NEWPORT BEACH SAILING SCHOOL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- President
- Affiliate School Managing Director & ASA Sailing Instructor
Chris is the President the Newport Beach Sailing School. He is also the Base Owner for SailTime Orange County and a Beneteau dealer for South Coast Yachts. Chris has an MBA from UC Irvine and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of San Diego. He grew up in Orange County and learned to sail as a teenager. He is married, with two children, and enjoys sailing with his family.
Tom is the Vice President for the Newport Beach Sailing School. He is also the Vice President for the Newport Beach Sailing Charters, and Base Manager for SailTime Orange County. Tom has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Carroll College in Helena, MT. He grew up in Orange County and learned to sail as a young child. Tom has been actively sailing throughout his entire life. He is married and enjoys sailing with his family.
Job Titles:
- Captain and ASA Sailing Instructor
Captain Rick is a Southern California Local, who has outstanding professional customer service. His goal is to make sure the time you spend sailing will be fun, entertaining, educational, relaxing and overall a great experience. Captain Rick is current with all U.S. Coast Guard regulations as a certified captain. Rick has experience sailing in various countries all over the world. Rick also has been an instructor with the American Sailing Association for several years teaching people of all ages how to sail. His passions include, being a father of two kids, sailing, ocean wildlife, big wave surfing, free diving, great white cage diving and bringing new people out on the water to enjoy the magnificent Southern California waters.
Capt. Alan has been an avid boater and sailor since a young boy and grew up in Newport Harbor. He is a USCG Certified 100 Ton Master, with Advanced Radar, Towing, and Sailing endorsements, as well as a certified American Sailing Assoc. and NauticEd Sailing Instructor, American Power Boating Assoc. certified Powerboat Instructor, 10+ year decorated AUXOP member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and is also a retired Chiropractor, with specialties in sports injuries. He has sailed nearly the entire California coastline and part of Europe, and was a stand-by crew member/ crew physician for the 1997 Transpacific Yacht Race (TRANSPAC) to Honolulu from Long Beach. Capt. Alan is a long-time certified SCUBA diver and avid surfer, and loves to share his passion of the sea on his hosted Adventure Charters - with a flock of repeat business from year to year, and has devised many clever techniques in making learning to sail fun and easier to grasp, and is extremely proud to be a part of this group of elite professionals with our state of the art sailing vessels in one of So. California's most prestigious small boat harbors and it's beautiful coastline.
Capt. Toby Breland is an avid and enthusiastic sailor. Toby caught the sailing bug in San Diego back in 2005 and never looked back. Starting from humble beginnings as a yacht maintenance worker, Toby now holds a USCG Master 100 Ton Capt. License with Sailing and Towing endorsements. As a perk of Toby's first boating job he was sailing five days a week for several years. Eventually Toby was taken under the wing of an Australian Captain making deliveries and logging thousands of miles on various yachts up and down the Pacific West Coast. Toby has sailed the entirety of the American Pacific West Coast several times over. Toby has just scratched the surface and plans to sail for destinations around the globe. The sailing bug only continues to get bigger for this one! In addition, Toby has been regular crew for the past 5 years on a J105 racing boat out of the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club here in Newport. Other activities Toby is passionate about include Surfing, Free diving/Spearfishing, nature, wildlife, travel, music, good food, good humor, and good company.
Captain Chris has been an avid sailor for over forty years. He holds a USCG 100-ton masters license, ASA Sailing instructor and RPBA power instructor credentials. Captain Chris enjoys working with groups, individuals and couples to understand their goals and make every day on the water a successful one! Starting with junior sailing Sabots and Catalina trips with his family, Captain Chris has logged thousands of miles up and down the entire eastern and western seaboards of the US. As an EMT-trained boat medic he competed in numerous coastal and offshore events including 6x Newport-Bermuda, Pacific Cup and others in the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe. Captain Chris has an MBA from Columbia University and a Bachelor's degree from Amherst College. When not on the water, Captain Chris enjoys spending time with his three children, struggling to learn the ukulele, coaching youth football and guiding friends and family in the backcountry of our national parks.