Who are the Sail Caribbean staff?
All Sail Caribbean instructors are handpicked from a pool of over a hundred candidates each year. Only those with excellent credentials from recognized sailing and scuba institutions are considered for positions. Our land-based programs only hire staff with exceptional backgrounds in marine science and outdoor education. Because this is an important time in your life, and because this program can make such a positive impact on your personal growth, we require that all staff also have strong backgrounds in working with teenagers. Being a skilled sailor, diver, or researcher, is not enough. Personal interviews with our senior staff (most often Mike Liese) and extremely thorough reference and background checks are done without exception. To ensure that only the best person will be in charge of each boat, all new staff must first prove themselves as Mates before being promoted to the role of Captain. As Mates, they rotate through the fleet, joining a different boat each day, bringing a fre
