 On Board Since March 1997 OCSC: Why do you sail? SH: I love the way that sailing allows the exploration of where the water meets the land and the beauty that you see while traveling along under the power of the wind alone. Sailing is never boring -- every time I come out of the Berkeley marina breakwater a new adventure awaits. OCSC: What do you enjoy about working at OCSC? SH: THE WIND! I've taught sailing a lot of places and no other place has wind like OCSC. It's much harder to teach (and to learn) sailing without it. The sailors -- both experienced and brand new -- are amazing. Each has her or his own stories to share. The boats! The J/24 is a fun sporty boat to teach on. OCSC: What's your sailing background? SH: Well, my dad bought my mom a sailboat when I was about eight up in Humboldt Bay, and I've been sailing ever since. Some fun adventures have been teaching oceanography on a sailing tall ship in the Atlantic and Caribbean, sailing open boats along the Sea of Cortez coast, and sailing with canvas sails up in Washington's San Juan Islands. OCSC: When you're not sailing, what can we find you doing? SH: Finding ways to fund youth sailing at the City of Oakland's Lake Merritt Boating Center, Irish Dancing, working in the garden with the cats, taking out my home-built kayak, or, most recently dancing around with bells on Morris-style.
OCSC: What are your top five sailing books of all time? SH: First You Have To Row A Little Boat, ASTA's Sail Tall Ships, Men Against the Sea, Shackleton's Boat Journey.
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