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Captain Bill

I am a US Coast Guard licensed captain, a Certified Instructor for both the American Sailing Association (ASA) and US Sailing with credentials to teach basic keelboat and dinghy sailing, coastal cruising and bareboat chartering. I have a variety of sailing experiences spanning the past 40 years as a captain in coastal and offshore sailing environments, predominantly in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastal regions.

Contact Me

  • Charter it.

    Aren’t qualified to charter a boat on your own? Or maybe you just don’t want to hassle with the trouble of sailing on your own. As a US Coast Guard licenced captain, I can help!

  • Learn it.

    Don’t know how to sail? I can teach you! Get your US Sailing Keelboat certification, or Small boat (dinghy) certification.

  • Deliver it.

    Sometimes you just don’t have time. Need to move your yacht from point A to point B? I can help.

  • Learn to Sail AND Charter

    If you want to not just learn to sail, but build the skills necessary to charter on your own or just gain more self confidence in big boat sailing/cruising I can teach you through one of several ASA affiliate sailing schools.

Make It Happen

Credentials and Coursework

  • US Coast Guard License: Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) near coastal with 50 Ton Masters and Sailing Endorsements (2019); License No. 8256086

  • ASA Certified Instructor for Basic Keelboat (201), Coastal Cruising (203) and Bareboat Chartering (204)

  • US Sailing Certified Basic Keelboat Instructor

  • US Sailing Level 1 Small Boat (Dinghy) Instructor

  • NSABLA/US Coast Guard approved Boating Safety Course

  • US Coast Guard Captain’s Club random drug testing program participant

  • First Aid/CPR Trained

  • US Center for Safe sport Trained

  • NAUI Open Water Diver Certified

Notable Experience

  • US Sailing Basic Keelboat Instructor at Concord Yacht Club, 4 years

  • Advisor to the University of Tennessee Sailing Club and Sailing Team, 8 years

  • President, Board of Directors of the Concord Sailing Center, a non-profit sailing education organization

  • Offshore sailing experience includes multiple Gulf Stream crossings between Florida and the Bahamas

  • Gulf of Mexico coastal sailing experience in region from Pensacola to the Dry Tortugas, FL including the Florida Keys

  • Atlantic coastal sailing experience in region from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys

  • Pacific coastal sailing experience in the San Juan Islands including Canada’s Gulf Islands