I grew up as a sailor in the Detroit area programs while living on a sailboat and once I turned 18 I began coaching and became the sailing director of the Great Lakes Yacht Club. After 8 years there I made the move to Pontiac Yacht Club a small program at the time with 20 kids a day and just a handful of coaches. Through the next decade my team grew the program to over 100 kids a day and the interscholastic programs began forming. Those same programs and many others helped create the Community Sailing School you see today a nearly full year program creating sailors that continue to enjoy sailing as a recreational hobby into adulthood all the way to those that sailed  in college and beyond including Olympic trails! All of their successes are what makes me proud of the work I have done over the past 28 years and will continue to do as long as I am able to.