OUR HISTORY
THE YACHT
A luxury family yacht, has an intriguing history. It all started in the early 1990s when O. Jay Call would buy and sale his first yacht named Mardiosa. Soon after selling Mardiosa, Mr. Call realized just how much he missed being on the ocean fishing and relaxing with his family. It wasn’t long before Mr. Call commissioned Barattucci Yachts to custom build a new yacht. And thus, plans were made, and construction started, the new yacht would be christened, Fun Runner. Unfortunately, Mr. Call would never see Fun Runner cruising the oceans, his children picked up where he left off, and soon Fun Runner was cruising oceans from Panama to Alaska entertaining family and friends all along the way. In 2014, after many good years, and countless hours of entertaining, it was time to take Fun Runner into dry dock for an overhaul. By this time Fun Runner is owned by Thad and Ronda Call. Thad and Ronda searched endlessly to find the right team to transform Fun Runner into Mardiosa. With the team in place, Fun Runner was stripped down to the skeleton, naval engineers added another 10 feet to the vessel, gyro stabilizer added, state of the art navigation and media system installed, and the interior finished with the finest and most luxurious of materials. No cost was speared in making Mardiosa one of the most comfortable yacht cruising the oceans. After 4 years of dry dock, overhaul and upgrades, in 2018 Fun Runner was christened Mardiosa.
THE CAPTAIN
David started to learn about the ocean and fishing and found his passion for the sea. Captain Sliss started his career in 1996 working on the long-range fishing vessels of San Diego. In 2006 he earned his first US Coastguard captain licenses. Over the years captain David went form fishing vessels to private yachts, and for the past 15 years this has been his passion. Since 2006 David has work hard to keep educating himself in the maritime industry and now, he has earned his 1600-ton masters licenses. Throughout his career, Captain Sliss has traveled and worked in many areas of the World including Panama, the Caribbean, Bahamas, and the North East. In the end, the destination he has always found to be home is Baja where he spends his days spearfishing, surfing, or just simply soaking the Baja sun.
THE CREW
Drew Peace was born in Southern California but moved to Cabo San Lucas at 4 months old. He grew up doing every
water sport he could, mostly spearfishing, surfing, and fishing. He moved to San Diego to finish college and studied two
semesters in Curitiba Brazil. Upon returning to San Diego, he worked on a variety of different charter boats, and did one
season in the Mediterranean. His main focus is sportfishing, but Drew has all the information on anything to do in the La
Paz and Los Cabos area, this includes the most exclusive activities in the Los Cabos region.
Chef Jorge Barrios was born in La Paz, Baja. He spent most of his childhood at a fish Co-op in San Carlos learning
how to prepare and cook seafood from a very young age. His father was also the Co-ops baker. He went to a chef trade
school in high school, did his internship at Akira Sushi at El Merkado, and worked as the main pastry chef at Sunset of
Mona Lisa for two years. His favorite food to cook is Mediterranean and loves to make homemade pasta.
