Jonas Limantas has over 30 years in the marine industry. As a graduate of the Klaipeda Maritime College, he built his engineering career working on a variety of ships from harbor tugs to oceangoing ships. During his time ashore, he reconstructed an old Soling and crewed on a 54 foot racing sloop in the Baltic Sea for 10 years. Following a yearlong circumnavigation, he captained and managed a corporate yacht. He achieved his lifelong ambition by sailing from Europe across the Atlantic and around Cape Horn aboard his 30-foot sailboat Aura. Jonas has single-handed across the North Sea, from Den Helder, Netherlands to Dover, England, and the Atlantic Ocean from Salvador, Brazil to Bermuda. The last 15 years, he has sailed New England waters.
Jonas Limantas is a certified ASA Instructor and holds a U.S. Coast Guard Engineer’s license, and a U.S. Coast Guard 50-ton Near Coastal Master’s license with Sailing Endorsements. Jonas enjoys sharing his experience with both beginning and advanced students.
Reda Limantas sailed the family Sunfish from the age of 10. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering, and now works as a property manager. Sailing is an integral part of her life. Newport, Boston, Marblehead are just some of the New England harbors she visited to race in regattas aboard her J-24 and on friends’ boats. While crewing aboard Lithuania’s first circumnavigating sailboat Lietuva for the last leg of the journey from Cape Town, South Africa to Klaipeda, Lithuania, she met her husband, Jonas. Voyages aboard the 30-foot sailboat Aura included a sail from the Netherlands to Lithuania and a honeymoon voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Salvador, Brazil.
Reda Limantas is a certified ASA Instructor and holds a U.S. Coast Guard Captain’s license. Reda feels great satisfaction teaching beginning sailors.
After a career as a civilian scientist for the U.S. Army, Steve Swift served as an engineer and educator aboard the Schooner Ernestina. He also did a stint as engineer aboard the Schooner Bill of Rights from Norfolk, Virginia to San Pedro, California via the Panama Canal. Steve supports Sail Buzzards Bay as a maintenance technician and as sailing crew.