I have extensive experience in: 

• One on one private coaching and instruction to individuals and full crews from dinghies to 66’ high performance ocean racing vessels

• Professional sailor (master, watch captain, crew in various roles including navigator, strategy & tactics, helm, crew boss, and trimmer for inshore and offshore races and passages)

• Lecturing (in-person and virtual) to group sizes as large as 400

• Teaching in a classroom environment on numerous sailing-related topics including leadership, team-building, navigation, strategy/tactics, sail trim, seamanship, passage planning and risk management

• Mentoring young developing leaders

I am seeking opportunities to employ my skill set wherever I can make a positive difference in people’s lives.

Notable Events and Accomplishments:

Offshore Racing:

• Bermuda Race (9) – 6 with USNA midshipmen crews (RP 66s, TP52s, Ker 50, Navy 44), class winner once as watch captain Frers 45; 3rd in class (broke previous elapsed time record) as coach aboard TP52 INVICTUS 2012

• Marblehead to Halifax Race (6) all with USNA midshipmen crews, Overall winner 2019 & 2021 RP 66s (ZARAFFA and KODIAK), class winner Navy 44 2011

• Annapolis to Newport Race (7) all with USNA midshipmen crews Farr 53, TP52s, Farr 40 (class winner 2019)

• Around Long Island Race (9) all with midshipman crews – Overall winner 2019 Ker 50, multi time class winner

• Kenwood Cup Offshore Championship Hawaii – main trimmer Farr 45 1992

• Two Ton World Championships Hawaii – main trimmer Farr 45 1992

• Corum Japan Cup Offshore Championships – main trimmer Farr 45 1992

• Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race (20) – 12 with student teams, twice overall winner, 4 times class winner

• Clearwater to Key West Race – trimmer/driver STARS & STRIPES 60’ Morelli & Melvin cat 2010

• IOR 50 Foot Class Circuit – trimmer Farr 50s, RP 50s  1989-1991

• Admirals Cup Trials (2), Dobroth 42, Tripp 41  mid 80s

• SORC original offshore series (7), twice class winner, once as watch captain 1981-1987

• Regatta del Sol St. Pete to Isla de Mujeres, Mexico – overall winner as watch captain Farr 36 1986

• Key West to Cuba Race Cal 27 1978

Big Boat Inshore Racing:

• NYYC Annual Regatta (18) – all with USNA midshipman crews, class winner once Ker 50, multi-time podium finisher

• Block Island Race Weeks (12) – 5 time winner, twice as skipper, once boat of the week

• Key West Race Week (17) – (J/80s to TP52) tactician, driver, trimmer - class winner twice, once as skipper

• St. Francis Big Boat Series (5) – class winner once as skipper, Frers 41

• Royal Bermuda YC Anniversary Regatta (5) - all with midshipmen crews, overall winner once TP52

• Rolex Regatta St. Thomas – jib/spin trimmer, Wylie 46

• SORC day-race format (8) all with student teams 1995-2005 - class winner twice

• Antigua Race Week – class winner, trimmer Kiwi 35 1986

• Screwpile Lighthouse Regatta (10) with student teams, 7 times class winner, Boat of the Week

• Swan Rolex Cup (2) Sardinia – tactician, Swan 44, 2nd in class

• Heineken Cup St. Marten (4)  3 with student teams, TP52, Ker 11.5, 35 and 47 foot bareboats

• Nantucket Opera House Cup (2) – crew aboard 68’ classic yawl BLACKWATCH

• MORC International Championships (4) 1978 - 1981

One Design Racing:

• Lightning World Championships (2) overall winner 2007 – trimmer/tactician for Jeff Linton

• J/24 World Championships (3), 2 as skipper; best finish 2nd as bowman for Ed Baird 1984

• Mumm 30 World Championships – tactician

• 505 World Championships – helm 2004

• J/80 World Championships 4th overall – skipper 2014

• J/80 North Americans 4th overall – skipper 2005

• J/80 Midwinters/Key West Race Week - skipper 2011 (5th), 2012 (3rd), 2013 (1st)

• J/24 North American Championships – overall winner as crew for Ken Read 1993

• J/35 North American Championships (3) – twice overall winner as tactician 1987 & 1991

• J/24 Midwinter Championships (5) – 3 as skipper, overall winner as crew for John Kostecki 1986

• Farr 40 North American Championships - tactician 2001

• Mumm 30 Lewmar Cup (2) – tactician mid 90s

• Mumm 36 East Coast Championships – overall winner, trimmer 1992

• Nantucket IOD Pro/Am (3) celebrity tactician, winner 2015

• Viper 640 NOOD and Bacardi Cup Regattas (6), tactician/trim - best finish 2nd in 2024 Bacardi Cup

• J/22 Midwinter Championships (2) – trimmer

• Prince of Wales Bowl Match Racing Championship Finalist – skipper 1983

• Mallory Cup Men’s Championship Finalist (2x) – crew mid 90s

• US Yacht Club Challenge - overall winner main trimmer for Chris Larson 2006

• J/80 NOOD Regattas (6), twice class winner leading student teams

• 505 Midwinter Championships (3) – helm  2002, 2003, 2004

• 505 Bermuda Race Week – helm  2003

• A Class Catamaran Winter Circuit 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2nd place Newport Regatta 2013

• F18 National Championships  - crew 2010

Notable Results of Coaching/Crew Training Clients:

• J/105 NOOD Regatta (overall winner 2x)

• J/22 North American Championships (overall winner)

• J/80 NOOD Regatta (overall winner)

• J/24 East Coast Championships (2x top ten overall)

• Block Island Race Week (class winner 4x) – Beneteau 40.7, King 40, J/105, Farr 40

• Newport to Bermuda Race St. David’s Lighthouse winner, Hinckley B40 ACTEA, J/120

• Annapolis to Newport ORC 2023 overall winner, J/120 SKADI

• US Offshore Championship 2x overall winner

Notable Intercollegiate Results of US Naval Academy Offshore Team during my tenure:

• Kennedy Cup Intercollegiate Big Boat National Championship - 4x winner

• McMillan Cup Intercollegiate US East Coast Championship - 12x winner

• Student Yachting World Cup-  3rd

• Storm Trysail Club Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta - 5x overall winner

• Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup - 1x winner

• Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta - 4x overall winner

Experience aboard sailing and/or coaching (performance focused):

• Dinghies: Laser, International 14, 505, Lightning, Thistle, Flying Scot, Viper 640, VXOne, Chesapeake Log Canoe

• Multihulls: A Class (classic), F16, F18, Inter 20, Nacra Carbon 20, Hobie 16, 18, 20, Corsair F31

• Symmetric spin keelboats: Etchells, Hobie 33, J/22, J/24, J/27, J/29, J/30, J/33, J/35, J/36, J/37, J/44, Farr 30, Farr 40, 1D35, Beneteau 36.7, 40.7, 44.7, 49, 51, Swans 39, 44, 45, 51, 56, Navy 44, IMS/IRC +/-50’, Tripp 38, Hinckley B40

• Asymmetric spin keelboats: J/70, J/80, J/92, J105, J/109, J/110, J/120, J/122, J/133, Carkeek 40, Farr 395, Farr 36, Farr 400, Farr 53, Melges 24, Melges 32, Ker 50, TP52, RP66 (pole and prod)

Experience aboard sailing and/or coaching (recreational, general skill and cruising focused):

• Dinghies: Laser, Flying Scot, 420, JY15

• Cruising Multihulls: HH 66, Outremer 51 & 55, Privilege 45, Catana 471, 50, FP 38 & 44) 

• Keelboats: J/22, J/24, J/80, J/92s, J/30, J/105, J/35, J/37, J/109, J/110, J/40, J/42, Beneteau O-400, 411, 435, 49, 51, Swans 39, 44, 45, 51, 56, Navy 44, Hylas 49, Saga 43, Tayana 48, Taswell 49

Coastal and Offshore - Non-race passages:

• Bermuda to Annapolis (9) RP 66s, TP52s, Ker 50, Navy 44, J/120

• Newport to Bermuda delivery Outremer 55 catamaran

• Halifax to Nantucket/Coastal Maine (6) RP 66s, Ker 50, Navy 44 

• U.S. east coast passages between Annapolis and south Florida as skipper (14)

• Numerous passages between Annapolis and New England (Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Maine and vicinity as skipper/coach) +/- 20

• Portimão, Portugal to Canary Islands (Swan 44)

• Numerous passages between Florida and Bahamas as skipper and crew

• Numerous passages between Tampa Bay and Florida Keys as skipper and crew

• North Coast Cuba to Tampa Bay 1978 – crew

• Ft. Lauderdale to St. Petersburg aboard 136’ square rigged brig (UNICORN) mid 70s - deck hand

• Delaware Bay/C&D Canal transits (+/- 30)

• Cape Cod Canal transits (+/-15)

Cruising General:

• Leader of 22 flotilla cruises and cruising courses throughout the Caribbean including: BVIs, St. Marten and Leeward Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Abaco Islands of the Bahamas

• Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys

• Long Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Maine

• Chesapeake Bay

• Northern Lake Michigan

• Florida east and west coasts

Team-Building: 

• Designed and produced numerous experiential learning programs for corporate clients including: Microsoft, Coca Cola, Northrop-Grumman, 3M, Pfizer, The World Bank, Glaxo Smith-Kline, Marriott Hotels and others where we focused on communication, collaboration, cooperation and process improvement

Adventure Sailing:

• Everglades Challenge (300 mile coastal race in small beach-launched boats), overall winner 3 times, class winner 9 times 2014 - 2024

• Ultimate Florida Challenge 1200 mile Florida circumnavigation in beach-launched boats - overall winner and current record holder 2022

• New England 100 Multihull Race - Nacra Carbon F20 (helm) 2023 & 2024

• New England Solo/Twin - Saga 43  2024

Certifications:

• USCG Master (100 Ton Near Coastal credential)

• US Sailing Keelboat Instructor Trainer, Keelboat Instructor, Cruising Instructor, Coastal Navigation Instructor

• Safety at Sea (US Sailing)

• Offshore Personal Survival (World Sailing) 

• Navy Sailing E-MS Qualification (Master Skipper)