Principal Instructor

Randy Smith, of Randall Smith Sailing, Ltd., manages all sailing instruction programs on behalf of Pinnacle Yachts. Randy has been sailing since 1975. He and his wife, both inveterate sailors, have sailed Lake Michigan, Chesapeake Bay, the Caribbean, the Ionian Sea of Greece, and the Istanbul, Turquoise and Southwestern Coasts of Turkey.

Randy is an ASA Certified Sailing Instructor and licensed Coast Guard Captain, having completed a spectrum of formal sailing and navigation certifications including:

• Annapolis Sailing School: Sailing & Navigation Course
• US Power Squadron: Safe Boating Course
• US Power Squadron: Advanced Grades: Seamanship Course
• US Coast Guard Auxiliary: Boating Safety
• US Coast Guard Auxiliary: Boating Skills & Seamanship
• ASA Student Qualification: Coastal Navigation
• ASA Student Qualification: Basic Keelboat
• ASA Student Qualification: Basic Coastal Cruising
• ASA Instructor Qualification: Basic Keelboat
• ASA Instructor Qualification: Basic Coastal Cruising
• ASA Instructor Qualification: Coastal Navigation
• U.S. Merchant Marine Officer
• U.S. Coast Guard Masters' License (50-Ton rating)

As contract engineering consultant, Randy spent several years freelancing with innovative technology-driven businesses including, perhaps most interestingly, as engineering technology lead for a 3-dimensional near-field microwave RADAR application for medical imaging and diagnosis.

Randy also founded and served as Chief Operating Officer of a private company that developed and brought to market innovative geriatric medical products.

Randy previously spent thirteen years with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in management and operations consulting, first in the Chicago office, then as Head of the Manufacturing Consulting Practice in Istanbul (for Turkey) and Prague (for Central Europe).

Randy holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University.