The Team

Owner, Instructor, Captain

Longtime sailor, beginning at age four, happy to be afloat in anything from dinghies to ocean cruisers
US Coast Guard licensed 100 Ton Captain and ASA Sailing Instructor; teaches to ASA’s Bareboat Cruising, Catamaran, Navigation and Docking endorsements.
Two years as a live-aboard sail-cruiser with wife and four children, ranging as far north as Newfoundland Canada and south to the Virgin Islands. 12,000 miles of family cruising and home-schooling.
Retired US Navy Commander, served 21 years as a Navy helicopter pilot; qualified shipboard Officer of the Deck.
Trailer-sailor & cruiser, 11 years with a 21′ pocket cruiser from Key West to California to the Chesapeake Bay (infant included)
Racing experience, around the buoys or overnight / offshore. Loves to play with spinnakers.
Jeff enjoys teaching others how to sail in a relaxed, family style.

Instructor, Captain

Life-long sailor, sailing dingies, beach catamarans, racers, cruisers, and cruising catamarans.
Licensed Coast Guard Captain, 100 Ton Master with sailing and commercial towing endorsements.
ASA instructor since 2007, certified to teach 101-105
Sailboat racing beach catamarans through 40’ one deigns
Charter fishing Captain for over 10 Years, and mate for 20
Operator of Commercial Marine Assistance vessels
A genuine love for teaching sailing! When not on the water with students, you will find him sailing around Solomons aboard is Oday 34, C²
Avid Bay fisherman…yes, you CAN fish from a sailboat!

Founder, Instructor and Charter Broker

Grew up boating on the Chesapeake Bay, sailing since age ten;
Retired US Navy Captain, served 24 years as a Naval Flight Officer, Navigator and Oceanographer/Meteorologist;
US Coast Guard licensed captain and ASA Sailing Instructor; teaches up to ASA’s Advanced Coastal Cruising standard and Docking and Weather Endorsements.
Over 35 years experience in a wide range of power and sailing vessels;
Instructed sailing in Pensacola, Monterey, Chesapeake Bay, and Naples Italy; BVI, SVI, Windward and Leeward Islands;
Vice President of AlloraMare, Inc. marine services corporation;
President of the Solomons Business Association, 2011-2014;
Founder of Sail Solomons Sailing School and Yacht Charters; co-owner of Kinetic Sailing consultants;
Awarded ASA Outstanding Instructor for 2009, 2011 – 2014;
Charter Broker for multiple bareboat charter companies;
Lisa’s specialties include bareboat charter planning, navigation and marine meteorology.

Founder, Instructor

Native of England, trained by the Royal Yachting Association;
Retired Royal Air Force Wing Commander with 33 years in Her Majesty’s Service;
US Coast Guard Captain and ASA Sailing Instructor with over 25 years experience; teaches up to ASA’s Advanced Coastal Cruising standard and Docking Endorsement.
Served as Director of Marine Services for the Washington Sailing Marina; and Fleet Manager for Let’sGoCruising.com Solomons base and Sail Solomons base, 2006-2014;
President of AlloraMare, Inc. marine services corporation;
Founder of Sail Solomons Sailing School and Yacht Charters; co-owner of Kinetic Sailing consultants;
Instructed sailing in Italy, Newport RI, Washington D.C., Annapolis and Solomons Island; BVI, SVI, Windward and Leeward Islands;
Awarded ASA Outstanding Instructor for 2007, 2009 – 2014;
Andy specializes in dockmanship and taking your sailing to the next level.

Instructor-Captain(s)

ASA-certified sailing instructor, with USCG Masters license (Tom & Beth)
Full time live aboard their Irwin 43, Ancora Qui currently in Solomons Island,
Tom is a lifelong sailor, and Beth started sailing when they met. After a career as physical therapist, they began the cruising lifestyle in Summer of 2022.
Tom & Beth plan to spend summers on the Chesapeake, and winters someplace warm.

Instructor-Captain

ASA-certified sailing instructor, with USCG Masters license.
Raised in Maine, began sailing at the age of 9, “still learning”, and loves to get on the water every opportunity.
Retired from the US Navy, where he served as a Helicopter Pilot, and instructor.
20+ years racing his Tartan Pride P270, Wicked Good, with family and crew on the Chesapeake and Patuxent River as a member of Southern Maryland Sailing Association (SMSA). Also enjoys small-boat racing, and has raced his Buccaneer 18 and has trailered from Maine to Florida to sail it.
President and long time board member of Souther Maryland Sailing Foundation, a nonprofit, whose mission is to make sailing accessible to youth an the community. The foundation is the organization behind Sailing Center Chesapeake, the High School sailing program in St. Mary’s county.

Instructor-Captain

ASA-certified sailing instructor, with USCG Master 500T, All Oceans, and 5000hp Dedicated Duty Engineer.
Grew up sailing on the Great Lakes in a multi-generational sailing family.
Began Sailing full time professionally after graduating BFA in Theatre Arts. Forty years on the water sailing Caribbean, Western Mediterranean, East Coast USA, Bahamas & Capetown. Thousands of miles sailing coastal, offshore, and transatlantic.
Founder and President of DAMSEL MARINE SERVICES in Stuart Florida. Sails on numerous kinds of vessels in many locations. Focused on conducting offshore yachts safely and efficiently to new destinations.
Happily owns a Compact 19 for 20 years, and restoring a classic Tartan 27
Successfully kept Jeff Carlsen out of trouble (no easy task) since 7th grade.