BLUE PACIFIC YACHTING Team
Our Instructors
All of our instructors are licensed by the Unites States Coast Guard and have earned their instructor certifications from the American Sailing Association. All instructors also have real life cruising experience, have sailed thousands of miles all over the world, and they are heavily involved in our boating community.
Captain Greg Himes
Growing up in Southern California, Greg spent most of his free time at the beach. A friend introduced him to sailing at age 16, and he was hooked. Later as a Boatswain’s Mate in the Navy, he acquired extensive seamanship skill. Now retired from a career as a Public School administrator and a teacher, he spends all of his time sailing.
Greg has owned and skippered a variety of boats over the years culminating with SCOUT, a Jeanneau SO 52.2 which has been his home for the last eleven years while cruising the West Coast of Mexico and the Sea of Cortes from November to June. He returns to Marina del Rey for the summer and fall. As an ASA Instructor Greg enjoys helping students learn safe and effective sailing and seamanship skill. Overall, Greg focuses on having fun while learning to sail.
ASA Certified to teach:
101, 103 & 104
USCG 50 Ton Captains License with Sailing Endorsement
Captain Geza Sinkovics
Prior to coming to Blue Pacific 10 years ago, Geza lived and worked in the British Virgin Islands teaching and chartering on both mono hauls and catamarans.
His teaching career has taken him to many interesting places including Hong Kong where he was an instructor evaluator, teaching teachers how to teach sailing and specifically Coastal Cruising or the ASA 106 course.
He has completed several passages across the Caribbean, Pacific Ocean, and along the Coast of Mexico and brings a lot of his experience to his students.
ASA Certified to teach:
101, 103, 104, 105, 106 & 114
USCG 50 Ton Captains License with Sailing Endorsement
Captain Frank Duke
Started his careers flying first as a US Navy Helicopter pilot, then a TWA MD-80 and now he is a freelance Captain on a 767.
He has sailed all over the world and at one time owned a Gemini 30 ft catamaran in Sarasota, Key West, Key Largo, and Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas. He sailed her up the intercostal waterway as far as Norfolk, VA.
Currently Frank lives in MDR with his simpatico girlfriend Patti, who has all the same sailing credentials as he does.
ASA Certified to teach:
101, 103, 104, 105 & 114
USCG 50 Ton Captains License with Sailing Endorsement
Contact Us
We look forward to helping you achieve your nautical goals. If you're just starting out, or hoping to increase your experience level and skillset, we'll get you there. Blue Pacific Yachting has served the Marina del Rey community for more than 30 years. With Sailing instruction, powerboating courses, trips to Catalina Island and the Channel Islands, yacht racing classes, spinnaker clinics, catamaran courses, docking clinics, instructor certification courses — we cover it all. Plus, we have a beautiful fleet of boats to bareboat charter. We are proud to be LA's premier boating destination.
PHONE
(310) 305-7245