HOMETOWN: Mumbai, India

BIRTHDATE: August 25

#YRS. SAILING:  Since 2008

US SAILING #:  720738M

CPR/FIRST AID CURRENT THROUGH: 2022

CERTIFICATIONS: 

US Sailing Basic Keelboat
US Sailing Basic Keelboat Instructor
US Sailing Basic Cruising
US Sailing Bareboat Cruising
US Sailing Safe Powerboat Handling
SafeSport Certification
US Sailing Teaching & Coaching Fundamentals, 2020

NOTABLE SAILING EVENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS (RACING/OFFSHORE CRUISING):

Race Crew at the Downtown Sailing Center’s (DSC) One-Design J-22 Thursday Night Spinnaker Class Race Series
Race Crew at the Baltimore City Yacht Association’s (BCYA) Tuesday Night Spinnaker Class Race Series
Race Skipper at the DSC’s One-Design J-22 Friday Fun Race Non-Spinnaker Class Race Series
Race Skipper at the DSC’s One-Design J-22 Frostbite Race Series
Race Crew at the DSC’s J-22 Friday Match Race Series
Active volunteer at the DSC’s acclaimed Accessible Sailing Program which teaches sailing to those with disabilities (including the blind)

WHERE HAVE YOU SAILED:

Charles River, Boston
Chesapeake Bay
Patapsco River at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE:

Bringing down the mainsail just in time to avoid hitting a freighter docked at Dundalk during a Tuesday night BCYA race when a squall enveloped the race course and we went from 15 to 40 kts in a few minutes. The engine was powerless as long as the mainsail was up…

WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT TEACHING SAILING:

I love infecting my students with the sailing bug – it brings back wonderful memories of the time I got bitten by that bug myself – and there has been no looking back since. My hope is to pass on that life-long love of sailing and feeling of exhilaration to all those I sail with.