Meet my new teammate, Nick Scandone of Newport Beach California. Nick is presently the number one US 2.4 meter class sailor, the 2005 World Champion and had qualified our country in the single handed class - is now switching to the SKUD 18 due to the progression of his illness, Lou Gehrig’s where his hand strength will be less of a factor as his crew, (that’s me) will handle most all the lines.

Long before Nick began in sailing the Paralympic Classes, he was a Collegiate All-American, 4 time national champion and was the 470 North American Champion while campaigning for the 1992 Olympics. Since his diagnosis he has won a World Championship and two more National Championships.

See his blog at www.alove4sailing.com

A New Job Too
The other BIG change is that a job opportunity came along that I am so excited to report about. Sailing is now not only a Paralympic endeavor, a hobby, but now my new career. I am the new Adaptive Sailing Coordinator at Piers Park Sailing Center on Boston Harbor, where I get the chance daily to bring folks with all kinds of disabilities to sport of sailing. Read the rest of this entry »

Thank you for following the updates on my road to the Beijing Paralympics. I want you to know your support so far has been tremendous, thank you. There are big and very exciting changes under way for my Paralympic Sailing Campaign that I want to let you in on. My local teammate, Mark Lewis and I have parted ways. We had a very strong start together, finishing 2nd here in Marblehead and more importantly, winning the USA Pre-Trials in Newport last October.

But, since that time, our performances together have not be generating the results we had hoped for. You may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet on the sailing news… Read the rest of this entry »