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 Doyle grew up in Marblehead, MA sailing at Pleon Yacht Club. For two
years she was the Commodore of the junior sailing program. For another two
summers she was the Head Instructor of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. The
summer after that she was the Head Instructor at the Northeast Harbor
Fleet in Maine. She is looking forward to being a little closer to home
this summer. Jen went to Boston College where she was on the Varsity
Sailing Team for four years. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in
Elementary Education and went on to get a Master’s Degree in Special
Education. She will be teaching in the Boston Public Schools next year.
Brendan Healy (Head Optimist Coach)
Brendan grew up in Annapolis, Maryland where he sailed for the Annapolis
Yacht Club's Junior Program. In junior sailing he competed in major events
in New England such as the Chesapeake Bay and southern California. Brendan
went to the College of Charleston and just graduated with honors this past
May with a degree in Business Administration. Last summer, he coached at
the Stone Horse Yacht Club in Harwich, MA and previously has spent summers
coaching at the Annapolis Yacht Club and with J-World Annapolis. Brendan
will return to Charleston after the summer to pursue a job with Maersk
Sealand, a shipping company. Brendan comes to us with a very experienced
and successful sailing background. He sailed for the College of Charleston
for four years where he won Sloop nationals in November of 2007 and Co-ed
Dinghy Nationals this past June. He also received Honorable Mention for
the All-American team this past season and his team was the recipient of
the Fowle Trophy.
Tripp Burd ( Head 420 Coach)
Tripp grew up in Marblehead, MA, sailing and coaching at Pleon. Tripp just
graduated from Tulane University. During his time there, he earned the
2002 McKim Trophy for excellence in crewing. He was the president and
co-captain of the Tulane Sailing Team - a 100% student-run team. Tripp was
mainly responsible for Tulane Sailing's rapid recovery after Hurricane
Katrina. Tripp loves the sport of sailing and looks forward to coaching at
the Sandy Bay Yacht Club.
Alex Levin (420 Instructor)
Alex is from Rockport, MA. This will be his second season
teaching/coaching at the SBYC. He just graduated from the Pingree School
and will be attending the University of Vermont in the fall. Alex loves
sailing, skiing, sunny days, and heavy wind. He has been sailing at the
Sandy Bay Yacht Club for 9 years, and has raced in Optis, 420s, Lasers,
Rhodes and Stars. Most recently he was a member of the 420 racing team,
where he developed a reputation as invincible skipper extraordinaire.
Rob O’Connor (Optimist Assistant Coach)
Rob is from Marblehead, MA. He grew up sailing at Pleon and instructed
there for two years. This will be his second year coaching at the Sandy
Bay Yacht Club. Rob will be going into his junior year at Colgate
University, and is a member of Colgate’s sailing team. He doesn’t get to
see the ocean or breathe salt air for the entire school year, so he is
glad to be back on the coast and smell low tide again.
Anthony Santos (420 Instructor)
Anthony is from Rockport, MA. This is his second year of teaching at SBYC.
This year he graduated from St. John’s Prep where he sailed varsity for
their division one team. Anthony will also be attending the University of
Vermont in the fall where he hopes to continue his sailing career. Anthony
loves sailing in heavy wind and using the trapeze. In addition to sailing
he also likes biking.
Joanna Clark (Optimist Instructor)
Joanna is from Rockport, MA and has sailed at SBYC all her life. She just
graduated from Noble and Greenough School where she captained the Varsity
Sailing team for two seasons. She was the first place skipper in her
division, racing against schools around the Boston area. Her team also won
the division team and fleet racing. Joanna will be headed off to the
University of Wisconsin next year where she will sail on the team there,
and looks forward to traveling to different regattas around the country.
She taught at SBYC last summer and is excited to begin another season.
