Your boating safety training & information resource!

Your boating safety training & information resource! Your boating safety training & information resource! 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)™

Arizona Boat Captains, LLC. dba Boat Capt Ed

Your boating safety training & information resource!

Your boating safety training & information resource! Your boating safety training & information resource! 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)™

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 Debbie Huntsman

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.


Capt Ed Huntsman

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.

Find out more

Your fun and safety on the water is our goal.

  • Recreational boating safety consulting, education and  instruction.
  • Just need a brush up? We offer on the water instruction or coaching on your boat anywhere, 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?

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

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, no matter inland, near coastal or 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 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!

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. 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.

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.

  1. Wonder what you would do if someone fell overboard from your boat?
  2. Do you have a plan to deal with heavy weather if you can’t reach a safe harbor?
  3. 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 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.

Site Content

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!

US Sailing's Safety at Sea courses (This is what we do)

https://youtu.be/iVg30O6U4a4


Overview of a Safety at Sea / ISAF Course

https://youtu.be/PrS1q1Vo9mI


New life jacket Labeling information:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x792bbd 


Cold Water Bootcamp

https://vimeo.com/4534662


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

https://youtu.be/C6W7HBAQvOE


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.

Contact us!

email CaptEd@BoatCaptEd.com

Arizona Boat Captains, LLC

dba Boat Capt Ed


Call Capt Ed (602) 363-9395, Capt Debbie (623) 780-8787 or Bruce at Tumbleweed Sailing (602) 491-1166

AZ Boat Captains - Boating Education Professionals

Tumbleweed Sailing, 8708 West Harbor Boulevard, Peoria, Arizona 85383, United States

email: CaptEd@BoatCaptEd.com for more information! We will get back to you quickly.

Hours

By appointment


Boating Information Links

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

Learn more about Federal requirements and general boating safety here.

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, 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.

More Info!

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!


Click here for information on NWSA's Adventure Sail® for girls and young women.


U.S. Sailing

National Women's Sailing Association

National Women's Sailing Association

Interested in learning more about US Sailing, sailing education or Safety at Sea seminars & courses? US Sailing is your one-stop shop!

American Sailing Association (ASA)

National Women's Sailing Association

American Sailing Association (ASA)

ASA offers a variety of courses ranging from beginner to advanced world-wide cruising education.



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.

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

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.

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