Basic Keelboat
Basic Coastal Cruising
Combined Intermediate
Private Lessons
 
CAPTAIN ANTHONY L. WALL
2731 Ocean Club Blvd. Ste. #207
Hollywood, Florida 33019
Tel: 954.923.4170
E -mail: tonywall@sailingventuresinc.com
 
An accomplished multi-talented individual with strong management, communication and motivational skills. Yacht delivery, (coastal and blue water) captained services (private, group and corporate), instruction
 
References from some of the world’s largest yacht charter companies.
Nationally recognized at the highest level for instructional excellence.
A world-ranked captain/tactician with successes in U.S. and international yacht races including the Havana Cup and Newport-Bermuda Race.
 
Experience
1999-Present President, Sailing Ventures Inc., Florida
Professional sailing instructor operating out of Fort Lauderdale and Miami bases with multiple teaching and captain assignments in Florida, the Florida Keys and the Bahamas. Vessels, both power (single and twin screw) and auxiliary-powered sailing yachts ranging from 34 to 55 feet.
 
Sailing Experience
2000-2001
  • 45’ sailing catamaran Key West-Miami-Marsh Abaco Delivery,
  • 413 Beneteau Miami-Key Largo Captain and Instructor
  • 37’ Trawler Powercat Twin screw Captain and Instructor
  • 32’ Hunter, Grand Bahama-Miami. Delivery. Single-handed ocean passage, hand-steered
  • 48’ Amel, Delivery Portland, Maine to Fort Lauderdale (1300 miles)
  • 38’ Baltic, Tactician, First in class, Newport Bermuda Race
 
1999-2000
  • Multiple captained and instructional assignments out of Fort Lauderdale and Miami; yachts 30-60 feet. Destinations: The Bahamas and the Florida Keys.

 
1993-1998
  • 41’ Hans Christian, Captain First in class, Harvest Moon Regatta (Galveston-Port Aransas)
  • 41’ Beneteau, Tactician Lake Texoma Race Series
  • 37’ Kirie, Tactician Fourth in class, Havana Cup (St. Petersburg-Havana)
  • Beneteau 445, Captain British Virgin Islands
  • J40, Captain Maine-Penobscot Bay
  • nautica fleet of 23-44’ sailing vessels, multiple captain/instructor assignments
  • Multiple charters in British Virgin Islands, Grenadines, eastern United States and Europe.
  • Beneteau 345, Captain US entry in the International Kornati Cup Dalmatian Coast of Yugoslavia
 
1992
  • Sailed Trans-Pacific: San Diego, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tonga, New Zealand
 
1988
  • Crewed aboard winning boat in the Annapolis-Bermuda Ocean Race
 
Qualifications
  • US Coast Guard Master’s License to 100 tons with towing and sailing endorsements.
  • American Sailing Association Advanced Instructor with ten degrees through Advanced Coastal Cruising
  • 1994 ASA Instructor of the Year.
 
Additional Interests
  • Teaching astronomy
  • International travel
 
Education
BA Economics Birmingham University, England