Category: Instructors
Featured Instructor: Captain Rick Johnson
Featured Instructor: Captain Bob Diamond
Featured Instructor: Captain Marc Gonsalves
Cruise Abacos Captain Marc Gonsalves is This Month’s Featured Instructor Growing up in the windward Islands didn’t just prepare Captain Mark Gonsalves of Cruise Abaco…
Meet Captain Steph
Captain Stephanie Mansberger Wolters is an ASA trained instructor and USCG Licensed 50 Ton Masters Captain with Sailing and Towing Endorsements. Growing up in Morgantown,…
Featured Instructor: Tibor Van den Wildenbergh
Tibor learned to sail through the Victoria Sailing School, from its founder, Jim Cook. Since then he has been sailing and racing extensively. You can…
Featured Instructor: Captain Brenton Lockridge
Brenton Lockridge went to sailing camp at age seven. At age sixteen he was teaching sailing in Westport, CT. At 19, he was delivering boats…
Featured Instructor: Captain Kira Maixner
Captain Kira currently teaches at Modern Sailing in Sausalito where the San Francisco Bay is her playground. She has been heavily involved in building a…
Featured Instructor: Captain Tom Tursi
Tom Tursi holds a USCG 100-ton Ocean Masters License, is an ASA Certified Sailing Instructor and a part owner of the Maryland School of Sailing…
The ASA Family
The American Sailing Association is more than just an organization that hands out sailing certifications. It is an advocate for the environment, it is a…
In The Classroom: ASA 108/117 Offshore Passagemaking and Celestial Navigation
Currently, a group of students is preparing to embark on a voyage from Bermuda to the British Virgin Islands. On that voyage, students will earn…
Featured Instructor: Captain Ivan Sagel
Captain Ivan fell in love with sailing as a youth at a summer camp in Wisconsin. The quiet magic of harnessing the breeze to sail…
Featured Instructor: Captain Jenni Hellpap
Meet Jenni from the dock! She used to sail a little, now she sails a lot! Jenni is the perfect example of anyone who ever…
Featured Instructor: Captain Lisa Batchelor Frailey
If you need a sample of what a resume should look like you would look no further than the background of Captain Lisa Batchelor Frailey.…
Featured Instructor: Captain Anne Alberg
ASA is encouraging women to get out on the water and, with that, we are highlighting the adventures of our women instructors as they lead…
Featured Instructor: Captain Stacey Brooks
Stacey Brooks seems to always be on a boat. She recently completed a sailing adventure in Cuba and will be sharing her stories from that…
Featured Instructor: Captain Joe Mastrangelo
Captain Joe Mastrangelo is the protagonist of an adventure novel. He is larger than life and his stories fill the page with humor and excitement.…
Featured Instructor: Captain Joan Gilmore
Captain Joan Gilmore can be found at Sail Away Sailing School in Minnesota but that is just her physical address. You really find her out…