USCG Auxilary Coxswain (Ret).
Licensed Coast Guard Captain.
US Sailing certified sailing instructor.
US Sailing Safety at Sea course instructor.
Creator of L.A.S.T. (Learn About Sailing Things)™
Past President, National Women's Sailing Association.
US Coast Guard, (Retired)
US Powerboat certified instructor.
US Sailing Safety at Sea course instructor.
ASA certified basic keel boat sailing instructor.
Arizona Game & Fish Department Education Branch Program Manager (Ret).
Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona Subject Matter Expert - Open Water
Recreational Boating Safety Program Manager, Eighth Coast Guard District (Ret).
Licensed Coast Guard Captain with sailing and assistance towing endorsements.
Effective January 1, 2023 a NASBLA and California state certified boater education card is required for all California residents age 50 and under boating in California. The course is availablie online or through Capt Debbie & Capt Ed who can provide a guided private or group classroom (home study) course for your California boater education card! Contact us for details via email at CaptEd@BoatCaptEd.com
Sailing & Powerboat Instruction or coaching by an experienced professional with more than 25 years experience in providing curriculum development, course review, skills based on-water and knowledge based classroom instruction and coaching on power and sail boat operation, no matter inland, near coastal or off-shore water safety.
Women - prefer to learn and get coaching from another woman? Capt Debbie has been providing sailing & powerboat Instruction for more than 20 years to women and men. She has experience providing both on-water and in classroom boating safety instruction for power boats, sail boats and paddle-craft. And Capt Debbie created L.A.S.T (Learn About Sailing Things)™ exclusively for women. She has extensive inland, coastal, near-coastal, off-shore and international on-the-water cruising and racing experience and is an excellent resource for women sailors. Capt Debbie founded WOWZR! (Women on Water Arizona Regatta) held at Lake Pleasant, Arizona, north of Phoenix.
Need information about the National Women's Sailing Association's Adventure Sail® for girls and young women that otherwise wouldn't be exposed to sailing? Contact Debbie!
Capt Debbie is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed Captain, a U.S. Sailing certified instructor and a US Sailing Safety at Sea moderator-in-training. She is an excellent and experienced sailing instructor and coach that helps new, or not-so-new sailors improve their skill set and the performance of their boats.
Nationally certified instructors and longtime paddlesports, rafting and powerboat instructors and boating safety consultants:
CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
Boating and Water Safety Consultants
Virgil H. Chambers
Pam Dillon
email vhchambers@aol.com
Have you ever wondered why take a US Sailing Safety at Sea course? Courses are available both in-person and online, to prepare you for coastal or offshore cruising and racing.
A US Sailing Sanctioned Safety at Sea Course will help you answer these questions and more!
L.A.S.T.™ training seminars are offered by Capt Debbie to provide specific hands-on instruction and information to women only classes. Contact Capt Debbie directly for more information on the next L.A.S.T.™.
Nationally certified and experienced instructors that will help you operate your boat safely with confidence. Offshore, near coastal cruising or inland on your boat, or a boat from Tumbleweed Sailing at Lake Pleasant, north of Phoenix.
The BEST way to maintain a proper lookout to avoid on-water mishaps through S.C.A.N.
Click here: https://www.boatus.org/findings/56/
US Sailing's Safety at Sea courses (This is what we do)
Overview of a Safety at Sea / ISAF Course
New life jacket Labeling information:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x792bbd
Cold Water Bootcamp
Lethal Loophole
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JbaTyDqitSM
Almost a Perfect Day
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKMyr16FZ8
SPLASH! Boating Safely in Arizona
Contact us for information and details on the US Sailing Safety at Sea course offerings - both online and hands-on. Or review the online details on US Sailing's website. Both Capt Ed and Capt Debbie are current instructors.
Need to know Arizona information?
https://www.azgfd.com/Boating/
Additional information and access to FREE boating safety education courses at https://www.boatus.org/free/
*As of January 1, 2023, if you're 50 years old or under and not qualified for an exemption, you must have a California Boater Card in your possession to operate a power vessel in California waters.
More info? Click Here.
Need to know more about women's sailing? Click on image for your link for information!
Click here for information on NWSA's Adventure Sail® for girls and young women.
Interested in learning more about US Sailing, sailing education or Safety at Sea seminars & courses? US Sailing is your one-stop shop!
ASA offers a variety of courses ranging from beginner to advanced world-wide cruising education.
Founded in 1958, the National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) serves as a national catalyst for developing a safe boating culture by providing educational resources, outreach programming, and training opportunities for industry partners and the boating community to influence safe, secure, and responsible boating.
The gold standard in any paddlesports education is the American Canoe Association (ACA).
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona, a community based organization comprised of parents, health and safety professionals and business leaders, exists to provide a forum to prevent fatal and non-fatal drownings through the promotion of education, legislative action and enhanced product safety.