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Shoreline Village, Long Beach CA
We're on the water training every month of the year. Boats for training include Newport 30, Catalina 30, Catalina 34, and we charter 42' to 45' Lagoon catamarans in Long Beach, the Sea of Cortez, and the Caribbean.
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Marc is an excellent teacher and provided valuable hands-on experience. He was always willing to answer questions and provide examples.
Marc's instruction uses a perfect blend of instruction and assessment. In other words, he helps you understand the skill you need to demonstrate and then ensures you can indeed demonstrate said skill. And he does this in a professional but low-pressure manner. I will be returning for more sailing instruction from Marc Hughston.
I could not have asked for a better instructor.
Marc is the best sailing instructor I have had the pleasure to learn from!
Fantastic Insructor, will go back for the cat cert soon!
Really a pleasure working with Marc, lots of additional insight and ideas passed, a valued experience and time well spent, gained additional methods and skills, Marc was patient and communication was good with explanations that were well understood. I particularly liked the phrase: "Situational Awareness", which I will use in training my ski coaches....
Marc is a fantastic instructor and sailor. Extremely knowledgeable, clear and patient, and fun to be around. It was a great time on the water and I am a much better sailor for it!
I was very fortunate to have Marc as my instructor. He is extremely knowledgeable, competent and knows how to teach; a good combination for an instructor. He is patient and reinforces techniques in his style. At the same time it pushes you to go outside your comfort zone but knows when to ease off. I'd take any future trainings with Marc.
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