Captain Vicki Staudte

Vicki has been sailing for about 15 years now, having learned as an adult, by cruising on sailboats 30 feet and larger on Great Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron.  She has also chartered and sailed in exotic locations such as Turkey, Croatia and Tahiti, as well as the northeast and west coasts of the U.S.

Realizing that she wanted more formal training and knowledge, she enrolled in sailing classes with Northern Breezes Sailing School for sail training as well as Coastal Navigation, in the Twin Cities and Bayfield, WI.  “I've joined Northern Breezes for sailing on monohulls and catamarans in the British Virgin Islands.  I was encouraged to teach sailing, found it rewarding, and have been doing that for the past three years.  I earned my U.S.C.G. Coast Guard Captain’s license in June of 2009.”

When Vicki began sailing she realized it was the perfect companion to diving, so off she went to get PADI diving certified, doing her first open water diving and off shore sailing in and around Grenada.  She’s dived on sailing trips in Tahiti, Croatia and the British Virgin Islands.  As she furthered her sailing to include her ASA instructor certifications and USCG Captain’s license, she also pursued her diving instructor’s certification by hanging out in the BVIs.  She prefers warm water diving to that in the Great Lakes, having made over 400 dives in the Bahamas, Mexico (Cozumel & Mahahual), Belize, Pemba, the Seychelles Islands, Wakatobi, Thailand’s Gulf, the Similian and Surin Islands and northward into Burma, and most recently in the Red Sea from Egypt into Sudan.

In addition to recreational sailing and teaching, Captain Staudte has been racing on Lake Minnetonka and Lake Superior for about 7 years.

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