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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 inclusivity, guiding new sailors with dedication and expertise across 28 cities, 16 states, and 3 countries.

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 Instructors.

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 all.

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 good at it.

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, California since 1984.

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 classes that following week!

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 Charters.

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 belt and he’s still sailing all the time.

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 ever since.

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 Florida. Pearce soon found his groove and realized he could be more than a part time instructor and took the plunge, starting his own sailing school!

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 kept on sailing. By the time he hit his teens, he would be on a boat nearly every day.

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 downwind in Everglades National Park using a garbage bag as a sail”

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 small lake of his hometown. A self-described sailing addict, Sullivan lived for sailing.