Dailey Tipton Joins David Walters Yachts as a Broker on the Chesapeake. He brings years of yachting and sailing experience to the team. Dailey entered the yachting industry after a successful corporate career leading international businesses while always pursuing his sailing/racing passions. Starting off, Dailey worked as a boat yard rigger to fund his way through Auburn University, where he gained a Navy Scholarship for his first engineering degree and served eight years, including Gulf War I, and multiple deployments abroad. After a graduate engineering degree from The University of Texas, he spent 25+ years in High Tech and Sustainability while pursuing his passion for the water.

He started racing dinghies at eight years old and worked his way to become a big boat bowman on offshore racing yachts in the ’80s and ’90s. Beyond racing, Dailey is a skilled mechanic, rigger, fiberglass/carbon fabrication and repair, and marine woodworking.

In their personal life, Dailey and his wife Jessica split their time between the Northern Chesapeake and Annapolis. They have two children and two grandchildren. Dailey is a competitive athlete in open water swimming, long-distance trail running, and the continued focus on racing sailboats.