HOMETOWN: Chambersburg, PA               BIRTHDATE: April 6

#YRS. SAILING:  26

US SAILING #:  280754T

CPR/FIRST AID CURRENT THROUGH: 2020

CERTIFICATIONS:  USCG: 50 ton Master (inland), OUPV (coastal)

 US Sailing:              BK, BC, BBC, Coastal Nav, IPC, BKI

ASA:                           201,203, 205 (Coastal Nav instructor), 107 (CelNav) 118 (docking)

US Navy Sailing:   B (keelboat), D-OS (offshore skipper), E (Master Skipper)

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

11 Skipper sorties (2008-2019) to New England with USNA midshipmen crew (beginners):

Round trip Annapolis to: Block Island RI, Oyster Bay NY, Mystic CT, Newport RI (2), Bristol RI, Marblehead MA (3), Rockport (MA), Boston

Caribbean Cruising (2002-2019): BVI, St. Martin, Anguilla, St Barts, St. Vincent & Grenandines, Antigua, Martinique, St. Lucia

Delmarva circumnavigations (2010-2019) – numerous

Heineken Regatta 2001 – St. Martin/Maarten

WHERE HAVE YOU SAILED:

Chesapeake and Delaware Bays

Atlantic Coast to Rockport MA

Block Island, Naragansett Bay, Rhode Island Sound

Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Bay

Long Island Sound, New York Harbor

Caribbean

Puget Sound

San Francisco Bay

MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE:

Sailing double reefed in a 60-knot thunderstorm at 0100

WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT TEACHING SAILING:

Sharing my love of the water, weather, and the wonders of nature…