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Steve has been an active sailor and boat owner for the past 25 years. After a three decade career in commercial real estate, he began his encore career as a sailing instructor in 2012. He is qualified to teach all US Sailing classes from Basic Keelboat through Coastal Passage Making. Steve holds a 50 ton Masters license from the US Coast Guard. He also works as an Instructor Trainer for US Sailing coaching other sailing instructors on best practices for teaching on the water skills.

Steve has completed over 15,000 miles on the ocean as a sailing skipper. Significant passages include San Francisco to New Zealand in 2006 with his wife Valerie aboard their Waterline 45. This voyage was the start of a five year adventure in the South Pacific and Asia. He has also completed the 2,100 nautical mile Singlehanded Transpac race from San Francisco to Kauai twice (2004 and 2014).

He currently sails a Swedish built 30’ Albin Ballad berthed in Sausalito which he is preparing for more blue water adventures.