Capt Ed: 602-363-9395 / Capt Debbie: 623-780-8787
Captains Debbie & Ed
Helping you and those you care for
stay safe on the water.
Home of L.A.S.T.™
(Learn About Sailing Things)™
Capt Ed: 602-363-9395 / Capt Debbie: 623-780-8787
Captains Debbie & Ed
Helping you and those you care for
stay safe on the water.
Home of L.A.S.T.™
(Learn About Sailing Things)™
USCG Auxilary Coxswain (Ret).
Licensed Coast Guard Captain.
US Sailing certified sailing instructor.
Creator of She Sailor Sea Story™
Creator of L.A.S.T. (Learn About Sailing Things)™
US Sailing Safety at Sea course Moderator.
Past President, National Women's Sailing Association.
US Coast Guard, (Retired)
US Powerboat certified instructor.
US Sailing Safety at Sea course Moderator.
ASA certified basic keel boat sailing instructor.
Arizona Game & Fish Department Education Branch Program Manager (Ret).
Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona Subject Matter Expert - Open Water
Recreational Boating Safety Program Manager, Eighth Coast Guard District (Ret).
Licensed Coast Guard Captain with sailing and assistance towing endorsements.
Effective January 1, 2024 a NASBLA and California state certified boater education card is required for all California residents age 60 and under boating in California. The course is availablie online or through Capt Debbie & Capt Ed who can provide a guided private or group classroom (home study) course for your California boater education card! Contact us for details via email at AZ Boat Captains
Sailing & Powerboat Instruction and coaching by an experienced professional with more than 25 years experience in providing curriculum development, course review, skills based on-water and knowledge based classroom instruction and coaching on power and sail boat operation, no matter inland, near coastal or off-shore water safety. Contact Capt Ed
Women - prefer to learn from another woman. Capt Debbie has been providing quality sailing & powerboat coaching and instruction for more than 20 years to both women and men. She has experience providing both on-water and in classroom instruction for power boats, sail boats and paddle-craft. And Capt Debbie created She Sailor Sea Story™, L.A.S.T. (Learn About Sailing Things)™ exclusively for women. She has extensive inland, coastal, near-coastal, off-shore and international on-the-water cruising and racing experience and is an excellent resource for women sailors. Capt Debbie founded WOWaZr! (Women on Water Arizona Regatta) for the National Women's Sailing Association held at Lake Pleasant, Arizona, north of Phoenix in 2019 and 2023 with Tumbleweed Sailing.
Need information about the National Women's Sailing Association's Adventure Sail® for girls and young women that otherwise wouldn't be exposed to sailing? How about scholaships and awards? Contact Debbie!
Capt Debbie is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed Captain, a US Sailing certified instructor and Safety at Sea Moderator. She is an excellent and experienced sailing instructor and coach that helps new, or not-so-new sailors improve their skill set, seamanship and confidence.
Boating safety consultants,
nationally certified master instructors
for paddlesports, rafting and powerboat.
CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
Virgil H. Chambers, NSBC Exec. Director, emeritus
Pam Dillon, Ohio Boating Law Administrator, Ret.
email vhchambers@aol.com or pamsdillion@aol.com
Have you ever wondered why take a US Sailing Safety at Sea course? Courses are available both in-person and online, to prepare you for coastal or offshore cruising and racing.
A US Sailing Sanctioned Safety at Sea Course will help you answer these questions and more!
Join us at our next course during the Midwest Women's Sailing Conference at Milwaukee Yacht Club, Friday, May 17th. This course is geared toward women learning with other women, and will be taught by women.
L.A.S.T.™ training seminars are offered by Capt Debbie to provide specific hands-on instruction and information to women friendly classes. Contact Capt Debbie directly for more information on the next L.A.S.T.™.
Nationally certified and experienced instructors that will help you operate your boat safely with confidence offshore, near coastal cruising or inland on your boat.
She Sailor Sea Story™ Created by Capt Debbie so women sailors can share yarns of their adventures in the online storytelling series, She Sailor Sea Stories featured on the National Woman's Sailing Association's website. Tune in for an evening of intrigue, laughter and community. Join LIVE or at your convenience here for the replays.
Contact Capt Debbie directly for more information
on the next She Sailor Sea Story™.
The BEST way to maintain a proper lookout to avoid on-water mishaps through S.C.A.N.
Click here: https://www.boatus.org/findings/56/
US Sailing's Safety at Sea courses (This is what we do)
Overview of a Safety at Sea / ISAF Course
New life jacket Labeling information:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x792bbd
Lethal Loophole
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JbaTyDqitSM
Almost a Perfect Day
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKMyr16FZ8
SPLASH! Boating Safely in Arizona
The Basic Keelboat graduate will have successfully demonstrated the ability to responsibly skipper and crew a simple daysailing keelboat in familiar waters in light to moderate wind and sea conditions.
Basic Keelboat Certification requires the successful completion of the following knowledge and skill requirements. These requirements are expected to be able to be performed safely with confident command of the boat in familiar waters with a wind range of 5 to 15 knots. Some regions may have stronger prevailing conditions, which are acceptable if the candidate can safely control the boat and be aware of his or her limitations in these conditions. The certified candidate will be able to skipper a tiller-steered keelboat up to 27 feet in length.
Learn to skipper a 20' - 27' sloop-rigged keelboat by day, in light to moderate winds and sea conditions. Learn basic sailing terminology, parts and functions, helm commands, basic sail trim, points of sail, buoyage, seamanship and safety including basic navigation rules to avoid collisions and hazards.
Contact us for information and details on the US Sailing Safety at Sea course offerings - both online and hands-on. Or review the online details on US Sailing's website. Both Capt Ed and Capt Debbie are Moderators.
Join us at our next course during the Midwest Women's Sailing Conference at Milwaukee Yacht Club, Friday, May 17th. This course is women friendly, learning with other women, and taught by women.
Need to know Arizona information?
https://www.azgfd.com/Boating/
Additional information and access to FREE boating safety education courses at https://www.boatus.org/free/
*As of January 1, 2024, if you're 60 years old or under and not qualified for an exemption, you must have a California Boater Card in your possession to operate a power vessel in California waters.
More info? Click Here.
Need to know more about women's sailing? Click on image for your link for information!
Click here for information on NWSA's Adventure Sail® for girls and young women.
Interested in learning more about US Sailing, sailing education or Safety at Sea seminars & courses? US Sailing is your one-stop shop!
ASA offers a variety of courses ranging from beginner to advanced world-wide cruising education.
Sign up for ASA 101 and start sailing. While you wait for your day on the water get a head start on learning vocabulary, the physics of sails and wind, safety procedures, and other sailing knowledge. We have compiled a list of helpful ASA t
ASA offers a variety of courses ranging from beginner to advanced world-wide cruising education.
Sign up for ASA 101 and start sailing. While you wait for your day on the water get a head start on learning vocabulary, the physics of sails and wind, safety procedures, and other sailing knowledge. We have compiled a list of helpful ASA tools to help you feel prepared when you step aboard a sailboat for the first time.
Founded in 1958, the National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) serves as a national catalyst for developing a safe boating culture by providing educational resources, outreach programming, and training opportunities for industry partners and the boating community to influence safe, secure, and responsible boating.
The gold standard in any paddlesports education is the American Canoe Association (ACA).
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona, a community based organization comprised of parents, health and safety professionals and business leaders, exists to provide a forum to prevent fatal and non-fatal drownings through the promotion of education, legislative action and enhanced product safety.