Welcome to Close Reach
This is the home page of Close Reach and Captain Craig S. Walker, U. S. Coast Guard Licensed Master, American Sailing
Association (ASA) and Recreational PowerBoating Association (RPBA) certified Instructor, Instructor Evaluator & Facility
Evaluator, Advanced Sailing Instructor, Charter and Delivery Skipper.  

Close Reach is a small family owned and operated business in Northern California providing private sailing and power boat
instruction, ASA Instructor Qualification Clinics, skippered charters, site seeing tours, yacht deliveries and Ashes-at-Sea
memorial services, serving the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento and Lake Tahoe areas, and other parts of Northern
California and Pacific Northwest coastal waters.
News!

  • We offer Coastal and Celestial Navigation classes at Tradewinds Sailing School and Club in Richmond, CA. If you, or
    your yacht club, are interested in customized navigation classes in the Lake Tahoe, Sacramento or San Francisco Bay
    areas, call or e-mail for details.
  • We offer United States Coast Guard Licensing courses and testing through Mariners Learning System at Tradewinds
    Sailing School and Club.
  • We will be running ASA Instructor Qualification Clinics twice a year for various levels hosted by Tradewinds Sailing School
    and Club in Richmond, CA.  Contact the ASA for dates and details.
Close Reach
Phone: (530) 320-5611
cw4sail@foothill.net

This web page was last updated in September 2012
Copyright © 2012 Craig Walker DBA Close Reach
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