Hi! My name is Gina, I’m a sophomore on the Northwestern Sailing Team. I’m double majoring in Environmental Sciences and Gender Studies (I think!) at Northwestern. I actually had very little sailing experience before joining NUST, but one thing (of many) that I love about this team is that you can get so much experience and [ Read More ]
Hey! My name is Jacob Bruce. I’m a freshman this year, and sailing is just about my favorite thing to do. I grew up in a small town near Seattle called Kingston. Sailing has been a big part of my life for a while. My family lives on the water, and we’ve always had one [ Read More ]
My name is Laura Rozier and I’m a freshman on the Northwestern Sailing Team. Other than spending one summer in middle school learning how to sail JY14s on the Long Island Sound, I had never really been on the water before joining NUST. Following the advice of my PWild counselor–a sailor who had nothing but [ Read More ]
My name is David Kluger and I am a senior on the Northwestern Sailing Team studying biomedical engineering. I started sailing at summer camp when I was about 11 years old on the Chesapeake Bay. At this camp, I had the opportunity to sail Lasers, JY15s, Flying Scots, and Sunfish in a relaxed racing environment. [ Read More ]
My name is Gabrielle Salvaterra and I am a freshman on the Northwestern University Sailing Team. I began sailing at a summer sailing program in Shelter Island, New York when I was seven years old. Initially I dreaded going to sailing but after winning my first regatta, which consisted of only one race , I [ Read More ]
Hi! My name is Hannah Schriesheim and I’m a senior on the Northwestern Sailing Team. I joined the team as a freshman, despite never having sailed before. I grew up spending my summers on Martha’s Vineyard, but never set foot on a sailboat and chose crew over sailing as my spring high school sport. Like [ Read More ]
My name is Michael Cornew and I am on the Northwestern University Sailing Team. I got started sailing by crashing a sunfish into a pier when I was 8 years old at summer camp. I lied and said I knew what I was doing… The next couple of summers, I sailed casually and cruised around [ Read More ]