Charting a course through junior sailing

A four-time Collegiate All-American at Dartmouth College (’95) and a member of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team in the Women’s 470 Class in the 1990s, Whitney Peterson is currently found frostbiting SeaDog dinghies in the winter and promoting youth sailing in the summer.

As the incoming Commodore of Sachem’s Head Yacht Club (Guilford, CT), she has run the club’s junior sailing program for almost a decade. In a report Whitney wrote for WindCheck magazine following the 2021 RS Feva North American Championship, she shares some observations on promoting the sport through the early years:

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