Bill Gladstone

Bill is the Director of North U and author of the North U Racing Trim, North U Racing Tactics, and North U Cruising and Seamanship books and discs.  In addition, Bill is a collaborator in the creation of the Rules and Match Racing programs and materials. 

Todd Berman

Todd Berman

Todd Berman’s sailing experience spans boats ranging from dinghies to maxis. After a successful collegiate sailing career, Todd pursued sailing racing aboard dinghies and J24s in the early 80s then progressing to IOR, IMS and IRC 50 footers. Todd worked in the Sail making industry from 1987 to 1992.

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Kerry Poe

Kerry Poe

Kerry is the owner of the North Sails Oregon Loft and is a Four time US Sailing Team member. He has competed in 10 World Championships, 470, Laser II, 505, Melges 24 and Farr 30.

A partial list of events won include 470 US Nationals, Laser II US Nationals, Oregon Offshore, Swiftsure, Newport to Ensenada, Chicago Mackinac.

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Stan Schreyer

Stan Schreyer

Stan began sailing at the age of four at the Lavallette Yacht Club on New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay. His first races were with his older sister in a small pram. As a youth sailor, he raced in many different dinghy classes. Stan graduated from Boston University in 1999 where he was an All-American and Collegiate National Champion. He worked for a sailboat manufacturer Vanguard for two years and has been employed as a professional Sailor and Sailing coach since 2001. He has experience in many high performance classes including the Tornado, Marstrom 32, Extreme 40, and C-Class Catamaran. He has won nine major championships. His offshore accomplishments include 1st in class on the Chicago-Mackinaw Race, overall winner of the Stamford-Vineyard Race, and he was with the IMOCA 60 team Estrella Damm when they set the Trans-Atlantic record from New York to Barcelona. He also coached the Boston University Sailing team for 6 years, where five of his sailors earned All-American Honors. Stan currently works for North Sails Northeast, based in Salem, MA.

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Zeke Horowitz

Zeke Horowitz

Zeke‘s sailing resume includes two World Championships titles –  J/22 and Viper Classes. He also holds nine North American / National championship titles in various classes and disciplines.  He is currently active in one-design racing in J70’s, J24’s, J111’s, J22’s, J80’s, Flying Scots, and Vipers as well as the National Team Racing Circuit.

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