Announcing American Sailing’s 2023 Outstanding Instructors
Check out American Sailing's 2023 Outstanding Instructors! Celebrating the top 1% of ASA instructors, this diverse group embodies excellence and inclu…
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Outstanding Instructor Kathy Struchen
Captain Kathy Struchen started sailing after college and today she is being recognized as one of the American Sailing Association’s Outstanding Inst…
A Sailor’s Life
Growing up in St. Petersburg Florida David Whidden was surrounded by boats. As a kid, sailing held a particular mysterious romantic quality...
She’s a Lifer
"The aspect of teaching sailing that I like best is being able to introduce students to a new outdoor activity" - Kim Walther
Sheriff of the Sea!
The best part of teaching sailing is watching the faces of students when they take the helm and see they can harness the wind and make the boat go!
Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone
Judy was a nervous sailor but gained enough confidence & expertise to pass on her knowledge to others who want to sail but are a bit intimidated by it…
It’s a Wonderful Life!
Jim Stewart & his wife Jane retired from the “real world” in 2001 and he started teaching sailing as a livelihood in 2004. Apparently he's quite g…
A Sailing Diamond
Bob Diamond has been teaching beginning-sailors the ropes for a good long time and has been an instructor at Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City, Califo…
From Alcatraz a Sailor is Born
While waiting for the ferry to Alcatraz in San Fransisco Chet Shubert was so entranced by all the sailboats on the bay that he signed up for sailing c…
King of Sailing
In 2006 Jim King took his first ASA 101 & ASA 103 courses - he bought a boat the next weekend! Now he owns his own sailing school, North Star Sailing …
The Sailing Surgeon
John Martin is a guy who knows how to live life. A retired surgeon who has sailed around the world, Martin has over 48,000 nautical miles under his be…
Blown Away by Sailing
Drew Skelton, owner of Blown Away Sailing in Maryland, found his way into sailing through the Boy Scouts of America program and has been a waterman ev…
Sailing by the Lee
Since he was a kid, Lee Pearce has been around the water and boats, but he didn’t discover sailing until he was around 30-years old, living in Flori…
A Racing Teacher Now a Teaching Racer
Peter Branning got into sailing at a summer program in Coconut Grove, Florida in 1958 and has been an avid sailor ever since.
Soul Sailor
Brenton Lochridge lives and breathes sailing. After learning how to sail at a local YMCA camp on the Chesapeake Bay at seven, he caught the bug and ke…
From the Navy to Owning His Own Sailing School
As a child, sailing instructor Yonatan Bresler found his love for sailing aboard Lasers and catamarans with his father in the waters of Israel
He Owes It All to a Garbage Bag
Puget Sound Sailing Institute’s Outstanding Instructor Steve Klump “became instantly hooked on sailing through an 'ah-ha' moment while canoeing do…
Fair Winds and at Least Two Cup Holders!
Black Rock Sailing School’s twenty-four-year-old ASA Sailing Instructor Paul Sullivan caught the sailing bug young, sailing his Sunfish around the s…