A Mentor's Manual (PDF 104KB)
Next Steps
Skipper Certification Test
Skipper Agreement

The MSC Mentor Program is designed for members with advanced sailing and boat handling skills, who would like to become skippers with our club. I'm Robin Hamm, the Chair of the Mentor Program, responsible for providing guidance to members aiming to become MSC skippers. The more skippers we have, the more members go sailing, so a successful Mentor Program is important for our club.

Club skippers, the backbone of the program, serve as Mentors to these members, volunteering their time and sharing their experience.  Volunteering as a mentor is very rewarding, and we are always interested in adding more talented mentors to our Mentor Program. If you are an experienced MSC skipper and would like to become a mentor, please contact me about the process at robinsailor@gmail.com.

The goals of the program are to assist these members in becoming skippers by:

• Evaluating and improving their sailing and boat handling skills

• Evaluating their knowledge of the harbor and command of the crew

• Making sure they understand MSC operations and procedures

• Helping them prepare for the Skipper Certification Test

• Making sure they are prepared for the responsibility of being a skipper with our club

More detailed information about the program is included in A Mentor's Manual (PDF).

Some members come to the Mentor Program with a lifetime of sailing experience, while others may be fairly advanced after sailing for a short time. Before joining the Mentor Program, it's important to evaluate your own sailing skills and knowledge. To join the program, a certain level of sailing experience is required, in addition to knowledge of our harbor, club and safety rules, and our J/24 fleet.

If you are unsure of the level of your skill level, you should participate in some Fleet Captain sails and ask the skipper for their feedback. The Fleet Captain Program is another great way to assess the level of your sailing and boat handling skills, and meet other members.

If you would like to join the program, please email your name, contact details and details of your sailing experience to robinsailor@gmail.com.  Please also include the names of MSC skippers you have sailed with, and any questions you may have. Then go to our Next Steps page to find out how to get started.

Best of luck!

Robin Hamm
robinsailor@gmail.com 

Mentors

Kinya Tago  kinyatago@gmail.com
Benjamin Kramer Benjamin.kramer05@gmail.com
Bill Lipscomb william@smarttix.com
Graham Files gramentor@grahamfiles.com
Joan Lappin Joan Lappin lappinje@aol.com
Joe Just Mixedmessage@aol.com
Keith Cooper keith@itscooper.com
Klaus Brinkbaeumer Klaus_Brinkbaeumer@spiegel.de
Plamen Entchev entchepl@hotmail.com
Richard Jesaitis rjesaitis@aol.com
Ted Wallace twallace10@nyc.rr.com
Teresa Petersen tpetersen@fda-online.com 
TJ Shea tjshea21@hotmail.com
Veronique Bourdon vero10002@gmail.com
Wes Freeburg WESFREE@aol.com
Ray Quinn raymond.quinn@arup.com
Molly Petersen petersonflower@yahoo.com
Patty Bryan pw.bryan@gmail.com
The following mentors would prefer to be approached on the docks, so just ask around:
Carla Murphy
Jason Delisky