www.traceyschool.com ASA Sailing Instruction for Keelboats and Catamarans located in NJ and FL

Winter 2011 / 2012 Courses:
We sail from Bradenton Florida on Tampa Bay.
The weather is warm, the sun is shining... c'mon down and have some fun while learning your sailing skills!

Starting Monday Feb 20, 2012 (boarding Sunday evening Feb 19)
Live Aboard:
ASA-104/114: Bareboat Charter Certification & Cruising Catamaran
Bradenton, FL
Dual certification live aboard course on our 41' crusing catamaran Kathleen D. All fees and provisions included. 3 nights and days. $995* per person / $895* for returning customers and 2nd / 3rd person in groups or couples. Come enjoy sunny Florida and the excellent cruising on Tampa Bay and the Gulf while earning these ASA certifications.
(* plus 6.5% FL sales tax)

We also offer:
Mentoring Program for Tracey School Students
On weekdays you can rent our 22 foot Seaward for half day sail with an instructor. Come back with your class-mates, family or friends and hone you new skills with a licensed captain and ASA certified instructor.
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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 $120. You may take up to a maximum of three persons with you. Practice your newly acquired skills and build you sailing expertise.
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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.
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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.

Tracey School Group Page on Facebook

Facebook

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.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=91787283360

Tracey School is once again sailing from Keyport, NJ
Starting this spring our classroom and small boat operations will be located in Keyport, NJ.
Excessive traffic in Sandy Hook Bay (particularly on weekends) led us to re-think our move down there a few years ago for the basic courses and boat rentals. The sailing from Keyport is just as good and a lot less chaotic. The bulk of our customers come from the north and west, so it will shorten the trip to our school for the vast majority of our students. We are now just a short cab ride from NJ Transit stations in Matawan and Hazlet on the North Jersey Coast Line.
Starting in May we'll be sailing our small boats from Brown's Point Marina 357 West Front St. Keyport, NJ 07735.
Our larger boat courses will continue to sail from Monmouth Cove Marina in Port Monmouth and our catamaran Kathleen D will continue to sail from Sandy Hook Bay Marina in Highlands.