Ed Auck

Terry Brown

Terry Brown has instructed marine diesel engine classes in the Orange County area since the early 1980's, and has been on board here at Orange Coast College for more than 15 years. He began repairing marine diesel engines in 1965 in his father's engine repair shop. After a stint in the Navy aboard nuclear submarines in the early 1970's, Terry began his own marine engine repair business in 1977. Thirteen years later, he started TDC Equipment, a distributor of both marine diesel and gasoline engines and generators for the entire southwestern United States.

Erica Christian

Armando Eason

Art Holub

Kurt Holland

Kurt Holand began observing and tracking marine weather while i Hawaii sailing for the Navy and aboard local racing sailboats. Subseuently, as licensed Master operatingin Alaska and the Norht Pacific, he worked with some of the most dynamic weatherin the world. Marine weather and vessel routing has been a central concern of his working life for over twenty four years and he brings both a high level of education and a professional's pragmatic view to the teaching of marine weather. Kurt has taught weather for OCC's USCG licensing course and a variety of afloat courses since returning from ocean cruising aboard his own sailboat ten years ago.

Mereld Keys

Mereld Keys retired after 24 years of University teaching, lecture tours, and program design. Love of the sea and boats, experience as cargo officer on an LST, and ownership of a sailing canoe, sloop, small square-rigger, and 42-ft power boat led him to the maritime world. He is a graduate of the USN Amphibious School, the National Search & Rescue School, a Lifetime Operational member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and holds a USCG license as Master of 100 GT power and sail vessels. He has worked for one of the country's top marine training firms and a major marine publisher, publishing over 240 nautical articles along the way.

Mereld established his own school for maritime training in 1983. His broad knowledge of maritime history, small vessel operations, and expertise in teaching and interpreting the Navigation Rules are applied in his service as a consultant and expert witness in cases involving small craft. He is now a well known and highly regarded maritime educator.

In 1997 Mereld brought his program to the School of Sailing & Seamanship at OCC, where he wrote and established (1999) our Coast Guard-approved program to train Operators, Masters, and Mates for vessels (including Assistance Towing and Sail) of not more than 100-GT operating in U.S. Inland waters and to 200 miles offshore anywhere in the world. This program substitutes for the USCG license exam. He also teaches a short course on, and gives the FCC exam for, the Marine Radiotelephone Operator Permit.

Bill McNeely

Bill McNeely has taught the Catalina Island cruising seminar for over five years, and has been boating in Southern California for over twenty. He has been a contributing editor and photographer at Santana magazine, has written for a number of other boating publications, and is the author of Cruising Catalina Island, the cruising guide to Catalina. He is also featured on a new DVD Cast Off for Catalina Island. His boating experience includes both sail and power boats, and he visits Catalina eight or more times a year to keep his knowledge current – and because he loves it! Bill also has two engineering degrees, is a well-known management consultant, and honed his presentation skills on the radio for ABC.

Lindsey Philpott

Neal Walker