Captain Matt Meadows
Sailing Resumé – Matt Meadows
United States Coast Guard License:
Master, 50 Gross Tons, with Auxiliary Sailing & Commercial Towing endorsements
Licensed, Professional Engineer:
Professional Engineer, Licensed in the State of Texas, #65240
Sailing Education:
US SAILING Instructor Trainer (membership # 240283P)
- Basic Keelboat Sailing Instructor Trainer
- Basic Cruising Instructor Trainer
- Coastal Navigation Instructor Trainer
- Coastal Cruising Instructor Trainer
US SAILING certified Instructor (membership # 240283P)
- Basic Keelboat Sailing Instructor
- Basic Cruising Instructor
- Bareboat Cruising Instructor
- Coastal Navigation Instructor
- Coastal Passagmaking Instructor
American Sailing Association Certifications, ASA Certified Instructor (# 910880)
- Basic Centerboard Sailing Instructor
- Basic Keelboat Sailing Instructor
- Basic Coastal Cruising Instructor
- Bareboat Charter Instructor
- Coastal Navigation Instructor
- Advanced Coastal Cruising Instructor
- Celestial Navigation Instructor
Cruising Resume
Offshore/Ocean Sailing Includes (but not limited to):
- Valiant 40: Delivery: Cape Fear North Carolina to West Palm Beach Florida
- Custom Schooner 88ft (Ocean Star): Tampa, Dry Tortugas, Ft. Lauderdale Florida
- Gulf Star 52: Galveston Bay
- Beneteau 39: Galveston Bay
- Morgan 38: Galveston Bay
- Bristol 32: Chesapeake Bay
- Hunter 40.5: Miami to Key West & return to Miami
- Valiant 40: Delivery: Ft Lauderdale, Florida to Marion, Massachusetts (Buzzards Bay)
- Beneteau 500: Tampa/Dry Tortugas/Tampa
- Antiga 37 Catamaran: Delivery: Key West to Miami
- Tayana 48: Ft Lauderdale/Miami/Key West/ Dry Tortugas/Key West
- Hunter 40.5: Key West/ Dry Tortugas/ Key West
- Hunter 40.5: Delivery: Key West to Miami
- Tayana 52: Trans-Atlantic Delivery : Ft Lauderdale/ Gibraltar/ Rome, Italy (Aug-Sept 95)
- Valiant 40: Delivery: Long Island Sound (NY)/Delaware Bay/Chesapeake
- Valiant 40: Delivery: Chesapeake to West Palm Beach, FL
- Tayana 42: West Palm Beach, FL (East Coast of Florida)
- Valiant 47: East Coast Florida/Bahamas/Florida Keys (Spring/Summer 96)
- Island Packet 37: Tampa/Dry Tortugas/Key West
- Tayana 52: Delivery: Isla Mujeres, Mexico to Tampa, FL.
- Catalina 42: Ft Myers, Dry Tortugas, Key West, Marathon, Little Shark River, Marco
- Hans Christian 43. Florida Gulf Coast & Florida Keys
Captain Matt Meadows has been sailing since the mid 1970’s and has taught sailing since the late 1980’s. He has won several national awards for his teaching. His comprehensive private curriculum ranges from Basic Keelboat Sailing to advanced courses such as Coastal & Celestial Navigation and Offshore sailing. During a 1995 transatlantic & Mediterranean sailboat delivery from Florida to Italy, Matt tangled with several hurricanes and gales.
He is one of a small and select group of sailing professionals. As an Instructor Trainer for US SAILING, he trains & evaluates candidates wishing to become US SAILING Instructors. This position is reserved for top instructors in the sailing education industry. In addition, he sits on the National Faculty for US SAILING, where he is one of several sailors assisting in developing offshore education programs.
While Matt does not advertise an a delivery skipper, his skills are know enough in the industry that he has the opportunity to make several deliveries each year. Some of these trips are within US coastal waters while other deliveries involve international travel.
Matt holds a United States Coast Guard, Master Captain’s License.
Paul Corey (In Memory)
RIP: April 18, 1957 – June 13, 2016. Please read more about Paul Corey and his passing HERE. He will be missed!
Paul Corey has been sailing since he was a child and has been teaching sailing for almost two decades. He sails keelboats of all sizes ranging from our J-24s through 50ft sailboats. In addition, he owns several dinghy sailboats. Paul has been awarded the ASA Outstanding Instructor of the year for several years. His relaxed manner of teaching brings confidence to any class he teaches.