Keynote
Stories, laughs, and the full Sink Your Worry ceremony, built for a main stage moment.
A Cleveland Floaters experience, on stage
Your team has enough on its mind.
Admiral Jim brings a funny, interactive keynote and the Sink Your Worry ceremony to corporate and leadership events. A little laughter. A moment to set something down. A chance to leave the room feeling lighter.
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What it is
The boat's best tradition. Now indoors.
On the Cleveland Floaters boat, guests write down a worry and sink it. People laugh. Then it gets a little quiet. Then they laugh again.
Admiral Jim brings that same moment to your event. It's a keynote with a group ritual built in. Reflection, connection, and a symbolic release, delivered by a guy in a captain's hat who takes the moment seriously and himself not at all.
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How the ceremony works
Four steps. No homework.
- 01
Laugh a little
Jim opens with stories from the boat and the kind of Cleveland humor that gets a room loosened up.
- 02
Write it down
Everyone gets a slip. Write a worry, or don't. Write only what you're comfortable writing. Nobody reads it.
- 03
Sink it together
The group does a short, symbolic ritual to set those worries down. Silly on the surface. Sincere underneath.
- 04
Walk out lighter
No big promises. Just a shared moment your team can point back to later.
Privacy, plainly: nobody shares their note. Nobody reads it aloud. We never collect, keep, or display what anyone writes. This is a symbolic group moment, not therapy.
Booking formats
Pick your vessel.
Interactive Workshop
A smaller, hands-on version with more room for conversation, for teams and leadership groups.
Shaped to your agenda
Opener, closer, retreat moment, something else. Tell Jim the plan and talk through fit.
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About Admiral Jim
Captain of Cleveland Floaters. Admiral of nothing.
Jim runs Cleveland Floaters, where Sink Your Worry started. The "Admiral" part is a character. He did not earn it. He gave it to himself, and nobody has stopped him.
On stage he's warm, quick, and very Cleveland: dry humor, zero pretense, real care for the people in the room.
Certified Worry Removal Specialist*
*Certified by the Admiral's Office. Which is a joke. Not a clinical, psychological, or professional credential, and not a real military rank.
See it in action
Footage incoming.
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Optional by design
No one is pulled on stage or put on the spot.
Private by default
Notes are never read, collected, or displayed.
Not therapy
A symbolic group moment. Clear about what it is and isn't.
Straight answers
Ask about fit, format, and logistics. Jim will tell you plainly.
FAQ
Fair questions.
What actually happens in the ceremony?
Each person gets a slip of paper. They write down a worry, or nothing at all. Then the group does a short, slightly ridiculous, surprisingly sincere ritual to symbolically sink those worries together. Jim leads the whole thing. It's a moment, not a procedure.
Is participation required?
No. Participation is optional, start to finish. People can write, doodle, hold a blank slip, or just watch. Nobody gets called out.
Does anyone have to share what they wrote?
Never. No one reads a note aloud, explains it, or hands it to anyone to read. Write only what you feel comfortable writing.
What happens to the notes?
Nobody reads them. We never collect, keep, photograph, or display what people write. The notes stay private and go away as part of the ritual.
Is this therapy?
No. Sink Your Worry is a symbolic group ritual with a lot of laughs in it. It is not therapy, counseling, mental health treatment, or trauma care. People can pick a serious personal worry if they want to, but they never need to disclose anything, and this is not a place for trauma work.
Is Admiral Jim a real admiral? Is the certification real?
No and no. The Admiral is a comedic character from Cleveland Floaters. 'Certified Worry Removal Specialist' is certified by the Admiral's Office, which is a joke. No military rank or professional credential is implied.
What speaking formats can we discuss?
A keynote with the ceremony built in, an interactive workshop, or something shaped around your agenda. Tell Jim what you're planning and he'll say what could work.
What should organizers send when they inquire?
Your event date or timeframe, location, the kind of event, a rough sense of the audience, where this fits in your agenda, and anything about the room or setup you already know.
Next step
Got an event? Let's talk fit.
Send a date, a city, and a rough idea of the room. Jim will tell you straight if it's a match.