Learn to sail or advance your sailing skills and certifications. Captain Wayne offers private sailing instruction and certification for ALL levels of experience from beginners to advanced as well as captained charter services anywhere you want to roam. Wayne’s credentials include over 40 years of recreational and professional sailing, fully-licensed captain, and top-rated NauticEd instructor.
Capt. Wayne’s unique approach is personalized training tailored to your individual sailing goals – instructing on his boat or yours. The coursework begins online with NauticEd’s ‘best in class’ online knowledge and theory courses, and then we get on-the-water to learn and practice skills with hands-on training – and have fun! This approach allows students to learn knowledge and theory at their own pace while maximizing time and experience with on-the-water training.
Students learn to sail through our fully accredited sailing education program, a program that prepares you to be a competent sailor. Rest assured that our training program adheres to the U.S. Coast Guard’s American National Standards for sailing training. Our Certifications and Licenses are recognized by yacht chartering companies around the world. Training with Captain Wayne is fun, rewarding and only the beginning of a lifetime of sailing adventures.
Captain Wayne grew up in south Louisiana and started sailing at the young age of 10. He was introduced to sailing by his uncle who raced on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. After many years of sailing, he and his wife Carrie took formal sailing lessons. It wasn’t until he retired from the corporate life in Dallas that he started his next passion, teaching sailing. With no hesitation, he and Carrie moved to Saint Petersburg, Fl to continue his love of instructing and their love of sailing. They have taken numerous charters to the British Virgin Islands, not only to teach and captain, but for pleasure also. Captain Wayne believes in the hands on teaching method. In other words, he will show you how to do it, then let you do it until you can master it. Being instructed by Captain Wayne is always fun and relaxing, that is why he has so many returning students.
Captain Wayne also loves to teach new boat owners on their boat so they can learn the ins and outs of their boat’s specifics.
Capt. Wayne’s training is unique in that he focuses on helping you achieve your personal sailing goals. Training is limited to at most 3 students, meaning that each student receives instruction needed to become competent – tailored to each students goals and past experience.
We partner with NauticEd because of NauticEd’s commitment to U.S. and International standards as well as a shared training philosophy that’s focused on student goals and competency – gained from knowledge, skills, and experience. With best-of-class multimedia online courses, professional sailing relationships around the world, and standards that exceed USGC requirements: we partnered with NauticEd to offer our students the best resources and global community available in modern sailing.