Captain Charles M. Kithcart

Despite being born in North Carolina, Maritime Captain Charles M. Kithcart was raised in Maryland, Ohio, and Iran. His love for the water started when he served in the marines. Later, he was a part of the 1992 Americas Cup winning team on the America³ where they won a best of 7 races. 3 years later, Kithcart served as project manager for the Age of Russia Challenge effort for the 1995 Americas Cup, a project that brought sailboat, Age of Russia, to the tournament. Following the success of this project, Kithcart was named Vice Commodore of the St. Petersburg Russia yacht club for the 1995-96 term.

Later, Charles Kithcart circumnavigated the world (sailed all the way around the globe) several times on research expeditions. Currently, He is the CEO of African Diaspora Maritime (ADM), a Baltimore base non-profit and sailing team that seeks to integrate more black sailors in a white dominated sport. ADM has a mission to both make history and teach history by introducing the extraordinary yet unsung legacy of the black mariner and the complex math and science behind America’s Cup hi-tech sailing.