Captain Mark Fife

Mark graduated from Arizona State University and took post graduate courses through Harvard University’s extension program. He spent the early years of his working life as an executive in several Computer and Telecommunications companies during which he played a major role in taking three of them public. Mark transitioned to the Maritime Industry in 1999 and graduated from the Maritime Institute. He currently holds a USCG 100 Ton Masters license with sailing and towing endorsements. He also possesses the following endorsements: STCW 95, First Aid, Survival, Fire Fighting, AED, Unlimited Radar and ECDIS endorsements. Mark carries a valid TWIC card and USA Passport. Early in his maritime career he was involved with Anheuser Busch, sailing his Catalina 42MKII with customized sails and logo on the hull four days a week. He has delivered numerous yachts within the USA and Internationally. In addition, he operated a charter cruise operation under his company Attitude Adjustment Sailing Adventures. Furthermore, he worked as a rigger in Galveston TX, a commercial fisherman in California and a Licensed Yacht salesperson in San Diego for Ensign Yachts. Captain Fife has thirty years of experience and has sailed extensively from Alaska to Peru, including the Panama Canal with multiple trips to Hawaii. He also has experience in the Atlantic Ocean having sailed throughout South East including Florida, the Bahamas, Caribbean, ICW, and Bermuda.

Captain Bill Moreland

Captain Bill Moreland has been sailing for over 38 years and holds a U. S. Coast Guard Master’s License with a Sailing Endorsement. His sailing adventures include the British Virgin Islands, the Sea of Abaco in the Bahamas, the East Coast, the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands in Washington State. Captain Bill has also delivered boats up and down the West Coast. Following a successful corporate career as a senior operations executive, Bill has put his sailing credentials to work as a Charter Captain on all types and sizes of vessels. In addition, he has taken his passion for sailing and is sharing it with others as an American Sailing Association Certified Instructor in the beautiful San Francisco Bay … where sailing is always a great day.

Captain Scott C. Simpson

Scott is a graduate of Ohio Dominican College in Columbus, Ohio and the AvTec Maritime Academy in Seward, Alaska. He served in the US Army as an infantryman. He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys fishing, hunting, rafting, SAR Ops, Skiing and more. Scott began his work life working initially for the State of Alaska as a Program Manager for the state’s Business Enterprise Program. In 2003, he made a move into pharmaceutical sales where he excelled.

Beginning in 2011, Captain Simpson made a shift into the maritime industry and he now has over 2,300 days sea time and holds a USCG 500 TON Master license, AB Seaman Unlimited Tonnage, and an Internationally Rated Able Seafarer Ticket. He holds a valid TWIC and USA Passport. Some of his endorsements, certifications, and licenses include; Tankerman DG, Current STCW95, Fairweather Class Fast Ferry Rating, Advanced Fire Fighting, HazMat Training, HCT Safety and OSHA 30/10 hr Certification.

Captain Scott has used his skills working winters on the Alaska Marine Highway for the Deck Department on a number of Unlimited Tonnage Ocean Class vessels. When the temperature rises he could be found Captaining one of several Commercial and sport fishing vessels up to 100’ operating in the challenging Alaskan, Hawaiian, and Caribbean waters. Recent changes have led to a move to Annapolis Maryland where today he teaches a 100 ton captain course and is representing Attitude Adjustment Sailing, LLC. On the East Coast of the USA and Canada as well as the Great Lakes and Europe. He also represents the lead on vessels 200GT or better Worldwide.

Daniel Girard

Danny grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been around the water his whole life. Growing up
in one of the many small fringe towns that surround the greater San Francisco Bay Area allowed him the
opportunity to grow up with strong ethics and morals and a can do “Attitude”. In 2014, Danny
graduated from CSU Monterey Bay with a major in Communication and minor in Business. In 2018, he
received his STCW-95 “Basic Training” from The Maritime Institute. The STCW 95 (Standards of Training
Certification on Watchkeeping for Seafarers) training includes; First Aid & CPR, basic firefighting,
personal survival techniques, and personal safety and social responsibilities.
As First Mate to Captain Mark D. Fife he has been exposed to a great deal in the past year and a half. He
has completed two Pacific crossings totaling just over 5,000nm in total. One delivery from Oahu to
Vancouver British Columbia on an XC-50 and another from San Diego to Oahu on a Catalina 380. He has
also made several Coastal deliveries between Ensenada and Vancouver. Including a delivery with the
owner aboard from Ventura, CA to Sequim, WA on a Carver 500 CMY and a 46’ Hallberg-Rassey sailing
vessel relocated, also with owner aboard, from Ensenada Mexico to Sausalito, CA. This year so far he has
completed multiple deliveries between British Columbia and Washington State repatriating USA flagged
vessels. A few of these yachts included a Defever 44, Cabo Rico 42 and an XC-50. He also completed a
delivery along the Inside Passage from Wrangell Alaska to Vancouver, BC. Canada in a Bayliner 4788.
Danny also works as a deck hand on a couple of yachts locally in San Diego and has worked as a
deckhand for a fishing charter business in Houston Texas. In total, Danny is approaching 10,000nm at
sea and has learned a great deal from navigation, standards for watchkeeping, diesel engine
maintenance and repair, AC/DC electrical, marlinspike seamanship, sail trim, radar ops, to a host of
other subjects such as meteorology and VHF/SAT communications.
When you can’t find Danny on the sea, you’re sure to find him on a golf course.