Instructor
Steve joined the Berkeley instructor team in 2021 and is USCG licensed captain and certified ASA Instructor. He began sailing at age 8 with his family in Southern California and progressed to his first Pacific crossing by age 16. Steve raced in high school and college and has sailed more than 15,000 offshore miles between California, Mexico, and Hawaii.
Steve’s love of fishing, sailing, and adventuring have fueled many years of exploration along the California coastline, the Channel Islands, and bareboating trips among in the British Virgin Islands, West Indies, and Belize.
His on-the-water passions include helping people new to boating to become competent and comfortable enjoying the water and the sport of sailing!