Curtis Collins
Head Sailing
Instructor
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Our head instructor, Curtis Collins, has
been an ASA Instructor since 1994. Curtis has cruised and
raced extensively in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida,
and the Caribbean. He holds a USCG 50-Ton Masters License
and is an ASA Instructor Evaluator.
Curtis' sailing experience covers a wide range of vessels
from small dinghies to traditional sailing ships of over 200
feet and just about everything in between.
In 2001 Curtis began to fulfill his goal of devoting more
time to sailing. He took a leave-of-absence from his role
as a partner in a consulting firm and he and his wife Sandy
left on their first extended cruise. From 2002 through 2004
they did many shorter cruises in the waters of Southwest Florida
and then departed on another extended cruise in 2005.
Their 2005 cruise took them from Texas to Florida and then
on to the Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys, Bahamas, Jamaica, and
the Bay Islands. They ended their 2005 Caribbean cruise in
Belize and set about establishing a business there. The result
was a partnership with Belize Sailing Charters that created
the first, and only, American Sailing Association (ASA) affiliated
sailing school in Belize.
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