We have been sailing with Claire since the Winter Season of 2021. She was our first consistent coach and we have never looked back. Without Claire there would be no PSST and our sailors would have never experienced the level of success they have had. She has been their coach and an amazing role model for all of them.

Claire is the brain of our operation and our sailing expert. She coaches our most advanced sailors and is responsible for our technical development program. The program is what we use to manage the development of our sailors. She is a Pacific Northwesterner at heart who grew up spending her summers in the San Juan islands. She lives PNW values and appreciates our wonderland. She is also a full-time attorney and coach of the University of Washington sailing team. We are grateful for every hour she shares with us.

Claire is a world-class sailor and one of the most decorated sailors in the Pacific Northwest. She started her sailing career at San Francisco Yacht Club sailing El Toros. As the Optimist class gained popularity, she quickly moved to the Opti Class and qualified for the USODA National Team at her second Team Trials. She represented the US at multiple IODA events including the North American and South American championships. After aging out of the class, she went on to sail Lasers and become a member of the US Sailing Team, and Olympic Development team before joining the Yale Sailing Team in 2009. As a college sailor, she was ICSA Women's All-American, Fowle Trophy Winner, and ICSA Women's Singlehanded National Champion.

High School

2005 Started sailing Lasers
2006 1st Place ILCA Youth Women’s Worlds
2006 - 2009 US Sailing Elite Youth Development Team
2007 First time sailing in the Olympic Trials
2009 US Sailing Team U23

College

Yale University Sailing
2009 2nd ICSA Women’s Singlehanded Nationals
2009 6th US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes (OCR) Regatta
2009 Member US Olympic Sailing Team
2010 1st ICSA Women's Singlehanded Nationals
2010 ICSA Women's All-America Skipper
2010 4th US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes (OCR) Regatta
2016 US Olympic Trials (Rio de Janeiro)

Awards

2010 US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year shortlisted nominee
2010 NEISA Rookie of the Year
2011 ICSA Women’s All-American Skipper
2011 First team All-NEISA Women’s team
2011 Finalist for NEISA Women’s sailor of the year

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