We are very proud to announce that Barnegat Bay Sailing School’s sailing instructor Michael Bandera was selected as an ASA Outstanding Sailing Instructor for 2016. He is among a prestigious group of 30 sailing instructors selected from the thousands of ASA sailing instructors worldwide to receive this honor. This is Capt. Mike’s third time being selected ASA Outstanding Sailing Instructor.

ASA’s Outstanding Instructors are selected each year solely as a result of student surveys. Based on the volume of student feedback received throughout the year, instructors are scored by their highest averages in three competitive categories. Considering that there are over two thousand active ASA instructors, this places the ASA Outstanding Instructors in the top 1½% of their peers for quality education as judged by their students.

All 2016 Outstanding Instructors received a Silver Spinnaker Utility Case from Sailor Bags including a personalized “Outstanding Sailing Instructor” embroidery.