Captain Dan

Capt. Dan holds a USCG Master Merchant Mariner Certificate (Captain’s License) with Sailing endorsement. Before moving to Fort Myers, he was a local truck driver logging over 1 million miles from age 19-32 driving “every kinda rig that’s ever been made” (Little Feat song ‘Willin’). Growing up in Northeast Ohio, Dan and his family enjoyed boating on Lake Erie and other inland lakes. Dan and Dianne, high school sweethearts since 1994, found their love for sailing after attaching a sailing rig to a 14′ canoe. As self taught sailors, they immediately started buying and sailing bigger boats until the opportunity knocked in 2009 to buy Magic Wind Adventure Sailing during a visit to Fort Myers. They sold their beloved Ohio home which they built together, Dan completed Captain’s School, and the pair moved to Fort Myers in late 2009 after quitting their jobs. Their love of sailing continues. Dan’s favorite activity is waking Dianne up.

First Mate Dianne

Dianne holds an ICTA Travel Career Development Certificate (travel agent) and worked for 13 years with Continental Airlines (now United Airlines) at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Before moving to Fort Myers in 2009 to take over Magic Wind Adventure Sailing with Dan, she was the Assistant to the Director of Ground Operations at Continental. For the first 3+ years in Fort Myers, Dianne gained valuable knowledge of Sanibel Island and the surrounding area while working as a reservationist for Sanibel Moorings condominium resort on island. In 2013, she started managing the couples second business, Jet Boat Fun, for 2 years before they sold that boat in order to focus solely on the sailing business as a husband and wife team. Growing up in Northeast Ohio, Dianne always had a passion for the water…either in it or on it. Her favorite activities are sleeping and vacuuming.

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