Coaches

 

Jess Gerry, Sailing Director Jess was born and raised in Hudson, Ohio spending all his summer weekends racing Lasers, Thistles and Highlanders all over the Midwest. Over the winter months Jess enjoyed skiing with his friends and family at the local ski resorts Boston Mills and Brandywine. After High School he attended the University of Northern Colorado, graduating in 2003 with a degree in Advertising and Marketing. During his summers away from college Jess achieved his sailing credentials teaching at various Yacht Clubs throughout the Midwest. One of which was the Indianapolis Sailing Club where he was Program Director from 2002 – 2004. Upon graduation from college Jess followed his love for teaching and became a certified Ski and Snowboard instructor at Winter Park in Colorado. After two years of the mountain lifestyle Jess pursued a lifelong dream of making a career teaching the sport of sailing, landing at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. When not coaching or racing sailboats, he still enjoys skiing, snowboarding, surfing, lacrosse and the outdoors. Jess’ vision is simple “to give to these kids what my parents gave to me, a chance to experience and respect the sport of sailing for a lifetime”.

Pete Dodosh, Junior Director   Pete grew up in Huntington Beach and began his sailing career at ABYC. He attended the University of New Haven in Connecticut, on an athletic scholarship, graduating with a B.S. in Business Administration. He worked as an Education Specialist for two years at the Ocean View School District in HB. Currently his is pursuing an Education Specialist at the secondary level. In his spare time Pete enjoys playing golf and tennis. This will be his sixth year working at BCYC, he will be assisting Jess with summer operations as the Junior Sailing Director.

Dana Lujan   Dana has been a coach for the BCYC Junior program for 7 years. Having been an A-Sabot, CFJ, and 420 Jr. Sailor at BCYC herself, Dana has dedicated her efforts to Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club on and off the water. She has primarily coached the C3 Racing class, but has also organized the 2009 Sail-A-Thon, helped design the coach's apparel, and has even performed in Show Boat (years ago)! When she is not sailing or coaching, Dana is taking steps to apply for a Masters in Nursing by taking classes and volunteering at OCC. She has recently graduated from the University of San Diego, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and Spanish. Dana loves doing yoga, hiking, snowboarding and being a coach at BCYC!

Cameron MacLaren Cameron grew up sailing sabots, CFJ’s and specifically Lasers for Lido Isle Yacht Club. Cameron recently graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Literature and plans to pursue a post-graduate degree in business the following year. He began his coaching career teaching Novice sailing at LIYC in 2003 and has since transferred to BCYC working with sabot C2’s up to A’s. He has been coaching off-season clinics throughout the fall and spring and is entering his fourth summer at BCYC. He is excited to lead another successful summer of advanced sabot racing and plains to team up more with neighbor Balboa Yacht Club utilizing a larger fleet of competitive sailing and build stronger club camaraderie. Cameron has a fun and instructional year ahead of him with goals of further establishing the A and B sailors at BCYC as top contenders in the harbor.

Tyler Wolk Tyler is 20 years old and a Junior at the California Maritime Academy majoring in Marine Transportation. This is his first year teaching at BCYC, but has 4 years of coaching experience with CFJ’s, 420’s, Walker Bays, Prams and Keelboats. When not teaching sailing he is usually racing bigger maxi boats like Akela, Magnitude 80, Pelegroso, or anything he can get a chance to sail on. His goals are to do a leg of the Volvo Ocean Race before he is 25, complete an entire Volvo campaign and sail in the America’s Cup.