Boats

I’ve been sailing since I was ten days old and I’ve had many, many wonderful experiences on boats, including winning two races at the 2004 Olympics. I’ve also had one “worst” moment: an Olympic Broach. When I was finally able to write about it ten years later, the story won first place—and one of the judges called it “a great story told with unusual hubris for a sailor.”

My 3 Best Olympic Memories

I’m the 2018 Snipe Women’s Worlds champion (with teammate Kim Couranz) and I have also won several other national and international titles, in a variety of one design classes.

I grew up cruising and racing on a custom Morgan 38, which is still in the family and moors in Woods Hole, MA. I first raced dinghies as part of the Connecticut College Sailing Team, and I was a member of the elite US Sailing Team from 2001-2007. All have provided inspiration, including a memorable childhood experience that worked its way into my fourth novel.

In 2021, I took on a new challenge: wingfoiling.

And whenever wind and water and time allow, I slow down the pace by going sailing on a 1938 Herreshoff Fish/Marlin named Matsya.

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