Any school is only as good as it's instructors and staff. Good instructors help insure good results. And in this regard, Sea Tech Marine Training is very proud to be affiliated with the following individuals who comprise our veteran teaching staff.
Some of our instructors are professional educators by vocation. Some of our instructors have long standing business interests in the boating industry. All of our instructors are seasoned mariners with many years of seagoing experience. Each brings his enthusiasm, dedication, and commitment to the classroom to help produce the best possible outcome for each student to the best of their ability.
Instructors
Captain Dennis R. Daniels
Captain Daniels holds a USCG license at the Master's level and has been involved in professional maritime training since 1984. After spending five years with Houston Marine Training, he started Sea Tech Marine Training to service the professional training needs of those living in the Eastern Great Lakes. Since 1984, Captain Daniels has personally helped over 2,000 students obtain their USCG license.
In addition, he is a life member of the United States Power Squadrons where since 1977 he has taught a variety of courses. In 2002, Captain Daniels won the coveted Charles F. Chapman award for excellence in teaching. A power boater, he has a 36' Egg Harbor.
Captain Bruce C. Allen
Captain Bruce is also a New York State certified instructor and is currently teaching Physics at a Buffalo Middle School. Captain Bruce has been with Sea Tech since 1987. For many years, Bruce taught Celestial Navigation for the United States Power Squadrons and was well known in the Buffalo area for winning numerous on water navigation contests.
Captain Ray Dentino
Captain Ray has been with Sea Tech since 1987. A New York Certified Teacher, he has over 30 years experience teaching in the Buffalo school system. Also a member of the United States Power Squadrons, he has taught numerous Squadron courses for many years. Captain Ray, who is a power boater, has a 32' Carver.
Captain Richard Eisenberg
Captain Rich joined our instruction team in 2002 and holds a USCG 50 ton near coastal Master's license with sailing and assistance towing endorsements.
He has sailed, raced, and taught sailing in Erie, Pennsylvania, as a teenager at the Erie Yacht Club Reyburn School, and has sailed extensively in Hawaiian waters while living on Maui with his wife and son for 11 years.
Rich is one of the founders and the Executive Director of the Bayfront Center For Maritime Studies (BCMS) on Erie's waterfront. He currently is a US Sailing certified keelboat instructor at BCMS, where he also directs the boat building projects.
The new BCMS facility is the home of the Perseus House Charter School of Excellence's middle school, The Maritime Center, where Rich teaches boat building, navigation, and sailing.
Captain Steve Heffron
Steve is an avid cruising boater. He and his wife actively cruise Lake Ontario through the summer months.
Steve is a very involved member of the United States Power Squadrons, holding the coveted distinction of being a Senior Navigator.
He serves the organization in numerous capacities and has served as a Squadron Commander.
Steve teaches a number of courses at the Squadron level and has served as Education Officer at the Squadron level.
Steve is a USCG licensed Master with a towing endorsement and is the area manager for Sea Tech Marine Training in the eastern and central portion of New York state.
Captain Charles Obersheimer
Captain Charlie owns Obersheimer Sailor Supply in Buffalo, New York and is considered the local garu for sailing and racing. He holds a USCG Master's License and has sailed extensively offshore. He has been with Sea Tech since 2002.
Captain Ellen Sease
Captain Chris Tertinek
Chris is an avid sailor who has a reputation for having the most "Bristol" boat on Lake Ontario. He and his wife actively cruise Lake Ontario through the summer months.
When not working on his boat, Chris is a very involved member of the United States Power Squadrons, holding the coveted distinction of being a Senior Navigator.
He serves the organization in numerous capacities and has served at both the District and National levels. He has also been a Squadron and District Commander.
Chris teaches a number of courses at the Squadron level and has served as Education Officer at both the Squadron and District levels. At the National level he assisted in the development of new courses.
Chris is a USCG licensed Master with towing and sail endorsements and is the area manager for Sea Tech in the eastern and central portion of New York.
Captain Guy Tibbels
Captain Guy and his family own Tibbels Marina and Charter Boat Service in Marblehead, Ohio. Guy has over 25 years of charter boat experience and is also is a certified High School teacher in Ohio. Guy heads up the Marblehead office for Sea Tech and has been with the company for the past five years.
Captain Paul Van Voorhees
Captain Paul works at Obersheimer's Sailor Supply in Buffalo, New York, where he is their electronic instrument and outboard motor repairman. An electronics engineer and marine cabinet maker, he holds a USCG Master's License with both Sailing and Towing endorsements.
He has over 40 years of Great Lakes sailing and racing experience and has sailed offshore. He and his wife frequently cruise Lake Ontario, the Bay of Quinte, and the Thousand Islands.
Captain Jim Winks
Captain Jim has held a 100 GT Great Lakes license since 1995 and has over forty years sailing and power boating experience on Lake Michigan and the Caribbean. He is also an Auxop member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Jim has over twenty years experience teaching in the classroom and has been in the professional maritime training industry since 1999.
Captain Jim currently operates research vessels for a major university.
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