Captain Dan Lappala has logged extensive sea miles, sailing miles with experience dating back since the age of 12 years old. 

Dan holds a 100 ton USCG Master’s Near Coastal power /with Sailing Endorsment

Sailing Background: 

• Dan first learned to sail in Florida at the age of 12.
• He sailed and raced small skifs on a 30’ Catamaran after school and on weekends crewed whenever the opportunity arose.
• Sailed and surfed the US Virgin Islands
• Moved to Kauai, Hawaii from the Virgin Islands in 1970 and continued surfing, sailing and fishing.
• At age 24 he delivered a 38” sloop from Hilo Bay Harbor to Deep Cove, Vancouver, B.C.
• Sailed the coast from Victoria, B.C. to Newport Beach, California.
• Sailed from Honolulu to San Francisco in a 42 ft New Zealand racing yacht. 
• Sailed all around the Gulf Islands, B.C., San Juan islands  Juan de Fuca Passage, Puget Sound, BC Canada, Sailed Hawaii South Point on the Big Island to Kauai all harbors night and day to present.  
• Earned USCG. 25 ton offshore license master with sail in 1992 age 30
• From 1992 to present, Captain Dan has logged many miles around Hawaii chartering, managing and delivering private sailing and power yachts up to 60 ft.     

 Captain Dan's Interests: 

• Sailing: yachts, small skiffs, catamarans
• Boat refurbishing salvage and diesel engine repair of sunken vessels, private yacht delivering, electrical marine wiring, fault finding system installing marine systems engines, maintaining and sewing sails and canvass. 
• Hawaiian fauna & flora identification
• Hawaiian fish and coral reef life identification and sea weeds
• Ocean sports: scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, /finding new dive spots and new anchorages, old ship wreck history, and Hawaiian tales of old
• Dancing ballroom also free style.

 Prelude has a State of Hawaii Commercial Permit: 

Prelude is a fully licensed and insured 33' Hunter Sloop, rigged with 10 1/2 feet beam, 6' draft, with lots of deck seating.  She is equipped with a  Yanmar marine diesel engine and GPS, with new refit new upholstery below decks, with adequate sail quiver. All required safety gear sleeps four to six people comfortably and has new refrigeration and solar panel 200 watt air conditioner hot water shower with 50 gal. fresh water tank along with oven and stove, Honda generator and battery charger power inverter surround  sound dvd movies and endless stream of tunes. Enjoy the passage from  Hilo Bay down wind to Lahaina Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Waikiki Beach or Kaneohe Bay sand bar Waimea Bay, Hale'iwa north and the west shore of Oahu. I can show you the islands through my eyes, below diving and above sailing  and sight seeing as your captain at sea and guide on land. I love God and life, its truly an SDA; Seven Day Adventurer. Those who sail together, bond together. Welcome aboard The Prelude ! Get into it Mon!