Our Captain and Technical training offers our students who are already boat owners a chance to learn on their own boats with a licensed captain or marine industry professional. The opportunity to learn on your own vessel will prove to be an invaluable tool in gaining skill and knowledge. For our classes on the water, sail trim, chart reading, navigation, heavy weather sailing, docking and anchoring are but a few of the topics that will be covered. Our industry professionals will be available for classes in marine electronics, engine systems and maintenance, etc.
Meet our Captains:
Diane DeWitte
Advanced American Sailing Instructor
US Sailing Certified Bareboat Instructor
PADI Dive Master
At the age of 7 Diane was helping her big brother build their first Sailboat in their garage. She began her boating and sailing actives on the Finger Lakes of Upstate New York. At the age of 23 she made her first offshore cruise from Fiji to Sydney, Australia and decided to make sailing (her passion) her work. Since then she has cruised the South Pacific, Asia from Indonesia through the South China Seas, and up the Malacca Straits to Thailand.
After spending a year working for Annapolis Sailing School in Maryland, she found her way back to the west coast and is now teaching and delivering boats up and down the coast from Baja, Mexico to Seattle, WA. She is an Advanced American Sailing Instructor, a US Sailing Certified Bareboat Instructor, and PADI Dive Master.
She found her way to Dream Catcher Yachts after numerous requests from her students to help them find the right boat!
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