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! (Just a few more weeks and we will set our summer schedule for NJ and our spring coastal passage courses. Baby- it's cold outside... in NJ... so hang in there a little longer and we'll help you shake the winter blues thinking of warm breezes and long days... or just come to Florida now when it is like summer in winter!)
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. Click Here to See More
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. 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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American Sailing Association Keelboats and Cruising Catamarans From the basics to advanced cruising-Tracey School teaches you how to safely enjoy the sport of sailing using the American Sailing Association Instructional Program The worldwide recognized authority in Sailing Certification.
"Tracey School / Seaduced- ASA Certified Instruction" Tracey School has partnered with Seaduced Watercraft Adventures 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 Watercraft Adventures 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, Tracey School / Seaduced 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!
Florida
Winter 2011/2012:
For the winter of 2012 we will be teaching ASA-101, ASA-103, ASA-104, ASA-106 and ASA-114 from our home base in Bradenton, Florida. We partner with Seaduced Water Sports our local ASA affiliate for our Basic Keelboat Sailing (ASA-101) Course. We provide you an optional ASA-103 Basic Coastal Cruising Course on either a mono-hull or catamaran. We teach the intermediate (ASA-104 Bareboat Charter Certification), Advanced Coastal Cruising (ASA-106) and the Cruisng Catamaran Course (ASA-114) on our Maine Cat 41.
We offer liveaboard accomodations on the cat while taking your courses at our luxury resort- Twin Dolphin Marina in downtown Bradenton.
Located just off of Tampa Bay on the Manatee River we are in the heart of Floridas best cruising area for sail boats.
We are offering our "winter" courses December - May in Florida. We will post dates regularly or give us a call and we can build a course or a series of courses for you.
Summer in winter... Florida... Tracey School... Learn to Sail!
