a short while. However, while in college locally at Palm Beach Atlantic University—where Drew studied business, history, and philosophy, participating in his first of two primary-source “Great Books” programs—his boating passion soon became an obsession; after his freshman year, Drew purchased his first of four additional boats he would own, restore, use, and then incidentally “flip” during his collegiate years which spanned 2013-17. These boats included: an unnamed 1996 Regal Valanti SE 202; an unnamed 1995 Chaparral 2130 SS; Cheaper Than Kids, a 1999 Chaparral 2335 SS; and The Boat From Hell, a 1998 Sea Ray Sundancer 270. His escapades and “trial and error” approach made ample fodder to launch his writing career, which began in early 2019 with his first article publishing in Practical Boat Owner. Post-college, Drew’s obsession festered into a full-blown addiction—and he decided, after a full-on structural, mechanical, and cosmetic restoration of the so-called and aptly named Boat From Hell, that he hadn’t yet had enough; so Drew decided to purchase Kismet: his first sailboat—and the largest vessel he had owned to date. Through the years of 2017-19, Drew operated as an unofficial (and not-for-profit) boat-restorer and enthusiast—who spent much of his time not writing, working, or in school, digging himself out bit-by-bit, from the overbearing weight of old boat ownership.  Finishing a comprehensive refit of Kismet in the spring of 2019, Drew splashed and rechristened her and sailed her as Walden: a tip of the cap to Thoreau--whose ideas had inspired Drew to take to sea on his 1987 Ericson 38-200 monohull sailing vessel. During the Spring of 2019, Drew sailed Walden from Port Charlotte to Marathon in the Florida Keys, where he lived aboard during the summer of 2019. Finally reaching his limit and deciding he had had enough of the incessant projects and repairs for the time being, Drew decided to take a reprieve by selling the vessel and moving to Annapolis, MD—where he completed his primary source “Great Books” master’s degree in the liberal arts at St. John’s College from 2020-21. During this time, Drew was primarily a student once more—but the boating enthusiast in him quickly grew restless; as a result, in late May of 2020, Drew traveled 1,000 miles to view and purchase his dream power boat from Upstate New York: a 1995 Chaparral 2550 SX sport caddy cabin—which he has owned, restored, and greatly enjoyed ever since. Dubbed Soul Rebel, Drew and his 1995 Chaparral 2550 SX vessel have since explored the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and two Great Lakes (Michigan and Superior) together.   After graduating with his master’s degree in the middle of 2021, Drew was in need of a vocation; so he decided—leveraging his body of experience to date—to found (in September of the same year) Capital Boat Works, LLC: a mobile marine service company that provided mechanical and electrical services, as well as general shipwright services. Throughout the period from 2021-2026, Drew conducted an increasing number of pre-purchase inspections and engine surveys, as well as other marine advisory services such as buyer/seller consultations and on-water training sessions. In addition, over the years of operating his own company, Drew continued to buy, restore, and sell boats on the side when he found deals too good to pass up. Such vessels included: Quintessence, a 1984 Ericson 381 sailboat; an unnamed Wellcraft Excel 23 Fisherman; and another, unnamed (1994) Chaparral 2550 SX.  From the years, 2021-2026, Capital Boat Works, LLC (rebranded in 2024 as Capital Marine Services) offered many services—including detailing, electronics installation, mechanical repair, pre-purchase inspections/surveys, engine surveys, and on-water operations training for new boat owners. Over these years, Drew continued his extensive hands-on, trial-by-fire education; and now, in 2026, he has closed his former company and decided to found Capital Marine Surveying, LLC—which will be solely dedicated to the profession of marine surveying, consulting/advising, and training.