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

Tracey School for Sailing Instruction
908-821-SAIL
908-821-7245
sailtraceyschool@aol.com

Sailing on the Kathleen D was just a great time. I have very little
sailing experience and being at the helm in the middle of the night in 10
to fifteen foot seas was just an awesome experience. Maybe it is not what
mono-hullers would call real sailing but I also liked the part about
being dry and comfortable while sailing through severe rainy, cold and
generally ugly weather.

Excellent company, great food! If going to sea is always this much fun I
should have done it long ago!
Racking my brain and looking for some
less than perfect aspect of the trip I came up with: we ran low on beer
and had to drink vodka tonics or Jamesons.

So watch out for whales.

Mike Foley

Welcome to our Customers Page. Here is where we put in your pictures and words describing your experiences with either our sailing school or sails on board the Kathleen D. Please feel free to email me your shots and words and we'll post them. Once again thank you to all of our students, customers, Captains and crew. We are growing our programs steadily from pleasure sailing on the bay to basic through advanced off shore sailing courses. We strive to continue to bring every one of you the best possible sailing experiences we can.

"Here's to the Captain and Crew and the fine job they do,
And to the boat that keeps them afloat
On the wild and windy sea!"
(Capt. Ralph and Arlene's toast heard on occassion on board the Kathleen D)

Captain Tracey

Captain Ralph

Miguel and Seeley

Hybrid Boat Puppy
Half dog and half carrying case.

Guy

The Michelin Tire Man resting...
Gotta trust your crew!

De-icing windows
December-Chesapeake Bay

Dave S. and First Mate Arlene

Dave and Mike

Capt. Ralph gluing the boat back together after the whale strike.

Koz and Maurice
Buzzards Bay

Thanks again for the opportunity to join your delivery trip on the Kathleen D. The trip provided the kind of real world sailing experience you just can't get day sailing around a calm bay. Negotiating with shipping traffic, navigating the ICW, surfing down waves at 16+ knots or finding a spot to anchor at night are the kind of sailing skills you seldom get to practice until you own a boat. Did I forget to mention the twelve foot seas? Two hundred plus miles in twenty four hours was made easy by the knowledge and experience of Ralph, Arlene and yourself. Getting a chance to share the ride with like minded fellow sailors made it fun as well.

Dave Snyder