Doug and his wife, Christine, bought Island Transporter Ferry Service in March 2021. They have a cabin in San Juan Islands and have used Island Transporter to move loads of "stuff" to/from the islands for decades. Doug has his captains license and has been boating in the San Juans for as long as he can remember. Doug and Christine have two sons, who launched into adulthood recently, thereby freeing their parents to pursue their dream of living on the Salish Sea and owning a marine business.