Jim Gilbert
@jimgilbert
About
Author Jim Gilbert recently stood shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the richest, most powerful people in the world as the founding editor-in-chief and later owner of ShowBoats International, the bible of the superyacht industry.
Jim was instrumental in founding the nonprofit International SeaKeepers Society, an organization of more than 100 ultra-wealthy yacht owners concerned with the health of the sea who donated a minimum of $75,000 to advance the cause of marine conservation. He founded the annual SeaKeepers Award, which was annually presented with the Prince of Monaco at his magazine's annual Bal de le Mer gala. Ocean-conscious luminaries as Walter Cronkite, Ted Danson, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mikhail Gorbachev, James Cameron and Jean-Michel Cousteau were recipients.
In recognition of his instrumental role in the development of the superyacht industry, in 2006 Jim received the prestigious Leadership Award from the International Superyacht Society.
In The Admiral, Jim combines his passion for boats and his concern about the future of the seas in a way he believes might challenge those with whom he socialized.
“I wouldn't be surprised some will consider me a turncoat,” he says, "for describing a not-too-distant-future in which yachts are no longer the ultimate residences for the super-rich. In The Admiral, yachts are merely decaying homes for a lucky few who have escaped an environmental apocalypse caused by selfish and narcissistic behavior.”
The Admiral is an attempt to educate people by telling a compelling, swashbuckling--and yet scientifically credible yarn--that gives his readers a glimpse of the future of our own making.
