About M/Y LEXINGTON

Devon’s passion for the ocean stemmed from an early love of wildlife conservation. He began a marine conservation internship in the Yucutan peninsula of Mexico. During his time here, exploring the beautiful reefs, Devon began his courses and graduated as a PADI Dive instructor, 9 months later. Following his adventures in Mexico, he took a job with Lahaina Divers in Maui. He spent the next few years as their lead dive instructor and repair technician. He taught and certified over 300 students in open water courses while maintaining the fleet of rental gear. During his time in Hawaii, he spent time working on sunset dinner cruises, whale watches, and snorkel tours. In 2018, he returned home to Texas, visited Fort Lauderdale and found himself drawn into the yachting world. His first position in the industry happened to be on LEXINGTON and he remained the first mate on board for 3 years. Here he obtained his USCG 100 ton license, and went on to captain another vessel for a Florida based family of fishing enthusiasts. Cruising 1000s of miles around the Bahamas, fishing and diving along the way, Devon reconnected with the LEXINGTON and is proud to be back as the rotational Captain. Devon is very familiar with the Bahamas and looks forward to taking your guests on the adventure of a lifetime!

Louw is originally from Cape Town, South Africa and grew up on the coast. As a child, he quickly discovered that he was drawn to the sea. He would spend his spare time free diving, surfing and fishing. After high school, he followed his passion and joined the yachting industry, travelling on yachts through the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Having been to over 15 countries, Louw is well travelled and speaks both English and his native tongue, Afrikaans. He holds a 200-ton captains license, a PADI dive certificate and is a certified jet ski instructor. He loves wildlife and spends significant time diving with both Tiger and Hammerhead Sharks and grew up with a pet monkey and a snake while his mom raised their two giraffes and five zebras. Louw looks forward to enhancing your time on LEXINGTON and would love to take you out fishing, set up a bonfire and introduce you to the world renowned South African barbeque experience.

Chef Ranada started cooking with her family in their farmhouse kitchen in Hillsboro, Ohio. She learned from a long line of home cooks who put their heart and soul into their Southern based cooking. Her fondest memories included rolling egg rolls and tending a garden to canning corn and green beans with her mother when she was a small child, and most moms were making Hamburger Helper. Ranada learned to make a great roux and gumbo from her Irish father and the best breakfast and biscuits and gravy from her Eastern Kentucky grandmother. Ranada has traveled the nation and most recently internationally to cook beside some of the greatest chefs in the business. She has catered and cooked for multiple Grammy Music award winners, executives, sports teams and even a US President. As an independent restauranteur settled in Lexington KY, all three of Ranada's restaurants won multiple local and state awards from Taste of the Bluegrass Best Fine Dining to a three-time award winner for best new restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky. When Ranada stepped away from being a restaurant owner post-Covid, she boarded M/Y LEXINGTON and immediately out of the gate as a freshman yacht chef - brought a in a First-Place win with Best Cocktail at the Newport Charter Show in 2022. She loves listening to and playing music on her guitar, art, history, writing, and producing some creative meals sure to wow our guests on board. With the most stunning galley view, she loves early morning coffee with the crew and captain, but Ranada really enjoys connecting with our guests in the galley area to provide the best possible meals with every attention to stunning detail. She’ll even offer to teach our guests a thing or two so don’t hesitate to spend some time with her in the galley aboard M/Y LEXINGTON.