Learn to sail the Florida Keys with Captain Jenn, voted “2009 Outstanding Instructor” by the ASA, American Sailing Association

About The Captains

She specializes in women’s, couples and youth sailing programs. She worked as a captain with the Boy Scouts of America for ten years in their live aboard sailing adventure program (Florida National High Adventure Sea Base) and has lived aboard her own boat for 12 years. She has been featured in different articles and magazines including Latitude and Attitude, La Vie Claire, Waterfront News, Bearings and is also featured in a coffee table book called Women and the Sea.

Jenn has extensive coastal and blue-water sailing experience, including an Atlantic Ocean crossing in 2006. She has also sailed in the Chesapeake Bay, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Jenn is fluent in French, English, and Spanish and enjoys singing and playing guitar.

CAPTAIN JEFF RIECKS
Captain Jeff Riecks is a certified ASA instructor and currently holds a US Coast Guard 50-ton Near Coastal Master’s license with Sailing and Towing Endorsements. He has been working as a sailing educator and charter/private yacht captain since 2001. Prior to becoming a professional mariner Jeff spent many years in the corporate world as a mechanical engineer and manager in the government electronics, computers and information technology industries.

Jeff has taught basic, intermediate and advanced sailing and cruising to hundreds of adults and children and received the “2005 Outstanding Instructor” award from the American Sailing Association. In addition to sailing, Jeff enjoys playing acoustic guitar, reading, and working on electro-mechanical boat systems.

CAPTAIN EDANA LONG
Captain Edana Long is a certified ASA Instructor and holds a US Coast Guard 50-Ton Master's License with Sailing and Towing Endorsements. She owns and operates a marina in North Carolina and specializes in teaching couples and women's sailing courses. Edana also works as a yacht delivery captain and has logged thousands of blue water miles in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean and Pacific oceans.

Edana is a certified yoga instructor and enjoys running and kayaking. Before becoming a captain Edana was a professional Landscape Designer and Horticulturist.