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Ask Captain Chris is a valuable service provided by husband and wife cruising coaches – Captains Chris and Alyse Caldwell.

Even before buying your dream boat, Captain Chris will guide you each step of the way. As cruising coaches we can help you define the mission of your boat, preview your potential perfect boat and even attend your sea trial as an advisor.  Then after purchase our goal is to build your cruising confidence. We will help you transition by taking the mystery out of all onboard systems, docking and anchoring. You will become more a confident boater when you practice navigation and other essential cruising skills with us.

Our video series can supplement the actual hands-on teaching or provide a foundation prior to boarding your boat. Training Videos will enhance your confidence- at your own pace, with or without a boat.

Stay informed by signing up to receive our newsletter. Learn about upcoming boating events, recent training trips we’ve been on and discover our 2-day Seminars Introduction to Boat Systems and Cruising 101 FUNdamentals.

Ask Captain Chris also provides Cruiser Consulting Services for the novice boater in person, by phone or FaceTime and continues to build your cruising confidence online, in class or onboard your boat anywhere. What better way to start Living the Dream!

Contact Captains Chris and Alyse at 772-205-1859 or email chris@askcaptainchris.com for more information.

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Ask Captain Chris at a Lunch and Learn

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Lunch and Learn- Got a few minutes? If you have a few minutes and want to learn about cruising, Ask Captain Chris. Recently we were invited to present a short online video Q&A with members […]

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FREE Videos on Our YouTube Channel

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FREE videos Yes, we offer FREE videos on YouTube. As we cruise around the waterways and boatyards we see interesting things to video, narrate and post on YouTube for others to see and learn. You […]

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Ask Captain Chris…and he will answer!

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Where you find us… Many of you watch videos from our YouTube Channel Ask Captain Chris. This boat owner had seen a few of our videos, read the comments and still had some questions. So, […]

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Ask Captain Chris About Consulting With You

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Ask Captain Chris for Help So you have this dream of cruising your own boat to places you’ve never been before. Captain Chris can help you get there. Maybe you are considering more boat than […]

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Honors from AGLCA – America’s Great Loop Cruisers Association

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Wow! What an honor! At the Fall Rendezvous in Rogersville Alabama, Ask Captain Chris was awarded the AGLCA Sponsor of the Year. This is only the second time this prestigious recognition was presented. Chris & […]

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Buyer Beware – Ready To Cruise

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Could we cruise safely and with the creature comforts most of us expect aboard our boats? Do you believe that this boat was promoted as ready to cruise? […]

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The Reverso Incident – A Report from Anonymous

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Sometimes we write ’em and sometimes they write themselves. Thanks a bunch to the boater (who asked to remain anonymous) who is sharing this real life boating story with the intention that others won’t EVER […]

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What To Know Before You Go – An Overview on BlogTalkRadio

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If you have cruising on your bucket list but you or your mate need some help getting started then our Cruising 101 is your first adventure…Ask Captain Chris about cruising FUNdamentals! […]

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What To Know Before You Go – The Perfect Boat

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If you’ve already listened to our Podcast with an overview of What TO Know Before You Go then this is your logical next step…learning about how to decide what is the perfect boat- for YOU! […]

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