Jeff and Jean About Us
Team Jeff & Jean Resumes and Credentials
Jeff grew up sailing in the Florida Keys and the Bahamas and learned to visually pick through reefs before learning to drive a car. Jeff has been actively sailing over 45 years and as captain since the age of 15. Jean has been sailing since she was 12 years old first on the Chesapeake Bay and then in the Caribbean on vessels ranging from sunfish to 80' schooners. Jeff and Jean have extensively cruised the Caribbean, Bahamas and Florida on their Skye 51. Jeff holds an Electrical Engineering degree and has worked with almost all forms of electronic navigation from B-52 Inertial Navigation systems to modern integrated Nav Suites. Jean is an Accredited Marine Surveyor, a member of the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS) and is ABYC Standards Certified. Both Jeff and Jean are 100GT Masters and ASA Certified Sailing Instructors. Jeff and Jean assist couples in realizing their sailing dreams.
BACKGROUND
Jeff grew up sailing in the Florida Keys and the Bahamas and learned to visually pick through reefs before learning to drive a car. Jeff has been actively sailing over 45 years skippering boats on overnight cruises since the age of 15 and sailing in the 1970s through the Bahamas using only compass and RDF. Jeff bought his first boat, a Cal 25, at age 22, upgraded to a C&C 38 five years later and successfully raced/cruised the C&C for many years. With Jean, Jeff has extensively cruised the Caribbean and Florida on their Skye 51 Polyphonic. Jeff holds an Electrical Engineering degree with specialty in Computer Design. He has worked with almost all forms of electronic navigation from B-52 Inertial Navigation systems to modern integrated Nav Suites. Jeff has been teaching sailing for over 30 years, is a 100GT Master and an ASA ACCI and Radar Instructor. Jeff is currently Vice President of Two Can Sail Yacht Sales & Service.
BACKGROUND
Jean has been boating over 35 years and sailing since 12 years old. Jean logged numerous trips in the 1970s in the Chesapeake Bay sailing out of Annapolis, as navigator and crew sailing the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and as first mate on an 80′ Custom Catamaran sailing from St Marteen to St. Barts, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis. Jean also has crewed on an 80′ gaff-rigged schooner out of Penobscot Bay, ME Jean is a veteran of many sailboat deliveries in the Gulf of Mexico of both cruising and offshore racing designs. With Jeff, Jean has extensively cruised the Caribbean and Florida on their Skye 51 Polyphonic. Jean is an Accredited Marine Surveyor, having attended the Chapmans School of Seamanship, is a member of the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors and ABYC Standards Certified. Jean is a 100GT Master and ASA 101 to Advanced Coastal Navigation Instructor. Jean is currently President of Two Can Sail Yacht Sales & Service.
