Piers Park Sailing Center hosted the region’s best this past weekend at the USMRC Match Race Quarterfinal. Exciting racing was held off McKay Pier all weekend. Congrats to Team Powers of Eastern Yacht Club on the regatta win! PPSC’s Mike Easton and Scituate’s Sandy Hayes finished in 2nd and 3rd. Photography by Wind Powered Productions.

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New Executive Director Takes Helm at Piers Park Sailing

Former BU Sailing Captain Bobby Martin to Lead Local Non-profit

BOSTON (November 10, 2010) – Piers Park Sailing Center has selected former Boston University sailing captain Bobby Martin to lead the fifteen-year-old organization on the Boston waterfront. Piers Park Sailing Center is the closest non-profit recreational sailing center to downtown Boston. It provides sailing programs for 700 at-risk youth every summer, hundreds of adults through its popular adult sailing club and disabled sailors with the top adaptive sailing program in the country led by 2008 Paralympic Gold Medalist Maureen McKinnon-Tucker.

“It is an honor to continue the great sailing tradition at Piers Park,” said Bobby Martin, executive director of Piers Park Sailing Center. “We are more committed than ever to the local community and to our core mission of providing everyone the opportunity to experience the adventure of sailing in Boston Harbor and throughout the Boston Harbor Islands National Park.”

Martin intends to focus first on the strengthening of core programs and the expansion of programming and services into the winter months.

Martin is a veteran racing coach, having served various clubs and youth teams over the course of his career. He began his sailing career in New Jersey as a coach on the Delaware River and later became head racing coach of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May. Martin moved to Boston to attend the Boston University School of Management where he captained the nationally-ranked Boston University sailing team.

Martin completed a transatlantic crossing and has extensive experience in marine manufacturing. His previous financial management experience includes providing brokerage services for Raymond James Financial Services.

Martin joined Piers Park Sailing Center earlier this year as membership coordinator. He now resides in Somerville, Massachusetts.

About Piers Park Sailing Center

Piers Park Sailing Center (PPSC) is located at the heart of Boston Harbor in Boston’s newest award-winning waterfront park. PPSC is the closest non-profit recreational sailing center to downtown Boston and easily accessible to all of Greater Boston. PPSC’s mission is to provide recreational, educational and personal growth opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. Its youth program serves more than 700 of the city’s most at-risk youth every year with a comprehensive curriculum of adventure, learning and empowerment. PPSC’s adult sailing club provides adults with world class sailing and instruction on Boston Harbor and throughout the Boston Harbor Islands just minutes from downtown while helping to support the youth program. All of PPSC’s programs have been nationally recognized for adaptive sailing accessibility. Led by 2008 Paralympic Gold Medalist Maureen McKinnon-Tucker, PPSC serves people of all ages with a wide range of physical and cognitive disabilities.

Piers Park Selects New Executive Director

Thanks to all of our supporters for a great fundraiser! Please enjoy the pics below courtesy of John Lynds from the Eastie Times.

EastieTimes Fundraiser Pics

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