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Captains Ed & Debbie
Helping you and those you care for
stay safe on the water.
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Learn About Sailing Things
Arizona Boat Captains, LLC. dba Boat Capt Ed
About Us
Licensed Coast Guard Captains with 25 years of boating education, training and coaching expertise.
Capt Ed Huntsman, USCG (Ret)
Licensed Coast Guard Captain with sailing and assistance towing endorsements.
ASA certified basic keel boat sailing instructor.
US Powerboat certified instructor for Safe Powerboat Handling course.
Sailing & power boat instruction / coaching on your boat.
California state boating safety education course provider.
Capt Debbie Huntsman, USCG AUX (Ret)
Licensed Coast Guard Captain.
US Sailing certified sailing instructor.
Creator of L.A.S.T. - Learn About Sailing Things
Sailing & power boat instruction / coaching on your boat.
California state boating safety education course provider.
Your fun and safety on the water is our goal.
- Recreational boating safety consulting, education and instruction.
- On the water instruction on your boat or a Tumbleweed Sailing boat in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Information on NASBLA approved boating safety education courses conducted on the water and in the classroom.
Need a California boater education card?
Lower your insurance expense! Capt Ed & Capt Debbie can provide a private or group classroom course for your California boater education card! Contact us for details via email at CaptEd@BoatCaptEd.com
About Us
Capt Ed Huntsman
Sailing & Powerboat Instruction or coaching for men, women and teenagers 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 or coaching on power and sail boat operation as well as inland, near coastal and off-shore water safety.
Capt Debbie Huntsman
Women - prefer to learn or get coaching from a woman? Sailing & Powerboat Instruction for women by a woman with more than 20 years experience of providing on-water and in classroom boating safety instruction. 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 also founded WOWZR! (Women on Water Arizona Regatta) held at Lake Pleasant, Arizona
Nationally certified woman instructor
Debbie is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed Captain
and a U.S. Sailing certified instructor.
L.A.S.T. (Learn About Sailing Things) Coaching or instruction - your choice!
L.A.S.T. training seminars are offered by Debbie to provide specific hands-on instruction and information to women only classes. Contact Debbie directly for more information on the next L.A.S.T. (email info below).
Nationally certified and experienced instructors that will help you operate your boat safely with confidence. Offshore, near coastal cruising or inland on Lake Pleasant north of Phoenix on your boat, or a boat from Tumbleweed Sailing,
East Coast affiliate in Ohiopyle, PA
Nationally certified instructors and longtime paddlesports, rafting and powerboat instructors and consultants:
CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
Boating and Water Safety Consultants
Virgil H. Chambers
Pam Dillion
email: vhchambers@aol.com
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Maintain a proper lookout through S.C.A.N.
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/
Check out these quick videos!
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
Powerboat Handling Instruction or Coaching
Certified Instructor
- This 16-hour hands-on, on-the-water course is for anyone who wants to learn how to safely operate a small motorboat and improve their boat handling skills.
- The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) have approved this course and an increasing number of states have recognized it as meeting their requirements for a State Boating Education Certificate.
US Sailing Safety at Sea Course Information
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.
About Us
Boating safety links
California boating safety information
Arizona boating safety information
Learn more about Federal requirements and general boating safety here
Arizona boating safety information
California boating safety information
Arizona boating safety information
Need to know Arizona information? Click below!
https://www.azgfd.com/Boating/
Additional information and access to FREE boating safety education courses at https://www.boatus.org/free/
California boating safety information
California boating safety information
California boating safety information
Need to know California information? Click below!
https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=28731
*As of January 1, 2021, if you're 40 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.
More Info!
National Women's Sailing Association
National Women's Sailing Association
National Women's Sailing Association
U.S. Sailing
National Women's Sailing Association
National Women's Sailing Association
American Sailing Association (ASA)
National Women's Sailing Association
American Sailing Association (ASA)
Your key to world-wide cruising education.
https://asa.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvtWGq9XY5QIV4SCtBh1tjAibEAAYASAAEgKOkPD_BwE
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Safer boating through education
Arizona's leading water safety advocates
Safer boating through 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.
https://www.safeboatingcouncil.org
Additional informational link:
American Canoe Association
Arizona's leading water safety advocates
Safer boating through education
The gold standard in any paddlesports education is the American Canoe Association (ACA), found here:
Arizona's leading water safety advocates
Arizona's leading water safety advocates
Arizona's leading water safety advocates
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.