Need a Training Captain

The best boat handler I worked with is Capt. J out of Pompano Beach, ( he may travel for a fee.)
A bit rough around the edges, but soft when you poke him
Seriously, he can teach you how to run the boat, not just docking.

Capt. Ken is also a Master at his craft, seem him in action too, but probably way too expensive for regular people

I could probably help with the basics, but retired and lazy.

Docking is just a small part and often easier in the larger boat, but many other things on which training is helpful.

Capt J is definitely one who can do it, although location may or may not be an issue for him.

Captain Chris, https://www.captainchrisyachtservices.com , and his wife get excellent references from many trawler owners I've heard from.

Also, both Chitwood and Southwest Yacht Charter utilize training captains on their boats who may also be available to train on your boat as they are independent captains.

Yours would be larger and faster than his norm. He's only licensed to 100 Tons.

Capt J, if willing, carries higher license and more experience with boats in your size range.

Norseman mentioned Ken Bracewell and yours would be like a tender compared to many of his.

The captains used by Chitwood and Southwest are generally running smaller boats too.

No, only a tender for Ken and not really for him.

As someone with a wife who has the same license I have, I'm all for equal participation. We all have areas in which our skills exceed others. She still amazes me with radar as she sees things before I do and figures out quicker what she's seeing. I see an object, she knows exactly what it is, then shortly after I can tell and she's always right. She's also better than me in picking up things visually on the water, without equipment, and identifying them. We also employee 4 female captains and they're all amazing.

More importantly is developing the ability to work together, to know what each is about to do. The team can be better than it's parts.

An absolutely great way to start with a training captain is if you can afford the time for a nice trip. That way you get to experience all aspects of cruising and of being on a boat that size. You face more variables plus you can have a good mix of learning and enjoying without being focused just on training. That way you're enjoying the boat itself. You get into checks. You may even face some problems and address them. You dock, you may also anchor, you face different conditions. From your location there are so many places you could run, depending on how adventurous you are. It also means the drive isn't a big deal. You might do an initial run and even follow that up later with another.

I've just sent a PM. My dad lives in Bradenton, and has all kinds of time on his hands due to COVID laying up his cruise boat.
He also lurks here, I hope you don't mind Dad!

I can vouch for RETIRED, not sure about LAZY. . . [Just say'n]

Growing lawyer by the day.
Need somebody to stain my fence, but too lazy to look up his number

I sent you a PM Seamaster, send me an email or PM,

It should say “growing lazier by the day”, but spell checker took over..
Mod can fix..Thx Mod.