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.
Andy grew up racing, day sailing and cruising in Michigan and made his first offshore passage at age 19, which set him on a course into the sailing industry that continues to this day. A USCG licensed captain and US Sailing certified instructor, Andy has taught sailing, cruising and racing for over 15 years and currently cruises his Grand Soleil 39 with his wife and two sons. When not sailing with his family, Andy loves racing any boat he can get on; skippering deliveries; teaching sailing, cruising, and racing classes; and inspiring sailors to get out on the water and live their dreams.
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As a sail trimmer, tactician, and navigator with over 20 years’ experience and many championship titles to his credit, Dobbs has competed in nearly every major offshore race and inshore regatta in the US and around the world on everything from small keelboats to offshore one-designs to America’s Cup yachts to Maxis.
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Andrew Kerr is a World Class Sailor, Coach and Sailing educator from Plymouth, England, he
was educated at Island School in Hong Kong, Ealing Green High School in London, and the
London School of Economics.
He developed a passion for sailing whilst sailing extensively with his family in England and
Hong Kong and competed in two China Sea Races as a teenager.
Over the course of his sailing career, he has won 30 National and North American
Championships across various classes in the J24, J27, US Sailing Lloyd Phoenix Trophy,
Santana 20, Holder 20 and other classes and has finished 3rd, 4th and 5th multiple times in the
J24 World Championships and 5th in the J22 World Championships.
As a full-time sailing coach, seminar speaker, and North U instructor, he has coached and
presented hundreds of seminars and clinics both in the US and globally and contributed as a
coach to US Sailing programs and at Championship regattas.
He has held Head coaching roles at the Boston Sailing Center, Steve and Doris Colgate’s
Offshore Sailing School in Tortola and for many years at the J World Performance Sailing
school’s in San Diego, CA where he was on the inaugural coaching staff and helped launch the
school, in Newport, RI, Key West, FL and Annapolis, MD where he was also an instructor
trainer.
Teams and individuals that he has coached have gone on to win dozens of championships and
regatta’s – some of which include the J80 North American Championship , J105 North American
Championships, T10 North American Championships , ID 35 National Championships , Overall
Boat of the regatta awards at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Detroit and in Chicago ( twice) ,
Key West Race Week , Block Island Race week and the SORC.
He was named One Design Sailor of the Year in 2000 at Southwestern YC and contributes
coaching articles for Sailing World magazine and various class websites.
Andrew lives in Olympia, WA, with his wife Stephanie, a former America’s Cup sailor on the
all-woman’s team America 3 in the 1995 America’s Cup and a World and National Champion
weightlifter on the US Weightlifting team, their older son is a veteran of the US Marine Corp
whilst there younger son is in the US Army.
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