Instruction or Coaching!
Your boating safety training & information resource!
Captains Debbie & Ed
Helping you and those you care for
stay safe on the water.
Home of L.A.S.T.
(Learn About Sailing Things)™
About Us
Licensed Coast Guard Captains with 25 years of boating education, training and coaching expertise.
Capt Debbie Huntsman, USCG AUX (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)™
Immediate Past President
National Women's Sailing Association.
Capt Ed Huntsman, USCG (Ret)
Recreational Boating Safety Program Manager
Eighth Coast Guard District (Ret)
Arizona Game & Fish Department
Education Branch Program Manager (Ret)
Licensed Coast Guard Captain with sailing and assistance towing endorsements.
ASA certified basic keel boat sailing instructor.
US Sailing Safety at Sea course instructor.
US Powerboat certified instructor.
Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona Subject Matter Expert - Open Water
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?
A NASBLA and California state certified boater education card is now required for all California residents age 45 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
About Us
Capt Ed Huntsman
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 as well as inland, near coastal and off-shore water safety.
Capt Debbie Huntsman
Women - prefer to learn and get coaching from another woman? Capt Debbie has been providing sailing & powerboat Instruction for more than 20 years. She has experience providing on-water and in classroom boating safety instruction 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 also founded WOWZR! (Women on Water Arizona Regatta) held at Lake Pleasant, Arizona, north of Phoenix.
Nationally certified woman instructor
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.
East Coast Affiliate in Ohiopyle, PA
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
US Sailing Safety at Sea Course Information
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.
- Wonder what you would do if someone fell overboard from your boat?
- Do you have a plan to deal with heavy weather if you can’t reach a safe harbor?
- Are you interested in selecting the right emergency communications equipment or storm sails, but you’re not sure what to buy.
A US Sailing Sanctioned Safety at Sea Course will help you answer these questions and more!
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.™.
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.
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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
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. Both Capt Ed and Capt Debbie are current instructors and Moderators-in-training.
About Us
United States Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety information links
United States Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety information links
United States Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety information links
Arizona boating safety information
United States Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety information links
United States Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety information links
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/
California boating safety information
United States Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety information links
California boating safety information
*As of January 1, 2022, if you're 45 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.
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National Women's Sailing Association
National Women's Sailing Association
National Women's Sailing Association
Need to know more about women's sailing? Click on image for your link for information!
U.S. Sailing
National Women's Sailing Association
National Women's Sailing Association
Interested in learning more about US Sailing, education or Safety at Sea seminars & courses?
American Sailing Association (ASA)
National Women's Sailing Association
American Sailing Association (ASA)
Your key to world-wide cruising education.
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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.
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).
Arizona's leading water safety advocates
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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.