Our experienced staff of US Sailing Certified Instructors is dedicated
to providing students with the highest quality instruction available. All
instructors have current Red Cross Certification in CPR and First Aid.
Our race coaches bring years of racing experience to the Program and are
US Sailing Level 2 Certified. Most of our staff learned to sail right
here at Sandy Bay!
Our Sailing Program also has a dedicated group of individuals serving
on the Sailing Program Oversight Committee. We are very fortunate and
grateful for their commitment and tireless service.
Sailing Program Committee:
Charlie Clark
Steve Fritch
Margot Hintlian
Rebecca Hoerner
Beth Leahy
John Safford
Instructors:
Jen Doyle (Program Director)
Jen will return for her third year as Program Director at Sandy Bay Yacht Club. She grew up sailing in Marblehead, MA at Pleon Yacht Club where
her love for sailing was first developed. She served as the Junior Yacht Club
Commodore for two years at Pleon. She has been around sailing all her
life. She then went onto college where she sailed for the Boston College Varsity
Sailing Team for four years. She graduated from Boston College with a
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a year later a Master's
Degree in Special Education. During the year, she is a seventh grade math and
science teacher for the Boston Public Schools.
Joanna Clark (Optimist Coach)
Joanna Clark grew up sailing here at Sandy Bay. She has raced Optis and 420s for years in the summer and continues to race in college. Joanna attends University of Wisconsin where she is majoring in History and Economics and minoring in Business and Russian. This is Joanna's fourth summer coaching at Sandy Bay. She is US Sailing Level 2, First Aid, and CPR Certified.
Darby Smith (Optimist Coach)
Darby grew up in Marblehead, MA sailing at Pleon Yacht Club. She continues to race in college at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. She is majoring in Elementary Education. Most recently, Darby qualified for the US National Sailing Team. At Sandy Bay, Darby is the Optimist race coach, but she will also be an instructor in all levels of the Opti program. This is her second year teaching at Sandy Bay and she is excited for this summer. Darby is US Sailing Level 1, First Aid, and CPR certified.
Alex Levin (420/Opti Coach)
Alex will be teaching at Sandy Bay for his fourth consecutive summer. Alex will be working primarily with the 420 program in the mornings, but also will help coach the Intro to Race and Race Team in the Opti program. He will be a junior at the University of Vermont, majoring in Environmental Studies with a focus in Green Building and Community Design. In addition, Alex will be the student president of the UVM Freestyle Ski Team. Alex enjoys sailing, skiing, surfing, salty hair, scrabble, and Cabot cheese. Alex is US Sailing Level 2, CPR, and First Aid certified.
Anthony Santos (420 Coach)
Salutations! I am a forestry major at the University of Vermont and often find myself hugging trees. I have raced 420s and Optis for years here at Sandy Bay, but spend most of my time at college biking on the cycling team. This is my fourth year coaching at Sandy Bay. I will be working exclusively with the 420 program this summer. I am US Sailing Level 2, First Aid, and CPR certified--when it comes to on the water safety, they don't call me "Safety Boat Santos" for nothing!
Andrew Walker (420 Coach)
This is Andrew's first summer at Sandy Bay. He grew up sailing locally at Manchester Sailing Association, where he raced Optis and 420s for many years. At MSA, he was the Opti Race Coach for two years and the Head Instructor for one year. Andrew recently graduated from Wesleyan University, where he majored in American Studies and Environmental Studies with a concentration in Urban Planning. At Wesleyan he was a member of the club sailing team. In the fall Andrew will be teaching at MATCH Middle School in Boston. He is US Sailing Level 1, First Aid, and CPR Certified.
Amelia Quinn (420 coach)
Amelia grew up in Amherst, MA, but has spent all her summers in Rockport. She worked as a junior instructor last year, and this year will be her second year serving as the Junior Yacht Club's co-commodore. Amelia will be working in the 420 program, heading up the "420 Adventure" class. Amelia will be attending Tufts University in the fall, where she will be majoring in neuroscience and journalism. Amelia enjoys cooking, Jenga, skiing, pottery, ultimate Frisbee, and sunshine. She is US Sailing Level 1, CPR, and First Aid certified.
Lee Lyon (Opti Coach/420 Coach)
Lee Lyon is a Rockport native who grew up sailing at Sandy Bay. He will be beginning his third year at the University of Denver in the fall. Lee was a sailing instructor here at SBYC for a number of years, but has spent the past three summers skiing and traveling in South America. He is excited to return to SBYC as a sailing instructor this summer. Lee is US Sailing Level 1, CPR, and First Aid certified.
Alison Sienkiewicz (Opti Junior Instructor)
Alison grew up in Texas and now lives in Switzerland during the year. She will be going into her senior year of high school next fall. She grew up sailing at Sandy Bay and has sailed for the past eight years. She still spends her summers in Rockport and this year she is a junior instructor and will be working with the beginner optimist and intermediate groups.
