Coastal Passage Dates confirmed- Florida to NY/NJ May 4-6 Bradenton to Miami ASA-104/114
May 7-10 Miami to Morehead City, NC
ASA-104 or 106 / 114 May 11-15 Morehead City to Highlands, NJ ASA-104 or 106 / 114 (This leg is sold out)
2012 Courses:
Florida: We sail from Bradenton, FL year round. Please call to schedule your course. New Jersey: ASA-101 Basic Keelboat
May 11-13
May 25-27
June 8-10
June 22-24
July 6-9
July 27-29
August and Sept. Dates TBA
ASA-103 Basic Coastal Cruising
June 11-12
July 9-11
ASA-104 / 114 Bareboat Charter Certification / Cruising Catamaran June 25-27 July 23-25 August 13-15
Training Boat Rentals (summers in NJ)
Once you have successfully completed your ASA-101 Basic Keelboat course you can rent our 22 ft. Seaward Sloop for a half day (4 hours) for $135. You may take up to a maximum of three persons with you. Practice your newly acquired skills and build you sailing expertise. Click Here to See More
Custom Private Sailing Programs for your family, friends and groups Get a friend, group or the family together and schedule private instruction using the same ASA program at everyday sailing school prices. Give us a call to discuss your Private sailing course. Click Here to See More
Meet the Crew Captain Frank has been sailing since 1983, when he had the notion that sailing might be fun. Never having sailed before in his life, he read a book or two on the subject and purchased his first sailboat, a new O’Day 225. That personal experience is what prompted him twenty years later to become an ASA instructor.“I learned the hard way...through trial and error and that could be dangerous!” says Frank. He started sailing professionally in 2003 after attaining his Captain’s license and starting Charter Sails, a sailing charter company. Frank loves the thrill of sailing and the whole idea of you, the boat and mother nature working together. He wanted to share that thrill with others so he became an ASA Basic Keelboat Instructor in 2005 and started working for the Tracey School.He soon became qualified in Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Charting, Coastal Navigation, Advanced Coastal Cruising and Cruising Catamaran. “Now,” says Frank, “I get the privilege of sharing that experience with others and instructing them to be capable, safe and confident sailors.
Captain Tracey is a USCG licensed Master Mariner and certified ASA instructor for all courses taught at the Tracey School. He also happens to be the namesake for our little sailing fun-house.
"I've been sailing longer than I care to remember." is his standard response when asked, but almost three decades spent on the water are an asset in our business.
"Experience is the best teacher- has been the Tracey School modus-operandi since day one. Learn by doing. In conjunction with a proven structured curriculum, good instructors and equipment mixed in with some fun, sailing can be easy, safe and entertaining. As it should be! I think we get it right most of the time and are fortunate to have such a competent staff."
Along with owning and overseeing the Tracey School, the captain also operates the Kathleen D and Idylwild Sailing Charter Catamarans in New Jersey and Florida. He and his wife Kathleen, along with two cats, live in both states as they chase the "Endless Summer" sailing seasons up and down the east coast of America.
Captain Andrew Seligman actively partakes in racing and cruising sail boats, teaching sailing for American Sailing Association schools, and teaching sailing to new sailors at his sailing club.Andrew also instructs students to get their United States Coast Guard licenses.
Andrew has several licenses and certifications including various ASA Standard student certifications, and ASA Instructor certifications.Andrew has a USCG Masters license with commercial towing and sailing endorsements. Boating since he was eight years old and sailing for 13 years; “I was introduced to the sea before I could walk,” Andrew says, whose grandparents and uncles were avid sailors.
Andrew is also an environmental scientist working for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spending some of his time working to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
Thanks to Dave Snyder for the terrific videos shot during our Passage Courses! Scroll down for a Florida West Coast video shot last spring.
Tracey School has started a Facebook Group to facilitate sharing sailing experiences. We are just getting started with it so stop by, join and add some content.
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ASA-104 / 114 Bareboat Charter / Cruising Catamaran
Sandy Hook Bay Marina
1 Willow Street
Highlands, NJ 07732 Map
Florida: All Courses
Twin Dolphin Marina
1000 1st Ave. West
Bradenton, FL 34205 Map
I get asked alot: Why different sailing locations in New Jersey?
For starters- all of these locations lie within 10 minutes of each other (if you know the back roads!)
Our 101 boat is on the Navesink River which is conducive to teaching a sailing fundamentals course and to the size of the vessel.
For 103 we move you up into a 34ft. Catalina. Her harbor is very protected yet opens directly onto the larger and scenic Raritan Bay / Lower New York Harbor.
Lastly we teach the bulk of our 104 /114 liveaboard courses on the Kathleen D catamaran. With her 47 ft. overall length and 23ft beam you cannot just park her in any old place. Her location is the busiest and complex of our three locations- as befits an intermediate level course.
Besides all that- do you want to keep going back to the same location as you progress through your ASA classes or see something new and encounter fresh challenges?
Sailing is about the journey- not the destination. See you this summer "Down the Shore"
Sail America!
Summer 2012 Seaduced / Tracey School in New Jersey moves to Rumson
Starting this summer our new marina for ASA-101 Basic Keelboat instruction will be Barnacle Bills in Rumson.
We are extremely pleased to be teaching basic sailing on the very beautiful and safe Navesink River. Barnacle Bills provides us instant access to our sailing waters without extended trips in and out of channels and harbors. The conditions are better suited to beginner sailors and the afternoon seabreeze makes for good sailing conditions. The marina is friendly and functional with the iconic Jersey Shore restaurant- Barnacle Bills- adjacent to it. Located in one of the prettiest locations on the eastern seaboard just 5 minutes from the Atlantic Beaches this location will provide a safer and more asthetically pleasing home for our Basic sailing instruction course. See you "Down the Shore" this summer!
"Seaduced / Tracey School- ASA Certified Instruction" Tracey School has partnered with Seaduced Marine Institute for Year round Sailing Instruction in New York Metro and Tampa Bay, FL! ASA-101 / 103 / 104 / 105 / 107 / 108 / 114 / 117 / 118
From Basic Sailing to Coastal & Celestial Navigation, Advanced Coastal Sailing & Multiple day Passage Courses- Monohull and Multihull Sailboats, even Powerboat Handling!
Now we are in two great locations- with the best personnel and equipment.
Tracey School has announced it is partnering with Seaduced Marine Institute of Bradenton / Anna Maria Island, Florida to provide quality ASA instruction year round in southwest Florida and the Jersey Shore in sight of Manhattan!
Our locations along the Sun Coast bordering the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay are prime sailing country! The warm clean waters of the Gulf, Tampa Bay, and the Manatee river are pretty and friendly with countless destinations to explore. Abundant wildlife, picturesque anchorages, numerous urban ports to visit- Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Anna Maria Island, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Clearwater and on and on. It is sailing heaven!
Come learn to sail along Floridas beautiful Sun Coast. Whatever time of the year you choose to go, Seaduced / Tracey School will be there.
In the spring, summer and early autumn we also operate from Sandy Hook/Highlands, NJ- where the real Jersey Shore begins (unlike the TV version). Just 15 miles to the southwest of Manhattan the sailing is exceptional in these waters. From breathtaking views to countless anchorages, the most exciting passages to be found in America- through the heart of New York and the gateway to the world famous Northeast US sailing destinations. Oceans, bays, sounds, rivers remote anchorages and pulsing urban environments. You want it, this area has it- May thru September.
Finally- if you want to really learn how to cruise- take our Coastal Passage Courses between NJ and FL! We offer multiple day live aboard courses along the Atlantic Seaboard, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways. These courses teach you how to negotiate the complexities of the ocean and ICW routes and the all important weather!. Learn where and how to make the most traveled passage in sailing!
