About US
Doug Weatherby
Master Captain
Lifetime on powerboats, sailboat racing and cruising experience, professional marine mechanic and fabricator, yacht design of power and sail boats. Westlawn School of Yacht Design, Master Captain Inland/Near Shore and Mate offshore, Sailing and Towing endorsements.
Owner Operator Zephyr Sailing School.
David Arata
Captain
More than 40 years of experience as professional mariner captaining commercial and private vessels on inland waters to trans-oceanic crossings.
1600 ton USGG Master license with many essential endorsements qualifies Dave to captain small pleasure crafts to ocean-going ships whether it be power driven or sail, anywhere in the world.
Lisa Arata
Deckhand
Lifelong experience fishing, sailing and cruising.
Chef
Familiar waterways to the Team
- Trans Atlantic and Trans Pacific passages (Sail)
- Gulf of Mexico Waters and all coastal areas
- South America Northern Coast
- Antilles and Caribbean Islands
- Bahamas
- Atlantic Coast from South Florida to Maine Maritimes to include Okeechobee Waterway, St Johns River, Charleston SC, Chesapeake, C&D Canal, Delaware Bay, Hudson River, Long Island Sound, Newport RI, Cape Cod, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Boston Harbor, Marblehead, Portsmouth, Maine Coast, St Lawrence River to Lake Ontario, all Great Lakes, Welland Channel, New York State Barge channel and Erie channel
- Pacific Coast to Include San Diego harbor, Marina Del Ray CA, LA Harbor, San Francisco Bay, Columbia River, Seattle
- Puget Sound and San Juan Islands to Vancouver Canada.