Captain Penny currently holds a USCG Charter Captain’s License, and is certified by the American Sailing Association to instruct:

• Basic Keelboat (101)

Captain Dave holds a USCG Master’s License and is certified by the American Sailing Association to teach:  

• Basic Keelboat (101)
• Coastal Cruising (103)
• Bareboat Chartering (104)
• Coastal Navigation (105)
• Advanced Coastal Cruising (106)
• Ocean Passage Making (108)
• Catamaran (114)
• Dinghy and Outboard Endorsement (116)
• Basic Celestial Navigation Endorsement (117)
• Docking Endorsement (118)
• Weather Endorsement (119)
• Radar Endorsement (120)
• Master Instructor / Instructor Evaluator (211)

Captain Bill spent many years in the US Navy and has had the opportunity to sail in many different locations around the world. After many years in the corporate world, he has returned to the world of sailing. Bill is also the manager of R&R Sailing School – North, located on Lake Eire. He currently is certified by the American Sailing Association to teach:  

• Basic Keelboat (101)
• Coastal Cruising (103)
• Bareboat Cruising (104)
• Coastal Navigation (105)
• Advanced Coastal Cruising (106)
• Docking Endorsement (118)
• Master Instructor / Instructor Evaluator (211)

Captain Michele Drostin has been an avid boater her whole life. She spent 2.5 years living on a 50-foot ketch, sailing from Chicago to the Bahamas with her family. As an adult, Michele took any opportunity to keep up her skills, from teaching sailing in the Keys on Lasers and Flying Scots to volunteering for the Coast Guard Auxiliary on the Outer Banks. Since moving to the Eastern Shore, Michele has been training volunteer crew for the Skipjack Nathan, a volunteer-run skipjack in Cambridge, MD. Michele holds a USCG Masters license with sailing endorsement. She is certified to teach:  

• Basic Keelboat (101)
• Coastal Cruising (103)
• Bareboat Cruising (104)

Captain Marty retired from the US Navy and recently retired after many years in the corporate world. He has now embarked on his third career, sailing. He annually charters a sailboat to travel throughout the Caribbean. He sailed Barnegat Bay, NJ for 8 years, then purchased a 27′ sailboat and sailed the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay for 10 years. Captain Marty has since upgraded to a 38′ sailboat and is moving to Kent Island, where he intends to spend more time on the water, enjoying sailing and family time. He is a licensed USCG Captain and is certified by the American Sailing Association to teach:  

• Basic Keelboat (101)
• Coastal Cruising (103)
• Bareboat Cruising (104)

Captain Truc Duc just started sailing in the summer of 2020 by taking sailing lessons from R&R, but got hooked on the lifestyle immediately. The lifestyle must have embraced him as well, since a lucky breeze brought him his own 40′ sailboat this past fall. He plans to go as far as his imagination and seamanship will take him with dreams of one day sailing to Antarctica. He currently holds a USCG license. He is certified by the to teach:  

• Basic Keelboat (101)
• Coastal Cruising (103)
• Bareboat Cruising 104

Ti Zhang stepped aboard a sailboard in the spring of 2019 and immediately became hooked. She has sailed in the Caribbean, on the lower Hudson River and New York Harbor as well as the Chesapeake Bay. She has a love of the ocean and enjoys learning. She began teaching basic sailing for her local sailing club. She is currently certified to teach:  

• Basic Keelboat (101)
• Coastal Cruising (103)
• Bareboat Cruising (104)
• Docking Endorsement (118)