Hi, I literally help people go anywhere by sail — that’s what I do. I also like spending time with my family, exploring the ocean, and solving problems.
Paul Exner is a Master Sailor and sailing coach — Paul literally helps people go anywhere by sail.
Paul instills confidence and self reliance in sailors who learn from him — he guides them in a respectful and intellectual way to promote their initiative to sail beyond the deep-water horizon.
Paul Exner leads offshore sail-training expeditions in the Hawaiian Islands aboard his SV Solstice, and coaches sailors aboard their own boat to sail anywhere in the world.
Paul Exner combines his sixth-sense for seamanship with his acumen for coaching — tapping decades of yachting experience to create actionable plans for boat owners; he shares his analytic experience about all-things oceanographic and teaches how to use “seamanship” as a managerial art in practice.
“Seamanship scenarios are learning opportunities” says Exner: “Each event we negotiate at sea is approached with fresh eyes and absorbed experientially so the learned-material is gleaned from the front-line, as we live it!” This hands-on learning approach is always reinforced by Paul’s expert-level debrief.
learn to sail the voyage you imagine.
Paul Exner coaches you to Sail Cognitively®️ — you learn to glean “seamanship awareness” by observing a multitude of stimulus and info coming at you.
Learn to analyze what’s happening around you, in doing so, your decision-making proficiency will heighten greatly — you’ll learn a repeatable method to make sound decisions that affect the safety of your crew and vessel at sea.
Paul uses his proprietary training methods based-on four decades of marine industry experience. Paul’s coaching offers a combination of hands-on seamanship practice, scientific theory, applied engineering, and human-relation techniques. The credibility of Paul Exner’s effective instructional method is endorsed by numerous marine industry professionals and supported by successful case studies.
Paul Exner developed the Modern Geographic Sailing Curriculum®️ which he uses to coach you during the expeditions you sail — his curriculum contains modules, methods, techniques and action-oriented hands-on practice that guides a sailor’s evolution.
The fact remains — Paul Exner’s clients take action toward their sailing dream if they’re willing to put-in the work.
AUTONOMOUS FULL-STACK®️ — Real-World Experience
The Real Deal — distinguished by four decades of applied SAILING — Paul Exner has the experience to lead EPIC sail-training expeditions.
Paul Exner’s acumen for coaching is honed by his non-sailing professional perspective: father/husband; cartographer for National Geographic, The Nature Conservancy — and includes his work as an environmental modeler for the U.S. Department of Defense. In addition, Paul has business management experience with analytic instruments used by chemists at Pfizer biopharmaceuticals; Frito Lay Foods; Caterpillar machinery and many other innovative manufacturing-based companies world-wide.
Get the best training from the most experienced coach — sail with Paul Exner.