Meet our instructors for Summer 2010 season! Links to bios and photos below.
Meg Myles is the Jr. Sailing Program Director.
Adele will be returning this summer teaching the beginner and intermediate classes. Adele is a wonderful instructor, whom we are fortunate to have back.
Max is new to CYC. He is just finishing his freshman year at Tufts University, where he is a member of the sailing team.
Eleanor (El) Lawson will again teach at CYC this summer. Eleanor Lawson grew up sailing with her parents and grandparents in Duxbury, MA. She started a sailing team at her high school Nobles, and then took a gap year between high school and college to train for her Yachtmaster certification in Australia. El went on to crew on the Connecticut College sailing team, and graduated with a BA in Architectural Studies in 2009. El enjoys sailing both big and little boats. She has raced in seven Bermuda races, and sailed a Trans-Atlantic in 2008. While El enjoys the excitement of racing, her true passion lies in cruising for fun and exploring new places.
More information soon...
Mike Marshall is a junior at
Connecticut College and the 420 and Laser Racing Coach. This is his third
summer coaching at CYC. He learned to sail at CYC in Optimists when he was 8
years old and began racing the following season. At age 12, he competed in the
Opti fleet-racing and team-racing Nationals and qualified for the U.S. National
Team trials. The next summer he began skippering Lasers, 420s, and J/22s, all
of which he still races today. In J/22s he has won the CYC Fleet 12 summer
series four times. In Lasers, he won the New England Junior Single-Handed
Championship twice and competed twice in the National Junior Single-Handed
Championship. At Connecticut College he is currently co-captain of the varsity
sailing team. He skippers in single-handed, double-handed, and triple-handed
regattas, which has included winning the inter-collegiate New England Sloop
Championship and competing in the ICSA National Sloop Championship.
Emily Gowell will again instruct at CYC this summer.
Nick Johnstone started sailing at age 6 at the Ida Lewis Yacht Club. By age 10, he started racing optimists competitively at local regattas. He sought out a higher level of competition and started racing at more national level regattas. He kept improving steadily and with the help of a lot of top level coaching through the FAST Sailing Foundation, various clinics, and switching to sailing at Conanicut Yacht Club. He won Optimist Midwinters in 2005, got 6th place at ACC's in 2005, placed 5th at Nationals in 2006, and 5th at Team Trials in 2006. He competed in two Optimist South American Championships, 2 Optimist North American Championships, and one World Championship. He did the 29er circuit for a year and finished 9th at the 2007 North Americans. He then went on to sail 420's and placed 5th at 2008 North Americans, 8th at 2008 Orange Bowl, and 1st place at the 2009 Nationals held at Conanicut Yacht club. He currently attends Tabor Academy and is going into his senior year.
Matthew Gowell will return to CYC this summer Instructor. Matt is extremely talented, competent and a solid teacher. We are thrilled to have him back!
Matt is 17 and graduating high school in June. He has been sailing since he was a baby and racing since age nine. He first raced Optimists, then Lasers mainly. Last fall he was able to finish 3rd in the High School Singlehanded nationals for standard rig sailors. He also has experience in 420's, FJ's, and some larger keelboats. Sailing is his passion and he hopes to continue racing in college.
Alice Toll will return this summer to instruct beginners and intermediates. Additionally, Alice will help run the program. She is highly organized, smart, capable and a solid instructor.