Skippers - Sailors for the Sea

Skippers

Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana is building a network of engaged conservation leaders in local communities through our Skipper volunteer program. The Skipper Program provides local representation of Sailors for the Sea to help mobilize the sailing and boating community to act on waterway and ocean health issues and protect marine environments worldwide. Skippers are provided with the latest information and resources on sustainable boating practices and opportunities to engage the communities they represent on critical policy issues that are needed to combat plastic pollution, oil spills, depletion of marine life, and marine habitat destruction. If you are hosting a Clean Regatta or other ocean conservation event in your area and would like to get in touch with a local Skipper, please reach out to Program Manager, Emily Conklin.

If you are a leader in your sailing community passionate about our conservation work, we invite you to submit an application:
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Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick

New York City, New York

New York Yacht Club | Brown University Sailing Alum

Rob Howie

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Corinthian Yacht Club | Sustainable Marblehead

Mike Ingham

Rochester, New York

North Sails One Design | Sailing World Magazine Editor

Emma Janson

Stonington, Connecticut

New England Science and Sailing | University of Vermont Sailing Alum

Bill Liles

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi Yacht Club

Chris Wolfe

Orcas Island, Washington

Orcas Island Yacht Club | J/111 Class

D’amy Steward

Coronado, California

Coronado Yacht Club

Damon Gannon

Darien, Georgia

Georgia Association of Marine Education | Seven Seas Cruising Association

Benjamin Stern

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club

Victoria Wahlig

Portland, Maine

Portland Yacht Club | Pleon Yacht Club

Elizabeth Harries

Whistler, BC, Canada

Lake of the Woods International Sailing Association (LOWISA)

Adam Riley

Boston, Massachusetts

Piers Park Sailing Center

Maya Hoffman

Monterey, California

Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club

Glenn Lethbridge

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Sailing

Barb Trailer

Port Townsend, WA

The Wooden Boat Festival, Northwest Maritime Center

Cortney Kingsley

Newport, Rhode Island

Sail Newport | Twenty Hundred Club

Catherine Ardagh

British Virgin Islands

Dream Yacht Charters | Escales Polaires

David Landers

Sydney, Australia

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron | Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

Bjarne Patuel Nielsen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Royal Danish Yacht Club

Darby Allison

Atlanta, GA

Lake Lanier Sailing Club

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