So the High School sailing team is back underway for their fall season and I’m the assistant coach. It’s kind of weird; I was on this team back when it first started. I was one of the first groups of people that got this opportunity. Now I’m one of the people that are helping to give that same thing to these students as well. Looking back for me the High School sailing team was one of the best experiences I had in High School. I met my girlfriend during those times, even though we haven’t been dating quite that long. But this team is one of those things that you don’t forget throughout the years. There’s not much better than being out with a group of friends on the water and these are kids from all different schools in Chittenden County. I’m still great friends with most of the people that I was on the team with. We still keep in touch and go racing together and this is all due to the fact that we were given the opportunity to race together for years. Most of us went on to college sailing, or instructing in sailing at some point in their lives. It’s good to see all these kids here taking part in this as well. I can really see myself about 10 years ago in them. Its really nice to see the amount of students that have taken an interest in this sport and I hope that it continues to get bigger and bigger as the years, progress.
